Single-player games like Nebula's Descent
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Nebula's Descent, 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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CRYPTARK
Single-player alternative to Nebula's Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nebula's Descent.
Cryptark is a 2D sci-fi shooter where you take on the role of a heavily armed privateer seeking to earn government contracts by boarding deadly alien space-hulks. It's up to you to strategize a plan of attack, pick an equipment loadout, and destroy the central core to be victorious.
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TROUBLE JUICE
Single-player alternative to Nebula's Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nebula's Descent.
Trouble Juice is a Side Scrolling Shooter Roguelike set in a TV show tournament that is broadcasted across the universe. Use your character's special abilities, and unlock prizes in the Achievement Bingo. Become the ultimate champion and earn your place in the galaxy's hall of fame!
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RAM: Random Access Mayhem
Single-player alternative to Nebula's Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nebula's Descent.
The roguelike where you play as the enemies. Take control of your foes, turn them against each other in fast-paced combat, and leap to a new host before your current body breaks down.
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Danger Scavenger
Single-player alternative to Nebula's Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nebula's Descent.
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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Go Mecha Ball
Single-player alternative to Nebula's Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nebula's Descent.
Load up and roll out, in this twin stick shooter with roguelike progression! Blast your way through arcade-style levels, using pinball-style physics mixed with an arsenal of devastating weapons. Defeat waves of enemy bots, battle big bosses, and upgrade your mech between runs.
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Neon Chrome
Single-player alternative to Nebula's Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nebula's Descent.
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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Kill to Collect
Single-player alternative to Nebula's Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nebula's Descent.
Welcome to the last city on Earth. Earn your keep and die trying in Pieces Interactive’s cyberpunk action rogue-like, featuring 1-4 player co-op. Travel down the sleepless cesspool of murderous vagrants and cybernetic freaks, as you slice and dice your way to the lower levels of Geoshelter Alpha.
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Good Robot
Single-player alternative to Nebula's Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nebula's Descent.
Good Robot is a fast-paced roguelike shoot-em-up that pits you against thousands of robots out to violate your warranty. Explore a procedurally generated sci-fi metropolis and the depths of corporate depravity, but never stop shooting...unless, of course, you're a Bad Robot. You're not, are you?