Single-player games like Esse Proxy
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Esse Proxy, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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The Hong Kong Massacre
Single-player alternative to Esse Proxy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Esse Proxy.
Blast your way through the streets of Hong Kong in a fast-paced, top-down shooter. Inspired by classic action movies, The Hong Kong Massacre places you at the center of a hard-boiled revenge story, filled with brutal, cinematic shootouts and vivid underworld locations.
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RUINER
Single-player alternative to Esse Proxy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Esse Proxy.
RUINER is a brutal action shooter set in the year 2091 in the cyber metropolis Rengkok. A wired psychopath lashes out against a corrupt system to uncover the truth and retrieve his kidnapped brother under the guidance of a secretive hacker friend.
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Kusan: City of Wolves
Single-player alternative to Esse Proxy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Esse Proxy.
Kusan: City of Wolves is a high-octane hardcore top-down shooter where players fight through a brutal urban jungle ruled by gunfire and corruption to save Haru — a girl fitted with a city-grade atomic weapon.
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OTXO
Single-player alternative to Esse Proxy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Esse Proxy.
Enter an inexplicable, abstract mansion to rescue a loved one in this fast-paced, brutal, and dark roguelite filled with precise but savage gunplay and time-bending slow motion. Face your inner demons and unveil the secrets of the Mansion.
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The Ascent
Single-player alternative to Esse Proxy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Esse Proxy.
The Ascent is a solo and co-op Action-shooter RPG set in a cyberpunk world. The mega corporation that owns you and everyone, The Ascent Group, has just collapsed. Can you survive without it?
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Nex Machina
Single-player alternative to Esse Proxy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Esse Proxy.
Nex Machina is an intense arcade style twin-stick shooter from Housemarque. Taking hints from both Robotron and Smash TV, Nex Machina focuses on pure action, voxel destruction and competition in the distant, cablepunk themed future.
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Neon Chrome
Single-player alternative to Esse Proxy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Esse Proxy.
A masterful combination of top-down shooter and endless replayability with procedural levels. Blast your way through walls & enemies with guns and cybernetic abilities. Install perks from cyber chambers and upgrade your character stats after each death. Can you stop the Overseer?
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KILL KNIGHT
Single-player alternative to Esse Proxy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Esse Proxy.
KILL KNIGHT is an ultra-responsive arcade-inspired isometric action shooter. Condemned to eternal sufferance, deep within the voids of an eldritch arena, you must wield an arsenal of devastating weaponry to obliterate swarms of otherworldly horrors - and MASTER THE DEMON WITHIN.
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Hotline Miami
Single-player alternative to Esse Proxy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Esse Proxy.
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
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Below, Rusted Gods
Single-player alternative to Esse Proxy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Esse Proxy.
You are the lifeline supporting an expedition into the unknown. Keep both yourself and your squad alive by interpreting instrument readings, explore the facilities, and uncover something ancient and eager to be born.