Single-player games like ---Red---Tether-->
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to ---Red---Tether-->, 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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RANGER COMMANDO
Single-player alternative to ---Red---Tether--> — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.
Nostalgic '80s-inspired isometric tactical shooter. Explore randomly generated missions, assassinate officers, free hostages, blow stuff up. No handholding, but easy to pick up!
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ShootyCraft
Single-player alternative to ---Red---Tether--> — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.
Massive online space battles with building and crafting. Up to 100 players in an arena. Solo and team game modes.
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The Stars Are Not Ready
Single-player alternative to ---Red---Tether--> — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.
A neon arcade roguelite with no gun. Momentum is the only weapon: surf the dark at full speed and ram everything to wreckage. Ten shifting zones, anomalies you can seal or exploit, mutations that evolve, guardians that shatter. The stars are not ready. Go anyway.
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StarFear
Single-player alternative to ---Red---Tether--> — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.
Fly. Die. Improve. Repeat. StarFear is a brutal space extraction roguelite where loss is learning, skill is the answer, and nothing feels better than getting out alive, alone or with your friends.
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Anima Reaver
Single-player alternative to ---Red---Tether--> — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.
A 3D Sci-Fi space shooter game where you fight against big flagships and bases to unlock the secrets of the world.
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Deadship Protocol
Single-player alternative to ---Red---Tether--> — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.
Bullet heaven auto-shooter with ONLINE AND COUCH CO-OP for 1-4 players. Fight hordes of energy-feeding aliens, recover eight Protocol Cores, and choose powerful upgrades. Leave the reactor undefended, then fight your way back before the ship runs out of power.
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Swirl W@tch
Single-player alternative to ---Red---Tether--> — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.
Swirl W@tch is a tense stealth-action roguelite that takes place on an over-exploited gas giant. Infiltrate industrial installations, evade or eliminate guard ships, commit corporate sabotage and grow the movement to unlock new gear. Can your actions free this otherworldly world?
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Starcore Survivor
Single-player alternative to ---Red---Tether--> — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.
Starcore Survivor is a top-down arena auto-shooter roguelite. Move, dodge, collect materials, and shape each run through 20 waves of combat, upgrade choices, between-wave shops, weapon fusion, evolution recipes, relics, bosses, and escalating Danger levels.
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Red Faction
Single-player alternative to ---Red---Tether--> — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with ---Red---Tether-->.
JOIN THE REVOLUTION! Lured to Mars by the Ultor Corporation's promise of a better life, thousands have come to seek their fortune and work for the massive mining company. But all is not as it seems. A deadly plague is sweeping through the barracks, and miners suffer daily abuse at the hands of the Ultor guards.
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Just Cause
Single-player alternative to ---Red---Tether--> — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with ---Red---Tether-->.
Your world...Your rules!
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Hyperspace Dogfights
Single-player alternative to ---Red---Tether--> — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.
Hyperspace Dogfights is a juicy jet-combat roguelite in which you blast, dodge and slice your way through masses of technologically inferior baddies. Your jet evolves differently on each run and becomes stronger and weirder by gathering some of the 300+ available items.
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Hyperspace Deck Command
Single-player alternative to ---Red---Tether--> — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.
Hyperspace Deck Command is a complex deck building roguelite. Command a massive space fleet that operates on individual turn timers, combine a wide variety of cards into powerful decks and master the dual-use status effects to defeat the hegemonising swarm.