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Single-player games like Xenomare

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Xenomare, 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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    Witch's Reign — Steam game cover

    Witch's Reign

    Single-player alternative to Xenomare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Xenomare.

    A survival-horror, 2D grid puzzle like game centered around finding the purpose of the Witch's deed. An Untold story of her reign is still lost in the dark, full of blood thirsty monsters lurking in the dark. Features a variety of levels, difficult for puzzle experts. Take your chance- Witch's Reign

    2021ActionStrategyIndie2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE — Steam game cover

    EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE

    Single-player alternative to Xenomare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Xenomare.

    EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE will throw you in a dark industrial environment, a secret facility on a japanese island. Each volunteer has signed a contract for a "recovery operation" without being privy to too many details. A tense roguelite survival horror with a top down perspective.

    2023ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bleak Faith: Forsaken — Steam game cover

    Bleak Faith: Forsaken

    Single-player alternative to Xenomare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Xenomare.

    Explore the last remnants of civilization in this vast, unforgiving, and interconnected world. Learn what is left of its history. Discover pockets of natural life in the perpetually expanding Omnistructure. Lose yourself in a journey unlike any other. Find your purpose in the world.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    My Putrid Ponies — Steam game cover

    My Putrid Ponies

    Single-player alternative to Xenomare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Xenomare.

    A zombie ponies game where you have to survive with a shotgun.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Directive 8020 — Steam game cover

    Directive 8020

    Single-player alternative to Xenomare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Xenomare.

    Earth is dying and humanity is running out of time. 12 light years from home, Tau Ceti f offers a small sliver of hope. When the colony ship Cassiopeia crash lands on the planet, its crew soon realize they are far from being alone. In space, death takes many forms.

    2026ActionAdventure49.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Boris and the Dark Survival — Steam game cover

    Boris and the Dark Survival

    Single-player alternative to Xenomare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Xenomare.

    A lone wolf struggles to survive the inky abyss of Joey Drew Studios in this top-down survival horror.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Amnesia: The Bunker — Steam game cover

    Amnesia: The Bunker

    Single-player alternative to Xenomare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Xenomare.

    Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Welcome to Basingstoke — Steam game cover

    Welcome to Basingstoke

    Single-player alternative to Xenomare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Xenomare.

    Basingstoke is a tense rogue-like that mixes stealth and arcade action. Explore the smouldering ruins of Basingstoke, a world of reanimated undead and ferocious alien monsters. Scavenge as you go, crafting equipment to help you in your mission: escape Basingstoke!

    2018ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Brumm — Steam game cover

    Brumm

    Single-player alternative to Xenomare — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    In the spirit of old arcade classics like Super Sprint and old computer racers like Micro Machines, you race on a topdown track with up to five players online or local in front of your computer.

    2016Racing4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rise High — Steam game cover

    Rise High

    Single-player alternative to Xenomare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Xenomare.

    Rise High is an arcade action game in which you have to defend your workers from an alien invasion while they try to build skyscrapers!

    2017ActionIndie1.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →