Single-player games like Rift Loopers
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Rift Loopers, 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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Shape Shifter: Formations
Single-player alternative to Rift Loopers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Rift Loopers.
Shape Shifter: Formations is an action twin-stick shooter with rogue-lite elements, where you must destroy hordes of geometric enemies alone or with a friend. Select your ship and combine a large variety of weapons, abilities and infinitely stacking upgrades to craft your own unique build.
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Meta Ghost: Breaking Show
Single-player alternative to Rift Loopers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rift Loopers.
Immerse yourself in the reality show — "Breaking Show", where you engage in real-time battles with various intelligent machines using cybernetic enhancements and weapons. Whether for personal gain or lofty ideals. Fight! Until you reach the final victory on this Rogue-lite journey.
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Sharded World
Single-player alternative to Rift Loopers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rift Loopers.
Sharded World is a reversed bullet hell, rogue-lite, ARPG game combining simple gameplay and great rpg progression. Each level has its own unique features and challenges. Upgradable characters, weapons and orbs. Challenges, daily quests, and leaderboards. Fight, get stronger and defeat the Lich!
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Survivor Mercs
Single-player alternative to Rift Loopers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rift Loopers.
Purge the billionaires' robot army with your Merc squad! Fast-paced twin-stick action, frantic horde survival, tactical squad-building & tons of loot! Exploit game-breaking synergies to beat the M.E.G.A. Corp. bosses in ever-changing operations. Lock, load, and loot, Commander!
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Destropolis
Single-player alternative to Rift Loopers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rift Loopers.
Destropolis is a top-down shooter game with a fully destructible environment, hundreds of enemies and nuclear explosions. Fight a countless swarm of enemies. Tear them to pieces with bullets, lasers and explosions. Destroy as many of them as you can before they overwhelm you...
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Champion Shift
Single-player alternative to Rift Loopers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Rift Loopers.
Unleash mighty Champions in this thrilling co-op bullet heaven. Shift into battle, create builds with unique abilities, and battle endless enemies to stop the Dominion's path of conquest. Rev through high octane missions, conquer epic bosses, and become an absolute legend!
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Neon Chrome
Single-player alternative to Rift Loopers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rift Loopers.
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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Section 13
Single-player alternative to Rift Loopers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rift Loopers.
Unravel a thrilling sci-fi mystery in this action-packed twin-stick roguelite shooter. Select your load-out, stack up temporary and persistent upgrades, and delve into the depths of a subterranean base, either alone or in a group of up to 3 players.
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Vampire Survivors
Single-player alternative to Rift Loopers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rift Loopers.
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!
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Spellbook Demonslayers
Single-player alternative to Rift Loopers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rift Loopers.
Slay endless hordes of demons to protect the Cosmic Library! Steal their abilities, find powerful equipment, and unlock the secrets of each spellbook to become unstoppable! Will you be able to destroy the demonic legion?
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Project Lazarus
Single-player alternative to Rift Loopers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Rift Loopers.
You are the first party mech pilot of alien planet colonizers! Project Lazarus is a survival game with rogue-lite elements. Deploy and upgrade your mech to the metal!
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Rogue: Genesia
Single-player alternative to Rift Loopers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Rift Loopers.
Walk upon a new world and slay foes endangering it. Rogue : Genesia is an action rogue-lite game, where you fight relentless hordes consisting of hundreds and thousands of monsters, make your build, break the balance, defeat bosses and save one of the many worlds.
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Nomad Survival
Single-player alternative to Rift Loopers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rift Loopers.
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.
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Dungeons of Edera
Single-player alternative to Rift Loopers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rift Loopers.
Dungeons of Edera is a rogue-lite action RPG dungeon crawler featuring procedurally generated levels where you will battle through hordes of monsters to restore Edera to its former glory.
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Hold The Fort
Single-player alternative to Rift Loopers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Rift Loopers.
Dive into intense, fantasy, tower defense action! Using turrets, spells, and your cunning, you must defend your kingdom against an onslaught of enemies launching a surprise attack while the king is away.