Single-player games like Dread Protocol
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Dread Protocol, 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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RealmWalker
Single-player alternative to Dread Protocol — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Protocol.
Create powerful spell combos and blast through hordes of enemies in RealmWalker. This ARPG roguelite delivers ever changing runs with new abilities, challenging encounters, and procedurally generated worlds.
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Guns & Dragons
Single-player alternative to Dread Protocol — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dread Protocol.
coming soon!
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RUNE GUNNER
Single-player alternative to Dread Protocol — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dread Protocol.
RUNE GUNNER is a 1-4 player co-op roguelite shooter where you fuse guns and magic, mix classes mid-run, and break your build in the best way possible.
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Rogue Runner
Single-player alternative to Dread Protocol — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Protocol.
Stop running and you die. Combine fluid parkour mechanics with roguelite TPS combat in a procedurally generated world. Master the movement, break the loop, and escape the Machine of Improbability.
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Coin Hunter
Single-player alternative to Dread Protocol — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Protocol.
Fight monsters with coins and descend by elevator. In this first-person roguelike, coins are both currency and ammo — survive while deciding whether to spend or shoot.
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RIG Riot
Single-player alternative to Dread Protocol — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dread Protocol.
RIG Riot is a roguelike third-person mech-action shooter. Fight increasingly difficult enemies while completing objectives, level up, and choose the Weapons and Volatile Mods that will let you return from your raids victorious. Discover thousands of permanent parts, and build a RIG unlike any other.
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Spell Magic
Single-player alternative to Dread Protocol — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Early Access with Dread Protocol.
Craft, cast, and master magical spells using mathematical concepts. Explore, battle, and solve puzzles in a thrilling adventure that combines arithmetic, geometry, and algebra with fast-paced action and strategy.
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The Gun is Good
Single-player alternative to Dread Protocol — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dread Protocol.
Action roguelike horde shooter. Bullet heaven vs bullet hell. Enter The Astral to slay demons by the thousands, loot and craft powerful guns and items, use the power of runes to get strong enough to defeat the Astral Kings.
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Drown World
Single-player alternative to Dread Protocol — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dread Protocol.
Drown World combines grid-based mining with a pixel-perfect elemental simulation. Dig for resources, upgrade equipment at your airship, and carve your way through a volatile underground world in search of long-lost dwarven relics as waves of rain flood the tunnels you leave behind.