Single-player games like Time Rifters
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Time Rifters, 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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We Are One
Single-player alternative to Time Rifters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Time Rifters.
We Are One is a brain-bending VR puzzle-shooter with an unforgettable twist. Record and clone your actions, make time loops and bring the fight to the evils of industrialization. Master 50 meticulously crafted levels in the campaign and limitless new challenges with the Level Creator!
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Dragon Fury VR
Single-player alternative to Time Rifters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Time Rifters.
This is a fast-paced VR combat game you can control time by use magic, it also has tower defense, melee, archery elements. In this world you will experience the thrills of classic shooter and battle, the charisma of arcane magic.
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Timemelters
Single-player alternative to Time Rifters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Time Rifters.
Prevent Doomsday AFTER it happened! Designed by the co-creator of Sang-Froid - Tales of Werewolves and featuring both a single-player and co-op campaign, TimeMelters is a strategy hero defense where you go back in time and fight alongside your past selves.
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Tempus Vitae
Single-player alternative to Time Rifters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Time Rifters.
You are Alex, a time-displaced astronaut unraveling the space station Theia doomed in both the war-torn 2185 and the post-apocalyptic 2385 to find your lost brother. Master an arsenal of time travel abilities and weapons in this sci-fi metroidvania FPS: Tempus Vitae.
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Time Patrol
Single-player alternative to Time Rifters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Time Rifters.
Travel back in time with the Time Patrols, and prove your aptitude by completing demanding missions at various moments in the past and the present. Now it's up to you and your trusty handgun!
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Temporal Gunslinger
Single-player alternative to Time Rifters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Time Rifters.
Play as a supernatural gunslinger with the power to redirect bullets and rewind time in this action puzzle game. Travel across different time periods and slay the Reaper's traitorous Heralds. Achieve mastery over time and projectiles.
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ChronoTecture: The Eprologue
Single-player alternative to Time Rifters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Time Rifters.
ChronoTecture: The Eprologue is an indie FPS adventure game created by an architectural designer. Discover a surreal world and story about Cats, Time-Travel, Life, Death, and Dreams. Featuring gameplay with futuristic archery, time-control, exploration, and platforming.
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SUPERHOT VR
Single-player alternative to Time Rifters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Time Rifters.
Lose track of what’s real. Commit yourself, body and mind. Confront the evocative, elegantly brutal world of SUPERHOT VR. Enemies pouring into the room from all sides, dozens of bullets coursing through the air... Wait. Something seems different in here...
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Time Clickers
Single-player alternative to Time Rifters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Time Rifters.
Time Clickers is what's called an 'incremental game'. There's always a fun upgrade to look forward to, and the numbers keep getting bigger! Hire a team to fight for you, even when you're offline!
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Time Warpers
Single-player alternative to Time Rifters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Time Rifters.
Time Warpers is the evolution of the popular incremental game Time Clickers. With features like gun customization, optional permadeath & co-op with friends, it combines a first person shooter with the seemingly endless progression & upgrades of a clicker game.