Single-player games like Mother Machine
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Mother Machine, 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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Plague Breaker
Single-player alternative to Mother Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mother Machine.
Plague Breaker is a retro roguelike platformer with heavy RPG elements. Pick your class and ascend a procedurally generated castle filled with undead monsters and corrupted plague doctors. Level up your character and find items, weapons, and traders along the way before taking on each floors boss.
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Animosity
Single-player alternative to Mother Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mother Machine.
Through claws and bullets, Red must save his friends from the angry ape menace. Procedural levels create a new experience with every play. Companion AI gives you the backup you need. Coop, Deathmatch, and Speedrun for up to 4 player split screen. Xbox controllers recommended.
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Kungfu Cowboy
Single-player alternative to Mother Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mother Machine.
Headshot, dash and dodge like a Kungfu Cowboy in this quirky, challenging run 'n' gun platformer with roguelike elements. Explore randomly generated levels, acquire strong "gunfu" abilities and stack synergizible upgrades for a powerful build. Team up with friends in PvE or battle each other in PvP!
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30XX
Single-player alternative to Mother Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mother Machine.
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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A Robot Named Fight!
Single-player alternative to Mother Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mother Machine.
A Robot Named Fight is a Metroidvania roguelike focused on exploration and item collection. Explore a different, procedurally-generated labyrinth each time you play and discover randomized power-ups to traverse obstacles, find secrets and explode meat beasts.
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Caveblazers
Single-player alternative to Mother Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mother Machine.
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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Ants Took My Eyeball
Single-player alternative to Mother Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mother Machine.
Ants Took My Eyeball is a 2D action platformer roguelite. Descend into an ever-changing ant hill, fight your way through hordes of insects with a variety of weapons, face formidable bosses and ultimately find your stolen eyeball.
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A Valley Without Wind
Single-player alternative to Mother Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mother Machine.
You choose how to play, and the world of Environ adapts around you.
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Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty
Single-player alternative to Mother Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mother Machine.
Built from scratch, enjoy breathtaking visuals, enhanced audio and improved, deeper gameplay as New 'n' Tasty reignites the original Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee using the latest next-generation technology.
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Deep Rock Galactic
Single-player alternative to Mother Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mother Machine.
Deep Rock Galactic is a 1-4 player co-op FPS featuring dwarven space miners, procedurally-generated destructible environments, and endless hordes of alien monsters. Explore cave systems, mine for minerals, and work together to survive!
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Little Smart Planet
Single-player alternative to Mother Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mother Machine.
Studying is fun. Educational games to review Mathematics, English and Language for children from 6 to 12 years old.
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CREATURES
Single-player alternative to Mother Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mother Machine.
Creatures is a multi-player that adds a gaming layer to music. Based around the pioneering artist BillyRacxx, we're creating a world where his fans can game and enjoy unique music that will constantly be updated.
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Curious Expedition
Single-player alternative to Mother Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mother Machine.
Curious Expedition is a roguelike expedition simulation set in the late 19th century. Together with famous personalities you will venture on unprecedented expeditions to regions never explored before for fame, science and treasures.
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Curious Expedition 2
Single-player alternative to Mother Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mother Machine.
Curious Expedition 2 is a turn-based narrative roguelike set in a reimagined version of the late 19th century that uses procedural gameplay and story elements to create completely unique and epic adventures every time you play.