Single-player games like Vulkan: Lost Planet
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Vulkan: Lost Planet, 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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METALLIC CHILD
Single-player alternative to Vulkan: Lost Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Vulkan: Lost Planet.
“Grab, hurl, and eliminate” Rogue-lite Core-Action!! A large-scale rebellion erupts within the spacecraft “Life Stream.” With the help of you, Rona, an android known as “Metallic Child,” stands up against a fleet of massive robots to stop the plot devised by her own creator, Doctor Irene.
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Neon Chrome
Single-player alternative to Vulkan: Lost Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Vulkan: Lost Planet.
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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Rogue Stormers
Single-player alternative to Vulkan: Lost Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Vulkan: Lost Planet.
An action packed platform shooter mashed-up with roguelike and RPG elements, crazy 3D graphics and co-op multiplayer for one to 4 players.
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HYPERGUN
Single-player alternative to Vulkan: Lost Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Vulkan: Lost Planet.
Fight through waves of alien interlopers and save the world as Dewey Owens in HYPERGUN, a fast-paced roguelite shooter centering around a procedural weapon of questionable effectiveness. Enter the simulation. Build the HYPERGUN!
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Lovecraft's Untold Stories 2
Single-player alternative to Vulkan: Lost Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Vulkan: Lost Planet.
Lovecraft’s Untold Stories 2 is the continuation of the first action RPG with rogue-like elements based on the Lovecraft Mythos ever released. Brand new graphics, a new and complex crafting system to create your equipment, 6 playable characters, and lots and lots of incredibly challenging content!
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Deadlink
Single-player alternative to Vulkan: Lost Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Vulkan: Lost Planet.
Get ready to put a sizable dent in the profits of megacorporations in Deadlink, a guns-blazing cyberpunk FPS with roguelite elements. Your mission is to conduct covert ops while piloting a humanoid combat shell. And no, "covert" doesn’t mean "quiet."
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RAM: Random Access Mayhem
Single-player alternative to Vulkan: Lost Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Vulkan: Lost Planet.
The roguelike where you play as the enemies. Take control of your foes, turn them against each other in fast-paced combat, and leap to a new host before your current body breaks down.
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Wild Bastards
Single-player alternative to Vulkan: Lost Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Vulkan: Lost Planet.
The spiritual successor to the award-winning game Void Bastards, Wild Bastards is a roguelike strategy shooter with heart-pounding FPS action, mod management, and a tactical campaign. Saddle up and lead the most notorious outlaws in the galaxy.
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Ghost Dimension
Single-player alternative to Vulkan: Lost Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A space pilot lost in the space needs to collect solar essence to stay alive while fighting to stay sane. A psychological journey about solitude with an original soundtrack.
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PRIMAL DUNGEON
Single-player alternative to Vulkan: Lost Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Vulkan: Lost Planet.
Throw bones, big rocks or use your spirit wolf special attack to kill a variety of enemies in this 2D platformer full action game.
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Shadow Walls
Single-player alternative to Vulkan: Lost Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Kill a variety of enemies with your pistol or swing your bat. Collect letters while you trying to find your sister in dark atmospheric action top-down shooter 2D game.
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The Last King's Archer
Single-player alternative to Vulkan: Lost Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Vulkan: Lost Planet.
Survive the night killing enemies using your bow, Fire Dragon or Thunder Dragon special attacks in this wave based 2D platformer packed with a lot of action and upgrades. Can you last until daylight?
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Yoli
Single-player alternative to Vulkan: Lost Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Vulkan: Lost Planet.
A satisfying shooting game with 4 gameplay modes and simple controls! Upgrade your character and defend the Portal from the creatures of the void.
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Kingslayer: The First Assassin
Single-player alternative to Vulkan: Lost Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Before you find the King's Room, you need to beat guards and traps. Feel like an assassin in this limited grid-movement and attacks puzzle game.
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Primal Survivors
Single-player alternative to Vulkan: Lost Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Vulkan: Lost Planet.
Throw colossals bones and big rocks in an ever growing horde of primal creatures to survive in the jungle. Choose from a variety of upgrades to create unique and game-breaking builds. Unlock a diverse cast of classes and weapons with unique powers.
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Instinct War - Card Game
Single-player alternative to Vulkan: Lost Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Enter in a bitesized roguelike dungeon crawller. Choose your hero and face relentless enemies through an everchaging card-based dungeon. Collect items to power up your hero to face the Instinct War.