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Single-player games like Endless waves survival

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Endless waves survival, 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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    Yawnoc — Steam game cover

    Yawnoc

    Single-player alternative to Endless waves survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Endless waves survival.

    Destroy hordes of strange machines that have invaded the forest. Yawnoc is a chaotic top-down shooter roguelite focused on immersion into the world of Conway's Game of Life and other cellular automata.

    2024ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dark Bunny — Steam game cover

    Dark Bunny

    Single-player alternative to Endless waves survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Endless waves survival.

    You are the Dark Bunny. You want carrots. You kill farm animals to get carrots. That's it. That's the game. In this roguelite, topdown arena, semi autobattler you will use various skills and items to create unique, powerful builds to defeat all the mega evil farm animals. And get all the carrots!

    2023ActionIndieRPG6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    POOBO — Steam game cover

    POOBO

    Single-player alternative to Endless waves survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Endless waves survival.

    A fast-paced action roguelike where you play as a tiny and adorable poop fighting off bacteria. Upgrade your weapons and items to escape the toilet and claim victory!

    2025ActionIndieRPGFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shape Survivors — Steam game cover

    Shape Survivors

    Single-player alternative to Endless waves survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Endless waves survival.

    The arena is shrinking. Annihilate endless swarms of angry geometry to climb the global leaderboards in this relentless bullet heaven. Collect Poly shards, upgrade your weapons, and unlock permanent meta-progression to survive the crush in Shape Survivors.

    ActionIndieCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fight To The Death — Steam game cover

    Fight To The Death

    Single-player alternative to Endless waves survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Endless waves survival.

    Fight To The Death is a roguelite game where you enter an arena filled with hundreds or even thousands of monsters. Utilizing each character's unique skills, collecting powerful items, crafting your own playstyle, and striving to be the last one standing.

    2024ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Centipede Gun — Steam game cover

    Centipede Gun

    Single-player alternative to Endless waves survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Endless waves survival.

    Centipede Gun is a roguelite autobattler where you create bizzare creatures to face hordes of enemies! Combine different guns, modules and skills to make unique synergies and upgrade your cute little destruction machine!

    2023ActionStrategyIndie2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Infinite Tao — Steam game cover

    Infinite Tao

    Single-player alternative to Endless waves survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Endless waves survival.

    《Infinity Tao》is a Rogue Lite game set in the Ancient Chinese Immortal Cultivation setting. Raise your realm, build powerful Magic Treasures combinations and Synergies, kill thousands of monster and win the 30 minute game.

    2023ActionIndieCasual3.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Astro Looter: Survivor — Steam game cover

    Astro Looter: Survivor

    Single-player alternative to Endless waves survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Explore alien planets to mine resources, kill alien insects, build defense turrets, and survive waves of insect attacks across the galactic frontier. Astro Looter combines elements of survival, roguelike, and tower defense in a top-down shooter.

    2024ActionStrategyAdventure2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Vampire Survivors — Steam game cover

    Vampire Survivors

    Single-player alternative to Endless waves survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Endless waves survival.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Nomad Survival — Steam game cover

    Nomad Survival

    Single-player alternative to Endless waves survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Endless waves survival.

    Battle against hordes of enemies, conquer Boss encounters, and explore various character and skill combinations in this time-based auto-attacking Roguelite in your quest to become stronger and defeat the most menacing of creatures that lay in wait at the end of each run.

    2022ActionIndie4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    RACCOIN: Coin Pusher Roguelike — Steam game cover

    RACCOIN: Coin Pusher Roguelike

    Single-player alternative to Endless waves survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Endless waves survival.

    A coin-pushing dopamine machine. RACCOIN is a roguelike deckbuilder where you combine special coins with powerful items to trigger wildly satisfying combos. Stack shiny towers, spin the lucky wheel, and shake the machine until all the coins drop.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →