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Single-player games like Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors

Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors, 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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    Hive Jump 2: Survivors — Steam game cover

    Hive Jump 2: Survivors

    Single-player alternative to Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.

    Become an agent of vengeance in this bullet-heaven action roguelite! You are the lone survivor of your squad, on an alien planet with just your weapon, a jetpack, and the courage to keep fighting. Kill off alien swarms and transform their valuable guts into explosive upgrades and vital utilities.

    2024ActionIndieRPG6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Void Scrappers — Steam game cover

    Void Scrappers

    Single-player alternative to Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.

    Blast hordes of alien ships into junk. Collect the scrap to upgrade your ship into an unstoppable force of destruction. Unlock new characters and weapons and upgrade your stats between runs.

    2022Action3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    FatalZone — Steam game cover

    FatalZone

    Single-player alternative to Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.

    FatalZone is an auto shooter with roguelike and RPG elements set in a savage world of zombies. Exterminate zombie hordes, collect resources, upgrade your camp, and level up mercenaries. Humanity must survive at any cost!

    2024ActionIndieRPG6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Halftime Heroes — Steam game cover

    Halftime Heroes

    Single-player alternative to Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.

    SURVIVE COUNTLESS HORDES, BE A ONE MAN ARMY, DIE AND RETURN STRONGER. Halftime Heroes is a Survival Rogue Action RPG game with short and intense matches where you learn spells, level up, acquire loot and fight bosses. Each time you die you may upgrade or unlock several features.

    2023ActionAdventureRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bounty of One — Steam game cover

    Bounty of One

    Single-player alternative to Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.

    Fallen hero of the Wild West, you’re wanted and in disgrace! Grab your guns, survive endless hordes of bounty hunters and fight to clear your name! Bounty of One is a fast-paced casual roguelite bullet hell for 1 to 4 players. Dash, Dodge, Shoot, Repeat!

    2023ActionIndieRPG6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    REMEDIUM: Sentinels — Steam game cover

    REMEDIUM: Sentinels

    Single-player alternative to Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.

    Become a Sentinel and face the plague in roguelite fast-paced auto-shooter set in the same world as REMEDIUM game. Combine items and alchemical elements to acquire more powerful weapons and create unique builds to defend the plague survivors against the endless hordes of mutants!

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Project Lazarus — Steam game cover

    Project Lazarus

    Single-player alternative to Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.

    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!

    2023ActionCasual5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    In Woods — Steam game cover

    In Woods

    Single-player alternative to Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.

    In Woods is a roguelike survival game set in a forest. Fight monsters, level up, gather wood to craft items, and enhance your power to face stronger foes. Survive and defeat the final boss to claim ultimate victory!

    2024ActionIndieRPG3.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Vampire Survivors — Steam game cover

    Vampire Survivors

    Single-player alternative to Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.

    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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    Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors - Prelude — Steam game cover

    Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors - Prelude

    Single-player alternative to Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.

    You are Earth's last line of defense in a relentless alien invasion. Experience intense 3D top-down roguelite action. Outsmart, outgun and survive smarter, increasingly menacing foes with a versatile arsenal in diverse landscapes. Every run escalates the challenge - adapt, evolve, dominate!

    2023ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shell Runner - Prelude — Steam game cover

    Shell Runner - Prelude

    Single-player alternative to Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.

    Shell Runner - Prelude is a PvE Extraction Top-Down Looter-Shooter set in a cyberpunk dystopian future. As a mercenary your objective is as clear as it's dangerous: infiltrate, assassinate, loot, and extract without dying. Or fail, and lose everything.

    2023ActionIndieDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shell Runner — Steam game cover

    Shell Runner

    Single-player alternative to Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.

    2045. Life's never been cheaper. Shells mean you can come back if you have money. You used to. Now you're on the bottom in a cyberpunk sprawl. Claw your way back up through wet work as a Shell Runner, in a PvE extraction looter shooter, where a gig can make you rich - or broke.

    2025ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pantheion — Steam game cover

    Pantheion

    Single-player alternative to Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.

    A single-player deck-building card game where mythologies unite. Construct your deck with deities, followers, artifacts, and blessings from Greek, Norse, and Japanese legends. Overcome each site's threshold through clever strategy, powerful combos, and unique card synergies.

    2025StrategyIndieCasual3.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Memoria Arcana — Steam game cover

    Memoria Arcana

    Single-player alternative to Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.

    Memoria Arcana is a single-player card game with traditional memory mechanics: Reveal as many pairs as you can to form poker-inspired hands, earn points, and overcome the Curse stages. Master the Arcana and Zodiac cards to increase your chance of winning.

    2026StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hellwake: Hordes of Styx — Steam game cover

    Hellwake: Hordes of Styx

    Single-player alternative to Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors.

    In a dimension full of demons, master movement and carve through enemies with your sword and devastating magic. Forge rune-powered builds to survive the endless onslaught.

    ActionIndieCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →