Single-player games like RIVE
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to RIVE, 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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Rise & Shine
Single-player alternative to RIVE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with RIVE.
Welcome to Gamearth, a once peaceful planet now threatened by the warmongering Space grunts of Nexgen. In the aftermath of their devastating first strike a child named Rise is forced to take on the sacred gun Shine - and with it the fate of his world.
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Nex Machina
Single-player alternative to RIVE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with RIVE.
Nex Machina is an intense arcade style twin-stick shooter from Housemarque. Taking hints from both Robotron and Smash TV, Nex Machina focuses on pure action, voxel destruction and competition in the distant, cablepunk themed future.
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Assault Android Cactus+
Single-player alternative to RIVE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with RIVE.
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.
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Sektori
Single-player alternative to RIVE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with RIVE.
Sektori is an intense, fast paced twin-stick shooter infused with hard hitting techno music. A game where the high-adrenaline gameplay, visuals, and music come together to transport you into another state of consciousness.
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Hell is Other Demons
Single-player alternative to RIVE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with RIVE.
Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.
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Syder Arcade
Single-player alternative to RIVE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with RIVE.
Killing zombies never gets old, but sometimes you just need a break. Get back to some serious old-school gaming with Syder Arcade! Syder Arcade is a love letter to Amiga games of the ‘90s, no coins, no upgrade grinding, just your tenacity and a motherload of alien invaders.
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Bleed 2
Single-player alternative to RIVE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with RIVE.
Bleed 2 is a relentless arcade action game featuring air-dodging, bullet-reflecting, and tons of bosses. Now with randomly-generated levels and daily challenges, too!
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KILL KNIGHT
Single-player alternative to RIVE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with RIVE.
KILL KNIGHT is an ultra-responsive arcade-inspired isometric action shooter. Condemned to eternal sufferance, deep within the voids of an eldritch arena, you must wield an arsenal of devastating weaponry to obliterate swarms of otherworldly horrors - and MASTER THE DEMON WITHIN.
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EDGE
Single-player alternative to RIVE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with RIVE.
EDGE, the award winning retro-styled platform game has been extended! Now with over 40 brand new levels, additional music and all-new races against the notorious Dark Cube!
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Toki Tori
Single-player alternative to RIVE — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The gameplay in Toki Tori is a blend of two genres. While it looks like a platform game, it's a puzzle game at heart. To progress through the game, the player must pick up each egg in a level using a set number of tools.
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RUSH
Single-player alternative to RIVE — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
From the twisted puzzle minds behind the award winning Toki Tori comes a new game, simply called RUSH. Fortunately for fans of high quality puzzle games, RUSH is anything but simple. In the game's fully three dimensional levels, players need to guide cubes to color coded exit points using Conveyor belts, Warps, Stops Signs, Splits and...
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Toki Tori 2+
Single-player alternative to RIVE — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Toki Tori 2+ may look cute, but it’s a challenging puzzle adventure game. Whistle and stomp are the only moves you need to solve increasingly complex puzzles, as you go anywhere, anytime on a lush forest island.