Single-player games like Pit of Ascension
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Pit of Ascension, 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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Caveblazers
Single-player alternative to Pit of Ascension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pit of Ascension.
Caveblazers is a challenging and brutal roguelike platformer. Journey into a mysterious cave, fighting orcs and goblins with an abundance of weapons and magical items! Make friends along the way, then watch in despair as they are crushed in to a bloody pulp under a troll's fist.
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30XX
Single-player alternative to Pit of Ascension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pit of Ascension.
Jump, shoot, and slash your way through 30XX, the roguelike action platformer you can play with a friend! Explore lush, ever-changing worlds that mix precise platforming with fevered combat. Destroy fearsome Guardians. Master unique Powers. Rediscover the thousand years we've lost.
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Blade of the Netherworld
Single-player alternative to Pit of Ascension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pit of Ascension.
Blade of the Netherworld is a fast-paced 2D Roguelite platformer. Don divine masks as a Yin-Yang Enforcer, slashing through the underworld to defeat gods, demons, and spirits. Combine a variety of items, master combat skills, and create limitless, high-speed carnage with a free-form action system.
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Repetendium
Single-player alternative to Pit of Ascension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pit of Ascension.
Repetendium is a top-down roguelike-lite shooter. Select from a rowdy group of characters to play as and wield an ever expanding variety of gear and items to conquer the underworld. Death awaits...
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Fallback
Single-player alternative to Pit of Ascension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pit of Ascension.
Lead the rebellion in an epic rogue-like adventure. Guide your jet-pack equipped post-apocalyptic volunteers through a labyrinthine underground complex by jumping, dodging, and battling against robot minions (and masters) to get to the surface — and bring life back to the scorched Earth.
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Risk of Rain (2013)
Single-player alternative to Pit of Ascension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pit of Ascension.
Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses, either alone or with 3 friends in online co-op.
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Flinthook
Single-player alternative to Pit of Ascension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pit of Ascension.
Live the life of space captain Flinthook! Armed with your mighty hookshot, your uncanny slow-motion powers and your trusty blasma pistol, plunder and fight your way through an infinite variety of randomly-assembled spaceships for treasure, loot and fame!
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Hell is Other Demons
Single-player alternative to Pit of Ascension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pit of Ascension.
Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.