Single-player games like Dead Escape
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Dead Escape, 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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WATERPUNK
Single-player alternative to Dead Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Escape.
A roguelite action game inspired by the legendary Enter the Gungeon and Nuclear Throne, set in a post-apocalyptic aquatic world. Shape your strategy by choosing which abilities shine by day and which awaken at night.
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Chrome Circuit
Single-player alternative to Dead Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Escape.
A twin-stick roguelite in a 2086 cyber-dystopia. Chain kill-streaks for massive rewards, sign cursed loot contracts with brutal downsides, and stack upgrades into a new monster build every run.
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Delusional
Single-player alternative to Dead Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Escape.
Delusional is a chaotic top-down roguelike shooter where you battle absurd enemies with hundreds of ridiculous weapons, all in a desperate bid to defeat the eccentric artiste who created you.
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Fast Food Wars
Single-player alternative to Dead Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Escape.
Fast Food Wars is a bullet-hell shoot'em up rogue-lite game in a procedural generated restaurant with random power ups, weapons. You play as a burger fighting to claim back all the invaded burger restaurant from other fast foods
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Echoes of Elpis
Single-player alternative to Dead Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Escape.
Echoes of Elpis is a twin-stick shooter sci-fi roguelike. Upgrade weapons, discover new tech, and uncover a secret past as you battle through Elpis on an epic treasure hunt.
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Juicy Army
Single-player alternative to Dead Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Escape.
Juicy army is the sweetest action roguelike set in a dream universe where you'll have to fight an army of juicy creatures!
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Hex.Plan.X
Single-player alternative to Dead Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Escape.
Retro-style sci-fi top-down shooter and strategy game.
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You Are Circle
Single-player alternative to Dead Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Escape.
You are a circle in a sharp world. Fight jagged enemies in a neon twin-stick bullet-hell roguelite, build devastating ability combos, and grow from fragile to unstoppable through shifting neon labyrinths.