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Single-player games like Archons

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Archons, 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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    Halls of Torment — Steam game cover

    Halls of Torment

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

    Slay hordes of terrifying monsters in this horde survival roguelite. Descend into the Halls of Torment where the Lords of the underworld await you. Treasures, magical trinkets, and a growing cast of heroes will grant you the power to vanquish these horrors from beyond. How long can you survive?

    2024ActionIndieRPG6.66 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Children of Morta — Steam game cover

    Children of Morta

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

    Children of Morta is a story-driven action RPG game about an extraordinary family of heroes. Lead the Bergsons, with all their flaws and virtues, against the forthcoming Corruption. Will you be able to sacrifice everything to save the ones you care for?

    2019ActionIndieAdventure21.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Brotato — Steam game cover

    Brotato

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

    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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    Hero Siege — Steam game cover

    Hero Siege

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

    Hero Siege is a fast paced Pixel Art ARPG featuring an expansive roster of unique classes, deep build experimentation, and a player driven economy.

    2014ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Nuclear Throne — Steam game cover

    Nuclear Throne

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

    Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?

    2015ActionIndieRPG11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Blazing Beaks — Steam game cover

    Blazing Beaks

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

    Roguelite - where too much greediness can be fatal. A colorful world with armed birds blazing their way through piles of mutants, monsters and creepy creatures. Lots of mysteries to unravel, secrets to discover and levels to explore.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    NeuroVoider — Steam game cover

    NeuroVoider

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

    NeuroVoider is a twin-stick shooter RPG set in a cyber futuristic world about brains shooting around evil robots with nuclear rocket launchers. Battle through the horde of vigilant robots, boost your character with the smoking remains of your victims, and defeat the master NeuroVoider.

    2016ActionIndieRPG13.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ravenswatch — Steam game cover

    Ravenswatch

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

    Fallen heroes of old folk tales and legends: you are on the verge of a crucial battle against the Nightmare invading and corrupting your world. A roguelike action game from the creators of Curse of the Dead Gods©, playable solo or in online co-op.

    2024ActionAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Vampire Survivors — Steam game cover

    Vampire Survivors

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

    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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    SC2VN - The eSports Visual Novel — Steam game cover

    SC2VN - The eSports Visual Novel

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

    SC2VN is a visual novel about the South Korean StarCraft 2 scene. You play as Mach, a foreign semi-pro trying to make it in eSports who soon learns that success in StarCraft takes more than in-game strategy.

    2015IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →