Single-player games like Work In Progress
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Work In Progress, 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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Dungeon Concierge
Single-player alternative to Work In Progress — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Work In Progress.
Become an overworked wizard-janitor in this frenetic Dungeon Crawler where you clean instead of raiding. Complete contracts, master and upgrade your spells, create powerful synergies, and use the environment to dispatch foes without making a mess. All while surviving the corporate grind.
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JENNY
Single-player alternative to Work In Progress — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Work In Progress.
Smash demons, salarymen and the bureaucratic system in this chaotic hat-and-bat twin-stick shooter.
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Area 37
Single-player alternative to Work In Progress — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Work In Progress.
Area 37 is an intense revival of classic 16-bit arcade action, featuring fast-paced combat, challenging stages, and decisions that can change everything. Take control of Pink and fight your way through a machine-dominated world where nothing is as it seems.
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For the Greater Good
Single-player alternative to Work In Progress — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Work In Progress.
For the Greater Good is a violent, story-driven action game where a group of outcasts unleash their unique powers to exterminate a blood cult hell-bent on world domination.
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Katana ZERO
Single-player alternative to Work In Progress — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Work In Progress.
Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.
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The American Dream
Single-player alternative to Work In Progress — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Work In Progress.
Look down the barrel of a future where all your everyday needs are solved with guns.
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Kusan: City of Wolves
Single-player alternative to Work In Progress — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Work In Progress.
Kusan: City of Wolves is a high-octane hardcore top-down shooter where players fight through a brutal urban jungle ruled by gunfire and corruption to save Haru — a girl fitted with a city-grade atomic weapon.
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Hotline Miami
Single-player alternative to Work In Progress — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Work In Progress.
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.