Single-player games like Slag
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Slag, 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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STEEL VANGUARD:Project ARES
Single-player alternative to Slag — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Slag.
Set in a sci-fi world, this top-down shooter challenges you to complete missions and earn the title of “ARES,” the strongest pilot. Collect modules that appear after clearing each wave to customize and upgrade your mech as you see fit, and aim to clear every wave all the way to the end.
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Rogue Space Convoy
Single-player alternative to Slag — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Slag.
Rogue Space Convoy is a roguelite space action shooter where you pilot a fighter, build a convoy, and choose branching encounters across five hostile passages. Disable enemy cruisers, salvage upgrades, and keep the Ark alive long enough to reach the gate.
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Gunblade Ranger
Single-player alternative to Slag — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Slag.
An action shooting Roguelite focused on relentless attacks and brutal executions. Fight through the wasteland, execute enemies to restore ammo, collect weapons and mutations, and create your own killing build. Local 2 player co-op supported.
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Scrapstorm
Single-player alternative to Slag — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Slag.
A 1-4 player bullet-heaven roguelite where the whole city is hunting you. Draft cards every level until one pistol turns into a screen-clearing mess, and watch out for the traffic, the third rail and whatever is running each district.
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STARSHRED
Single-player alternative to Slag — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Slag.
STARSHRED is a fast-paced, top-down action roguelike set in space. Shred the invaders, choose between powerful upgrades to create unique combinations, and survive boss battles that turn into bullet hell. Grow stronger with every run and destroy the threat invading the planet.
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Sugarena
Single-player alternative to Slag — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Slag.
Sugarena is a top-down roguelike arena shooter where you fight off relentless hordes of monsters. Choose from a massive arsenal of weapons, upgrade and ascend them to clear the arena.
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Star Striker
Single-player alternative to Slag — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Slag.
Free-Flight Action Roguelike. Robotic star ships have started popping up all over the galaxy. The handiwork of the Digamora no doubt. Clean up the sectors and face the scourge of the stars herself!
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Bullet Banshee
Single-player alternative to Slag — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Slag.
An upward-scrolling roguelite shmup. Every run, draft from 40+ stacking items and 10 active equipments into a build that fills the screen with damage. Fork your bullets, chain lightning, collapse a black hole. Then die, upgrade your ship and climb higher.