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Single-player games like Striving for Light: Survival

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Striving for Light: Survival, 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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    Striving for Light — Steam game cover

    Striving for Light

    Single-player alternative to Striving for Light: Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Striving for Light: Survival.

    Blending deep Action RPG buildcrafting with roguelite action, Striving for Light lets you shape and customize an infinite skilltree. Hunt for powerful loot, craft and upgrade weapons to legendary power, slay hordes of enemies and challenging bosses in ever-changing dark worlds.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure12.59 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Astral Ascent — Steam game cover

    Astral Ascent

    Single-player alternative to Striving for Light: Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Striving for Light: Survival.

    Choose one of four heroes and explore the Garden, an astral prison guarded by 12 powerful mystical bosses: the Zodiacs. Challenge them with dozens of unique spells and faithful friends by your side to unfold the story of this platform roguelite with lightning fast combat.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Brotato — Steam game cover

    Brotato

    Single-player alternative to Striving for Light: Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Striving for Light: Survival.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Children of Morta — Steam game cover

    Children of Morta

    Single-player alternative to Striving for Light: Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Striving for Light: Survival.

    Children of Morta is a story-driven action RPG game about an extraordinary family of heroes. Lead the Bergsons, with all their flaws and virtues, against the forthcoming Corruption. Will you be able to sacrifice everything to save the ones you care for?

    2019ActionIndieAdventure21.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    God Of Weapons — Steam game cover

    God Of Weapons

    Single-player alternative to Striving for Light: Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Striving for Light: Survival.

    Embark on a thrilling journey in God of Weapons, an action roguelike where you must ascend the tower of Zhor to reclaim the last light for the world. To survive the monster onslaught on each tower's level, you'll need to obtain and carefully organize weapons and accessories in your inventory.

    2023ActionIndieRPG5.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dungeon Souls — Steam game cover

    Dungeon Souls

    Single-player alternative to Striving for Light: Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Striving for Light: Survival.

    Dungeon Souls is an action-adventure roguelike dungeon crawler which draws heavy inspiration from Nuclear Throne, Risk of Rain, and Overture. Explore vast procedurally generated dungeons, collect loot, and slay hordes of challenging enemies!

    2016ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Legend of Dungeon — Steam game cover

    Legend of Dungeon

    Single-player alternative to Striving for Light: Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Striving for Light: Survival.

    Legend of Dungeon is a randomly generated action RPG Beat'em'up with heavy Rogue-like elements, striking visuals, and dynamic music.

    2013ActionIndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Swords of Ditto: Mormo's Curse — Steam game cover

    The Swords of Ditto: Mormo's Curse

    Single-player alternative to Striving for Light: Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Striving for Light: Survival.

    Now reimagined and expanded in the new Mormo's Curse update, The Swords of Ditto is a roguelite action RPG that creates a unique adventure for each new hero of legend in the relentless fight against the evil Mormo.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Path of Exile — Steam game cover

    Path of Exile

    Single-player alternative to Striving for Light: Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Striving for Light: Survival.

    You are an Exile, struggling to survive on the dark continent of Wraeclast, as you fight to earn power that will allow you to exact your revenge against those who wronged you. Path of Exile is an online Action RPG set in a dark fantasy world. The game is completely free and will never be pay-to-win.

    2013ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Vampire Survivors — Steam game cover

    Vampire Survivors

    Single-player alternative to Striving for Light: Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Striving for Light: Survival.

    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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    Cookie Invaders — Steam game cover

    Cookie Invaders

    Single-player alternative to Striving for Light: Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Striving for Light: Survival.

    Cookie Invaders is a roguelite shoot 'em up where you utilise a massive skill tree to evolve your ship to defend the earth from legions of invading cookies.

    2020ActionIndieRPG3.74 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →