Single-player games like Ghost Ascension
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Ghost Ascension, 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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Plains of Havoc
Single-player alternative to Ghost Ascension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ghost Ascension.
Decimate endless hordes of enemies across the nine realms of Yggdrasil for eternal glory! Plains of Havoc is a fierce 2D top-down roguelite set in the Viking afterlife in which you fight for your rightful place on the global leaderboards.
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Dungeon Survivors
Single-player alternative to Ghost Ascension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ghost Ascension.
Dungeon Survivors is a top-down fantasy roguelite where you can use your class abilities to fight off a horde of fantasy monsters. Choose from a variety of abilities and items to create unique builds and survive with 1-4 players.
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Halls of Torment
Single-player alternative to Ghost Ascension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ghost Ascension.
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?
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Spell Defender
Single-player alternative to Ghost Ascension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ghost Ascension.
Spell Defender is a 3D, Third-Person, wave defence, survival Roguelite. Use magical powers to defeat waves of enemies. Each wave rewards you with a choice of a new power. Find synergies and combine these powers to create the ultimate defender.
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Vampire Survivors
Single-player alternative to Ghost Ascension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ghost Ascension.
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!
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ARRIVAL: ZERO EARTH
Single-player alternative to Ghost Ascension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ghost Ascension.
Fight giant War of the Worlds -style aliens invading Finland during a Winter in the 90's. Build an army of local townspeople in this chaotic semi-autobattler roguelike. Navigate through different biomes to obliterate the aliens from cosmic dimensions.
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Achilles: Survivor
Single-player alternative to Ghost Ascension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Ghost Ascension.
Thousands of enemies. One survivor. Fight like a demigod, build deadly defenses, and grow stronger after every run in this fast-paced bullet heaven set in mythic Greece.
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Twilight Survivors
Single-player alternative to Ghost Ascension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ghost Ascension.
A time-limited survival game infused with rogue-lite elements and an adorable art style! The world has plunged into darkness, and you are its sole beacon of hope. Will you endure until dawn, or succumb to repeated deaths in your quest? Fear not, for you can collect more coins to arm yourself!