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Single-player games like Crimsonland

Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Crimsonland, 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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    Shwip — Steam game cover

    Shwip

    Single-player alternative to Crimsonland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Crimsonland.

    Dominate global leaderboards as you face an unrelenting geometric force. Shwip blends twin-stick arcade action with tight controls, jaw-dropping pixel destruction, and devastating weapons and abilities. Evade, outlast, and play with style in four game modes, both solo and local multiplayer.

    2021ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Exterminate Zombies: Get Paid — Steam game cover

    Exterminate Zombies: Get Paid

    Single-player alternative to Crimsonland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Crimsonland.

    Exterminate zombies in style with up to 4 players in this action packed co-op top-down shooter.

    2022ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Neon Chrome — Steam game cover

    Neon Chrome

    Single-player alternative to Crimsonland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Crimsonland.

    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?

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Final Days — Steam game cover

    Final Days

    Single-player alternative to Crimsonland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Crimsonland.

    Survive overwhelming hordes of zombie-like mutants in this chaotic co-op twin-stick shooter. Play solo or team up with up to 16 players as hundreds of enemies flood the screen in a relentless fight to hold the line.

    2018ActionIndie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tesla vs Lovecraft — Steam game cover

    Tesla vs Lovecraft

    Single-player alternative to Crimsonland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Crimsonland.

    Tesla vs Lovecraft is an intense top-down twin stick arena shooter from the creators of Crimsonland and Neon Chrome. Play as the enigmatic inventor Nikola Tesla harnessing the static energy to power up Tesla-Mech and give the lovecraftian nightmares a lesson in horror!

    2018ActionIndieRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Nation Red — Steam game cover

    Nation Red

    Single-player alternative to Crimsonland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Crimsonland.

    Nation Red is an ultra fast infinite play arena-based shooter providing an exceptional close-quarter battlefield experience. Fight thousands of zombie mutants and their bosses in frantic bloody gameplay while earning close to 100 perks. Fight in Barricade, Survival or Free Play mode.

    2009ActionIndie2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Destropolis — Steam game cover

    Destropolis

    Single-player alternative to Crimsonland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Crimsonland.

    Destropolis is a top-down shooter game with a fully destructible environment, hundreds of enemies and nuclear explosions. Fight a countless swarm of enemies. Tear them to pieces with bullets, lasers and explosions. Destroy as many of them as you can before they overwhelm you...

    2020ActionIndieRPG5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Assault Android Cactus+ — Steam game cover

    Assault Android Cactus+

    Single-player alternative to Crimsonland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Crimsonland.

    Assault Android Cactus is an intense arcade style twin stick shooter - pick from one of nine unique synthetic heroines and blast your way through overwhelming robots hordes to save the ship from its own workforce. Supports single player and local co-op game modes.

    2015ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Vampire Survivors — Steam game cover

    Vampire Survivors

    Single-player alternative to Crimsonland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Crimsonland.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Brotato — Steam game cover

    Brotato

    Single-player alternative to Crimsonland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Crimsonland.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DYSMANTLE — Steam game cover

    DYSMANTLE

    Single-player alternative to Crimsonland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Crimsonland.

    Ascend from your shelter. Ruin everything. Escape the wretched island. ⚔️🔨🎣🌱🌵🍰 Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalypse.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Undead Horde — Steam game cover

    Undead Horde

    Single-player alternative to Crimsonland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Crimsonland.

    Become a necromancer and raise the dead - Undead Horde is a necromantic action game with elements from RPG, strategy and hack'n'slash. Maraud through the lands of the living, raze their villages and steal their treasures. Ultimately you'll take over the whole kingdom of the living!

    2019ActionIndieAdventure16.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Undead Horde 2: Necropolis — Steam game cover

    Undead Horde 2: Necropolis

    Single-player alternative to Crimsonland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Crimsonland.

    As a powerful necromancer you have the ability to raise the dead and command them in battle. With each victory, your army will grow stronger and your city will become more powerful. Undead Horde 2 is an action game with elements from RPG, strategy and hack'n'slash. Rise from the crypt and rebuild!

    2023ActionStrategyAdventure16.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DYSPLACED — Steam game cover

    DYSPLACED

    Single-player alternative to Crimsonland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Crimsonland.

    Grenads are holy relics. Shotguns are spellcraft. In this top-down survival action-RPG, you've been summoned as the Guardian of a fantasy realm leaking modern objects. Scavenge artifacts, forge weapons, build outposts, brew potions, and hunt the corruption devouring the land. Play solo or co-op.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure20.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Skeletal Avenger — Steam game cover

    Skeletal Avenger

    Single-player alternative to Crimsonland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Crimsonland.

    Embark on a bone-chilling quest for vengeance as a skull-hurling skeletal warrior in Skeletal Avenger! This captivating roguelite dungeon crawler melds hack'n'slash mayhem with endlessly replayable gameplay, offering a thrilling, ever-evolving experience that keeps you coming back for more.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tesla Force — Steam game cover

    Tesla Force

    Single-player alternative to Crimsonland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Crimsonland.

    With science as your super power, charge up your coils and zap into action! Tesla Force is a rogue-lite top-down shooter featuring endless procedural gameplay with tentacle splitting action. Play as Tesla, Curie, Lovecraft and Shelley and blast the cosmic horror back into the galactic abyss!

    2020ActionIndieAdventure16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →