Single-player games like Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors - Prelude
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors - Prelude, 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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Lunaris
Single-player alternative to Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors - Prelude — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors - Prelude.
Lunaris is a fast-paced sci-fi top-down roguelite shooter: survive escalating enemy waves, stack powerful passive and active abilities, craft wild build synergies, and turn the arena into a neon storm of lasers and explosions. Every run feels fresh and intense.
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PengPong
Single-player alternative to Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors - Prelude — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors - Prelude.
PengPong is a bullet-hell roguelike where pinball meets gambling. Bounce your way through chaos and bet it all to survive.
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Requiem For a Lost World
Single-player alternative to Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors - Prelude — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors - Prelude.
A survival roguelike where your weapons fight for you. Survive 30 minutes against endless enemy waves by crafting builds from weapons, items, and elemental reactions. Play solo or with up to 8 players. Every run is an opportunity, every decision is crucial.
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Asterogue
Single-player alternative to Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors - Prelude — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors - Prelude.
A roguelite space shooter based around the classic arcade game. Shoot asteroids, ships, and take down the mothership in a multi-stage boss fight, avoiding lasers and explosions. Upgrade your ship during and after your run in this casual simple roguelite.
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Boom Die Repeat
Single-player alternative to Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors - Prelude — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors - Prelude.
Blast zombies & mutants in this fast-paced post-apocalyptic top-down roguelite! Battle through randomized biomes, swap out unique weapons, equip insane loadouts, and mutate yourself stronger with collected DNA. Die, unlock permanent perks, and dive back into another brutal run!
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Battle Nap
Single-player alternative to Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors - Prelude — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors - Prelude.
Battle Nap is a roguelite top-down shooter where your picnic nap becomes an explosive journey into dreamland domination. Build your arsenal, stack your perks, and blast through your subconscious to ensure you don’t wake up until the job is done. Don't wake up - the fight is just getting good!
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Deep Space Survivor: Endless Starfield
Single-player alternative to Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors - Prelude — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors - Prelude.
"Deep Space Survivor: Endless Starfield" is a survivor-style game. Your interstellar battleship accidentally enters an unknown universe, fighting its way through endless enemies, roaming multiple star systems, and collecting meteor resources to forge your ultimate orbital weapon.
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No Sweet Looks
Single-player alternative to Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors - Prelude — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors - Prelude.
Nothing but ocean in every direction, and monsters eyeing you down everywhere you go! Wake up, confront the monsters, and find your way home in this top down rouge-like, with a unique take on shooting mechanics.
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Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors
Single-player alternative to Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors - Prelude — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors - Prelude.
You are Earth's last line of defense in a relentless alien invasion. Experience intense top-down roguelite action across diverse landscapes, fighting invaders with a versatile arsenal. Outsmart, outgun, and survive your foes. Every run increases the challenge - so adapt, evolve, dominate!
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Shell Runner - Prelude
Single-player alternative to Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors - Prelude — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors - Prelude.
Shell Runner - Prelude is a PvE Extraction Top-Down Looter-Shooter set in a cyberpunk dystopian future. As a mercenary your objective is as clear as it's dangerous: infiltrate, assassinate, loot, and extract without dying. Or fail, and lose everything.
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Shell Runner
Single-player alternative to Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors - Prelude — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors - Prelude.
2045. Life's never been cheaper. Shells mean you can come back if you have money. You used to. Now you're on the bottom in a cyberpunk sprawl. Claw your way back up through wet work as a Shell Runner, in a PvE extraction looter shooter, where a gig can make you rich - or broke.
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Pantheion
Single-player alternative to Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors - Prelude — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors - Prelude.
A single-player deck-building card game where mythologies unite. Construct your deck with deities, followers, artifacts, and blessings from Greek, Norse, and Japanese legends. Overcome each site's threshold through clever strategy, powerful combos, and unique card synergies.
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A Game of D.I.C.E.
Single-player alternative to Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors - Prelude — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors - Prelude.
A tense dice duel in an elegant Art Deco world where luck and strategy decide who survives. Roll five dice and build winning hands inspired by poker. Use Gambits to flip the table in your favor. Outlast your rival: only one remains seated at the dinner table.
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Memoria Arcana
Single-player alternative to Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors - Prelude — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors - Prelude.
Memoria Arcana is a single-player card game with traditional memory mechanics: Reveal as many pairs as you can to form poker-inspired hands, earn points, and overcome the Curse stages. Master the Arcana and Zodiac cards to increase your chance of winning.
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Hellwake: Hordes of Styx
Single-player alternative to Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors - Prelude — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors - Prelude.
In a dimension full of demons, master movement and carve through enemies with your sword and devastating magic. Forge rune-powered builds to survive the endless onslaught.