Single-player games like 9 Lives to Defend
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to 9 Lives to Defend, 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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Slay The Zone
Single-player alternative to 9 Lives to Defend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with 9 Lives to Defend.
Face hundreds of monsters, upgrade your equipment and try to survive as long as you can. In this Action Roguelite choose from a variety of upgrades, unlock unique characters and create the best build to slaughter everyone in your path!
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Kitty's Last Adventure
Single-player alternative to 9 Lives to Defend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with 9 Lives to Defend.
Cute Survivor where you play as Kitty the cat aboard her flying cat-saucer🛸 created by her distraught human.
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Binding of Elements
Single-player alternative to 9 Lives to Defend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 9 Lives to Defend.
In this action-rougelike game you'll have to survive waves of monsters and fight against bosses. You'll be able to combine different elements to get unique abilities and arm yourself against the challenges. Choose from a variety of upgrades and improve your character or abilities.
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Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok
Single-player alternative to 9 Lives to Defend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 9 Lives to Defend.
Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok, is a challenging Norse inspired roguelite-survivor game, where you’ll have to survive hordes of creatures that come your way.
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Hero Survival
Single-player alternative to 9 Lives to Defend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 9 Lives to Defend.
Hero Survival is an action-roguelite where you have to shoot down hordes of monsters from classic horror movies one by one to please the Mad Time God. Choose from a variety of skills, weapons, and items to create a unique build for every bizarre character.
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Shape Shifter: Formations
Single-player alternative to 9 Lives to Defend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with 9 Lives to Defend.
Shape Shifter: Formations is an action twin-stick shooter with rogue-lite elements, where you must destroy hordes of geometric enemies alone or with a friend. Select your ship and combine a large variety of weapons, abilities and infinitely stacking upgrades to craft your own unique build.
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ARRIVAL: ZERO EARTH
Single-player alternative to 9 Lives to Defend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 9 Lives to Defend.
Fight giant War of the Worlds -style aliens invading Finland during a Winter in the 90's. Build an army of local townspeople in this chaotic semi-autobattler roguelike. Navigate through different biomes to obliterate the aliens from cosmic dimensions.
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Time Wasters
Single-player alternative to 9 Lives to Defend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 9 Lives to Defend.
Time Wasters is a space shooter bullet heaven roguelite. Equip and upgrade weapons, destroy swarms of enemies, and collect Time & Space Cubes to bend the timeline to your advantage.
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Jack Big Chin: Alien Invasion
Single-player alternative to 9 Lives to Defend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 9 Lives to Defend.
Save humanity! Help Jack Big Chin defeat the alien invaders, in a hard action-adventure game with 3D platform elements, where you must improve your weapons and activate cannons to complete your missions.
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Flower Memories
Single-player alternative to 9 Lives to Defend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with 9 Lives to Defend.
Exercise your memory alone or with a friend in a beautiful and relaxing environment.