Single-player games like Running Riot
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Running Riot, 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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Sharded World
Single-player alternative to Running Riot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Running Riot.
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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Danger Scavenger
Single-player alternative to Running Riot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Running Riot.
Danger Scavenger is fast-paced action, cyberpunk-themed, roguelite skyline crawler. Blow up, cut, shoot enemy robots on the roofs of skyscrapers. Choose your way to higher levels, loot, buy stuff, upgrade yourself, fight against greedy corporations, be a rebel!
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Neon Chrome
Single-player alternative to Running Riot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Running Riot.
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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Blazing Beaks
Single-player alternative to Running Riot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Running Riot.
Roguelite - where too much greediness can be fatal. A colorful world with armed birds blazing their way through piles of mutants, monsters and creepy creatures. Lots of mysteries to unravel, secrets to discover and levels to explore.
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Brigador: Up-Armored Edition
Single-player alternative to Running Riot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Running Riot.
Pilot a mech to hunt down and destroy the oppressive government of a cyberpunk autocracy. In this fast-paced, top-down shooter, use overwhelming firepower to destroy columns of tanks and level buildings. Unlock up to 56 unique vehicles and 40 weapons.
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Rush Rover
Single-player alternative to Running Riot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Running Riot.
Rush Rover is a 2D top-down shooter game. Compared to other similar games of the genre, the shooting experience is closer to traditional shoot'em up games. It includes random map generation, unique weapons, lots of different enemies, exciting boss battles and a dynamic chiptune soundtrack.
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Serious Sam: Tormental
Single-player alternative to Running Riot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Running Riot.
Serious Sam: Tormental is a 3D rogue-lite top-down shooter where you blast your way through the tormented mind of demigod of destruction Mental, as he imagines worlds and monsters that stand on your path towards his inner ego. Let the showdown begin!
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Survivors of the Dawn
Single-player alternative to Running Riot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Running Riot.
A roguelite horde-survival bullet heaven with QUINTILLIONS of bullets over QUINTILLIONS of hordes. Mix weapons with items, modify, control chaos at terminals and break through tightening waves.