Single-player games like Ascendant
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Ascendant, 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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Chromocide: Prism of Sin
Single-player alternative to Ascendant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Ascendant.
Shoot, shift color and race against the darkness in this short-run psychedelic action roguelite. Level up in color-specific ways as you span the visible spectrum and beyond. Will you atone for your sin?
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ATOMINE
Single-player alternative to Ascendant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ascendant.
Atomine is a twin stick procedural shooter rogue-lite set in a virtual world with minimalist design, where the player recounts on the screen the real events of STUXNET, the first weapon ever created in the form of computer virus.
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Sharded World
Single-player alternative to Ascendant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ascendant.
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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Burning Knight
Single-player alternative to Ascendant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ascendant.
Steal everything you can and flee from the Burning Knight's castle in this action-packed roguelike! The game features tight bullet hell, tons of items, characters to meet... and secrets!
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DunHero
Single-player alternative to Ascendant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ascendant.
DunHero is an Action Roguelike. Choose your class, level up and collect powerful items. Defeat bosses and free the world from evil in unique adventures. Play solo or with friends in up to 4-player co-op.
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REPLIKATOR
Single-player alternative to Ascendant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ascendant.
In this twin stick roguelite shooter, you play as one of the galactic mercenaries, explore a mysterious scientific complex and uncover the secret of the REPLIKATOR project.
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Doomsday Hunters
Single-player alternative to Ascendant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ascendant.
Shoot stuff in a perfect pixel world, combine items, build guns, die every time! Roguelite twin-stick shooter where magic and post-apocalyptic future technologies collide. Defeat evil lord Dracula and save everyone!
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Darkest Dungeon® II
Single-player alternative to Ascendant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Ascendant.
Darkest Dungeon II is a roguelike road trip of the damned. Form a party, equip your stagecoach, and set off across the decaying landscape on a last gasp quest to avert the apocalypse. The greatest dangers you face, however, may come from within...
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The Binding of Isaac
Single-player alternative to Ascendant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ascendant.
Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!
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Wizard of Legend
Single-player alternative to Ascendant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ascendant.
Wizard of Legend is a no-nonsense, action-packed take on wizardry that emphasizes precise movements and smart comboing of spells in a rogue-like dungeon crawler that features over a hundred unique spells and relics!
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Noita
Single-player alternative to Ascendant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ascendant.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
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Enter the Gungeon
Single-player alternative to Ascendant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ascendant.
Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell dungeon crawler following a band of misfits seeking to shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip their way to personal absolution by reaching the legendary Gungeon’s ultimate treasure: the gun that can kill the past.