Single-player games like Verlet Ascend
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Verlet Ascend, 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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Fallback
Single-player alternative to Verlet Ascend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Verlet Ascend.
Lead the rebellion in an epic rogue-like adventure. Guide your jet-pack equipped post-apocalyptic volunteers through a labyrinthine underground complex by jumping, dodging, and battling against robot minions (and masters) to get to the surface — and bring life back to the scorched Earth.
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Blade of the Netherworld
Single-player alternative to Verlet Ascend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Verlet Ascend.
Blade of the Netherworld is a fast-paced 2D Roguelite platformer. Don divine masks as a Yin-Yang Enforcer, slashing through the underworld to defeat gods, demons, and spirits. Combine a variety of items, master combat skills, and create limitless, high-speed carnage with a free-form action system.
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Spiritfall
Single-player alternative to Verlet Ascend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Verlet Ascend.
Spiritfall is a fast-paced Action Roguelite with combat inspired by Platform Fighters. Slash, smash, launch, and wall-splat a multitude of enemies using an ever-changing arsenal of divine powers.
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Anomaly Agent
Single-player alternative to Verlet Ascend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Verlet Ascend.
ANOMALY AGENT is a cyberpunk action-adventure featuring fluid combat, a time-bending story, quirky characters and a catchy synthwave soundtrack! Punch or shoot through mobs of enemies, impact the story with your choices and stop the anomalies before the world plunges into chaos!
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Dead Cells
Single-player alternative to Verlet Ascend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Verlet Ascend.
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
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Have a Nice Death
Single-player alternative to Verlet Ascend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Verlet Ascend.
Have a Nice Death is a 2D action roguelike where you play as an overworked Death, whose employees have run rampant, completely throwing off the balance of souls - and his vacation plans. In order to restore order, you'll have to grab your trusty scythe and show your employees who's boss.
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Skul: The Hero Slayer
Single-player alternative to Verlet Ascend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Verlet Ascend.
Guide 'Skul' on his quest to single-handedly take on the Imperial Army and rescue his King from captivity, in an action-packed rogue-lite 2D platformer for the ages.
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I Hate Running Backwards
Single-player alternative to Verlet Ascend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Verlet Ascend.
I Hate Running Backwards is a never-ending adrenaline packed shoot'em down roguelite that puts the emphasis on destruction and fighting never ending waves of enemies while time traveling through procedurally generated worlds!