Single-player games like The Defaloon
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Defaloon, 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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Protos Magos
Single-player alternative to The Defaloon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Defaloon.
Protos Magos is a Spellcrafting FPS with fast-paced combat. Explore a medieval setting and blast your way through a horde of demons. Create custom spells to suit your unique play style.
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Lichenvale
Single-player alternative to The Defaloon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Defaloon.
Lichenvale is a first person slasher offering fast-paced melee combat mixed with tactical use of spells and dashing around your enemies. Battle through nightmarish hordes of monsters representing your innermost fears in this 90's hits inspired title.
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Pile 'Em High Episode 3: Convalescence
Single-player alternative to The Defaloon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Defaloon.
Deep in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, a secluded estate becomes ground zero for terror. Pile ’Em High 3 throws you into nonstop action‑horror mayhem—cultists, zombies, abominations—all standing between you and the truth behind the world‑shattering Pandemic
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Dead Alone
Single-player alternative to The Defaloon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Defaloon.
Dead Alone is an intense first-person survival shooter set in a dangerous apocalyptic cityscape. In this desolate landscape, your precision in shooting and meticulous resource management will be the key to survival.
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AMID EVIL
Single-player alternative to The Defaloon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Defaloon.
A retro FPS for the ages! Once branded a HERETIC. Now YOU have been chosen as our champion! Reclaim our sacred weapons. Take back our ancient lands. If you can stand... AMID EVIL.
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Heterodox
Single-player alternative to The Defaloon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Defaloon.
Carefully cut and shoot your way through undead or other unique creatures in a dark-fantasy world fps. Do this to remove the evil, twisted schemers from taking control of the lands below the Sky-Gate. After that, return gloriously in your home capital as it is safe once more.
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KARM
Single-player alternative to The Defaloon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Defaloon.
KARM brings back '90s FPS look and feel in a lovecraftian world. Try to discover what lies behind the cult and make sure you don't lose your sanity!
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Medals Of Valor: Last Stand
Single-player alternative to The Defaloon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Defaloon.
A retro WW2 FPS with PSX-style graphics inspired by classic shooters. Fight online with up to 24 players or play fully solo against smart bots across several maps.