Single-player games like Death Must Die
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Death Must Die, 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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Halls of Torment
Single-player alternative to Death Must Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death Must Die.
Slay hordes of terrifying monsters in this horde survival roguelite. Descend into the Halls of Torment where the Lords of the underworld await you. Treasures, magical trinkets, and a growing cast of heroes will grant you the power to vanquish these horrors from beyond. How long can you survive?
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Striving for Light
Single-player alternative to Death Must Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death Must Die.
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.
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Tower of Babel: Survivors of Chaos
Single-player alternative to Death Must Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death Must Die.
Battle hordes of monsters, acquire new skills, and upgrade your abilities. Customize your build with hundreds of item combinations and reach the top to fulfill your deepest desires. Conquer the tower in this thrilling roguelite hack and slash survivors game!
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Conquest Dark
Single-player alternative to Death Must Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death Must Die.
Experience an ARPG's rapid ascension to power in minutes, packed with savage, survivors-like action and devastating sword & sorcery combat. Perfect your builds through Dark Ritual runs that will decide humanity's future as you battle endless hordes across haunting ruins and cursed kingdoms.
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Hades II
Single-player alternative to Death Must Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death Must Die.
Battle beyond the Underworld using dark sorcery to take on the Titan of Time in this bewitching sequel to the award-winning rogue-like dungeon crawler.
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Wildkeepers Rising
Single-player alternative to Death Must Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death Must Die.
Tame monsters! Slay waves of enemy hordes! Explore fantasy lands! Wildkeepers Rising is a whimsical action-RPG roguelite set in a beautiful hand-drawn world that combines the power curve of bullet heaven games with the compulsive fun of a creature collector.
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Ketz: Galactic Overlords
Single-player alternative to Death Must Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death Must Die.
Sci-fantasy themed roguelite horde survival game with RPG elements. Choose your character, collect various gear, and create game-breaking builds using powerful skills from the Galactic Leaders!
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Into the Necrovale
Single-player alternative to Death Must Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death Must Die.
Into the Necrovale is an Action RPG in which you collect powerful items that interact with one another. You must be clever with your build if you hope to pierce the mysteries and dangers of the Necrovale, where a thousand generations of miscreants and criminals have been banished.
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Vampire Survivors
Single-player alternative to Death Must Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death Must Die.
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!
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Path of Exile 2
Single-player alternative to Death Must Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Death Must Die.
Path of Exile 2 is a next generation Action RPG from Grinding Gear Games, featuring co-op for up to six players. Set years after the original Path of Exile, you will return to the dark world of Wraeclast and seek to end the corruption that is spreading.
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SWORN
Single-player alternative to Death Must Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death Must Die.
SWORN is a 1-4 player co-op action rogue-like. Explore and reclaim a fallen Camelot from the reign of a corrupted Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.
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Risk of Rain 2
Single-player alternative to Death Must Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death Must Die.
Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.
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Diablo® IV
Single-player alternative to Death Must Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Death Must Die.
Join the fight for Sanctuary in Diablo® IV, the ultimate action RPG adventure. Experience the critically acclaimed campaign and new seasonal content.
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Sex of Thrones 👑
Single-player alternative to Death Must Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Death Must Die.
Sex of Thrones is a boldly explicit 18+ Visual Novel. Dive into a realm where lust rules and power games shape destinies. Embrace intense, erotic journeys, forging your path through a world aflame with desire and cunning.
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Spellbook Demonslayers
Single-player alternative to Death Must Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death Must Die.
Slay endless hordes of demons to protect the Cosmic Library! Steal their abilities, find powerful equipment, and unlock the secrets of each spellbook to become unstoppable! Will you be able to destroy the demonic legion?
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Hades
Single-player alternative to Death Must Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death Must Die.
Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.
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Kamifuda
Single-player alternative to Death Must Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Death Must Die.
Master the eldritch art of Kamifuda—channeling long dead powers within arcane cards—in this visual novel and deck builder game.