Single-player games like SwapOut
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to SwapOut, 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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Zombie Defense: The Last Frontier
Single-player alternative to SwapOut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with SwapOut.
A Single and cooperative game for 4 players, you are a fighter of a special purpose unit, your task is to destroy waves of zombies by taking convenient positions and using tactic
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MEAT AND METAL
Single-player alternative to SwapOut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with SwapOut.
You are the operator of a combat turret defending the border beyond which lies the last human city! MEAT AND METAL is a challenging survival shooter with a ranked system, upgrades and different types of enemies.
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Sweet Surrender VR
Single-player alternative to SwapOut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with SwapOut.
Sweet Surrender is a fast-paced roguelike VR shooter. Fight your way up a dystopian megatower, filled to the brim with tyrant machines hell-bent on destroying the last of humanity. Build your arsenal of weapons, upgrades, and explosives to take down the machine overlords.
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Spellshot
Single-player alternative to SwapOut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with SwapOut.
Survive against hordes of zombies using bullets enchanted with spells purchased from a rerolling shop. Spellshot is a fast-paced, rogue-lite fps in which you create unique builds by combining and upgrading spells, activating set bonuses, and collecting rare items.
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TROUBLE JUICE
Single-player alternative to SwapOut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with SwapOut.
Trouble Juice is a Side Scrolling Shooter Roguelike set in a TV show tournament that is broadcasted across the universe. Use your character's special abilities, and unlock prizes in the Achievement Bingo. Become the ultimate champion and earn your place in the galaxy's hall of fame!
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The Tower of Worth
Single-player alternative to SwapOut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with SwapOut.
The Tower of Worth is ego-changing action game. You become one of the numerous Challengers and You must overcome ordeals and competition to climb the highest point of the tower. Steal competitors' skills, get new ability by investing your worth and control your action to get a wanted ego.
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ETERNAL BLOOD
Single-player alternative to SwapOut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with SwapOut.
ETERNAL BLOOD is a high-adrenaline arcade-action FPS. Face legions of demons, harvest their souls and become a God of Destruction.
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Contagion
Single-player alternative to SwapOut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with SwapOut.
Contagion isn't your average Zombie Shooter but instead takes a more realistic and different approach to the popular genre with unique characters, environments, weapons, items, and a built in system that makes every round completely unpredictable with resources, objectives, and paths ever changing.
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The Hell Inside
Single-player alternative to SwapOut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with SwapOut.
An action roguelike about escaping familiar places. Use your book to survive hordes of enemies and add new pages to the book to change how it works. Escape The Hell Inside.