Single-player games like Pixel Descent
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Pixel 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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Arcadium - Space Odyssey
Single-player alternative to Pixel Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Descent.
Arcadium is a survival roguelite set in a dynamic, ever-changing universe. Journey across space, harvest planetary resources, and craft powerful builds to eradicate relentless waves of aliens. Each playthrough unveils a new and uncharted universe, ensuring endless challenges and discoveries.
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Talented
Single-player alternative to Pixel Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Descent.
Slay waves of spooky enemies for 20 nights to survive 'The Demonic Conveyor Belt'. Talented is an arcade roguelite with randomly generated skill trees. Choose your upgrades and abilities wisely and you might just make it out alive. Are you truly Talented?
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Mining Survivors
Single-player alternative to Pixel Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Descent.
Incremental Survivors-like in which you mine valuable resources whilst slaying hoards of enemies.
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Vampire Survivors
Single-player alternative to Pixel Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Descent.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
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Windowkill
Single-player alternative to Pixel Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Descent.
Windowkill is a twin-stick shooter, but the game window itself is constantly closing in on you. Shoot the window edges to push it around your screen as you fight and dodge enemies and bosses in their own windows.
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GUNFIELD
Single-player alternative to Pixel Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Descent.
GUNFIELD – A game that combines the genres: shoot 'em up, roguelite. Choose the perfect weapon combinations and upgrade your ship to destroy hordes of enemies and giant bosses, using strategy and a powerful arsenal.
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Tower of Babel: Survivors of Chaos
Single-player alternative to Pixel Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Descent.
Battle hordes of monsters, acquire new skills, and upgrade your abilities. Customize your build with hundreds of item combinations and reach the top to fulfill your deepest desires. Conquer the tower in this thrilling roguelite hack and slash survivors game!
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Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot
Single-player alternative to Pixel Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Descent.
Welcome to Slime 3K, an unhinged roguelite bullet-heaven set in the Despot’s Game universe! Build a deck of crazy weapons, grow stronger and devour hordes of pink puny humans as a murderous jelly blob on a warpath of death, violence and pretzels.
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Gauntlet
Single-player alternative to Pixel Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Descent.
Indie speed-run game with high octane gameplay, wall running, different weapons, enemies, explosions and more
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Myth Bearer
Single-player alternative to Pixel Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pixel Descent.
An open-ended adventure game that seamlessly blends RPG mechanics and puzzle solving.
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Deep Rune
Single-player alternative to Pixel Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pixel Descent.
A side-scrolling adventure game that seamlessly blends RPG mechanics and puzzle solving, all set in a mysterious world rooted in Norse mythology. Inspired by King's Field, Tower of the Sorcerer, and DROD RPG.