Single-player games like Forest Fire
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Forest Fire, 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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Grim Horde
Single-player alternative to Forest Fire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Forest Fire.
Gather your minions, conquer the lands and become the Darklord! Grim Horde is a fast arcade game with rogue-lite elements, where you lead your armies through the lands of the mortals, raze villages and claim souls. Die and rise again from your ashes and learn new summoning spells.
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I Hate Running Backwards
Single-player alternative to Forest Fire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Forest Fire.
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!
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Skul: The Hero Slayer
Single-player alternative to Forest Fire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Forest Fire.
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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Swarm Grinder
Single-player alternative to Forest Fire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Forest Fire.
An action roguelite game with alien swarms and mechs. Battle enemies to make your way through a mass of spreading and evolving cells hosting dormant enemies. Collect a variety of game-changing skills and upgrades to create unique builds.
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Nuclear Throne
Single-player alternative to Forest Fire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Forest Fire.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
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Good Robot
Single-player alternative to Forest Fire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Forest Fire.
Good Robot is a fast-paced roguelike shoot-em-up that pits you against thousands of robots out to violate your warranty. Explore a procedurally generated sci-fi metropolis and the depths of corporate depravity, but never stop shooting...unless, of course, you're a Bad Robot. You're not, are you?
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Soulstone Survivors
Single-player alternative to Forest Fire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Forest Fire.
Face the Lords of the Void and their endless minions, collect their Soulstones and become a god! In this Action Roguelite, unveil secret spells, craft mighty weapons, unlock multiple characters, discover game-breaking synergies and conquer the power of the void.
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Fictorum
Single-player alternative to Forest Fire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Forest Fire.
Fictorum is an action RPG featuring destructible environments, a procedural node-based world map, and dynamic magic shaping.
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Rogue Star Rescue
Single-player alternative to Forest Fire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Forest Fire.
Bullet Hell Insanity + Tower Defense Strategy. Rogue Star Rescue is a quirky new type of rogue-like shooter. Blast your way through diverse planets while rescuing your teammates and gathering traps for your defense strategy. Play solo or online to stop the Rogue Star before it annihilates everything!
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Sandbox Skyline
Single-player alternative to Forest Fire — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Build impressive skyscrapers pixel-by-pixel, and protect them from the harsh realities of nature. Each pixel is physically simulated to interact with earthquakes, firestorms, blizzards, and tsunamis. Protect your skyline and expand your territory in this relaxing (yet challenging) sandbox builder.
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Infest
Single-player alternative to Forest Fire — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Infest is a roguelike deckbuilder where every pixel on the battlefield can burn, freeze, corrode, shock, and melt. Carefully craft your deck and deploy cards to alter the environment, buff your stats, and unleash stunning pixel-by-pixel damage upon your enemies!
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Extraktion 1943
Single-player alternative to Forest Fire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Forest Fire.
Extraktion 1943 is a roguelite extraction shooter set in Nazi Germany. Survive as a stranded Allied soldier behind enemy lines. Take on the Nazis solo or online with friends, sabotage enemy production, assassinate high-ranking officers, and build your hideout and resistance network. DEATH TO HITLER!
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Repterra
Single-player alternative to Forest Fire — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Repterra is a base-building survival RTS set in a world overrun by dinosaurs. Manage your colony while battling massive dino hordes. Breed and ride your own dinos, unlock permanent upgrades, and fight to reclaim the world for humanity.
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Comrade, Secrets Escape!
Single-player alternative to Forest Fire — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Comrade, thousands of bio-experiments are escaping. Line escape routes with guns, blast holes through the horde, and unlock absurd Soviet weapons in this incremental tower defence. Excessive force is authorized.