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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Ultimate Chump
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 this action packed rogue lite, you play as the Chump that's got to survive and eliminate swarms of horrors. Mix and match your loadout, then select various upgrades and augments as you fight to setup numerous possible builds through each playthrough.
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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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Anima Reaver
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 3D Sci-Fi space shooter game where you fight against big flagships and bases to unlock the secrets of the world.
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Sugarena
Single-player alternative to Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors - Prelude — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors - Prelude.
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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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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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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Our Tribe Above All
Single-player alternative to Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors - Prelude — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors - Prelude.
Our Tribe Above All is an epic online co-op survival game that masterfully blends survivor combat with online multiplayer. Make crucial strategic decisions and choose to grow in power collectively or isolate yourself for individual gains while fending off relentless hordes.
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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.
Fast-paced first-person hack & slash roguelike. Keep moving or die: dash through demon hordes, cut and cast in the same breath. Stack rune Invocations until Hell can't keep up. New maps every run. Die, spend the points, descend again.