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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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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Ultratron
Single-player alternative to RIVE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with RIVE.
Experience the addictive gameplay of old-school arcade favourites, updated and improved for the 21st century! Unique retro-futuristic sound and graphics, player responsive difficulty, and a subtle system of tactics combined with classic gameplay make Ultratron a fun and hypnotic arcade blast.
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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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Super Time Force Ultra
Single-player alternative to RIVE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with RIVE.
Super Time Force Ultra is an insane platformer filled with robots and dinosaurs and fun and time travel... sometimes all at the same time!
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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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Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax
Single-player alternative to RIVE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with RIVE.
Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax is a fast-paced couch co-op action shooter with SHMUP/Brawler gameplay and RPG elements. Choose your mechs, weapons & upgrades then soar through space, defeat evil & save the future... from itself!
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Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef
Single-player alternative to RIVE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with RIVE.
From the developers of the Guns, Gore and Cannoli franchise comes a new 2D run & gun platformer: Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & TEEF! Spearhead an Ork invasion, destroy the hive city and kill your warboss! ‘Ere we go!
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Good Robot
Single-player alternative to RIVE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with RIVE.
Good Robot is a fast-paced roguelike shoot-em-up that pits you against thousands of robots out to violate your warranty. Explore a procedurally generated sci-fi metropolis and the depths of corporate depravity, but never stop shooting...unless, of course, you're a Bad Robot. You're not, are you?
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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.