Single-player games like Cosmochoria
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Cosmochoria, 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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CRYPTARK
Single-player alternative to Cosmochoria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Cosmochoria.
Cryptark is a 2D sci-fi shooter where you take on the role of a heavily armed privateer seeking to earn government contracts by boarding deadly alien space-hulks. It's up to you to strategize a plan of attack, pick an equipment loadout, and destroy the central core to be victorious.
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Shattered Planet
Single-player alternative to Cosmochoria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cosmochoria.
Explore a dangerous planet that's different every time and try to survive! The Galactic Union's job for you is clear: research the alien wildlife -- for science! However, researching may include lasers, explosions, hungry aliens, space sushi, and other similarly delicious-or-terrifying hazards.
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Beyond the Long Night
Single-player alternative to Cosmochoria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmochoria.
Explore a whimsical underground world whilst being chased by a mysterious corrupting force in this charming twin-stick action roguelike! Befriend loveable characters, fend off enemies with chaotic abilities, and uncover the secrets of this subterranean kingdom caught in a time loop.
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Cozy Space Survivors
Single-player alternative to Cosmochoria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmochoria.
A cozy time survival roguelite in space. You steer the shippy while the shooting happens automatically. Meet cute NPCs, solve small quests, and fight quirky enemies with satisfying weapons. A shorter experience for people who don't have much time but love playing (and finishing) games.
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Heat Signature
Single-player alternative to Cosmochoria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Cosmochoria.
Heat Signature is a game from the developers of Gunpoint where you break into spaceships, make terrible mistakes, and think of clever ways out of them. You take a mission, fly to the target ship, sneak inside, and make clever use of your gadgets to distract, ambush and take out the crew.
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Atomicrops
Single-player alternative to Cosmochoria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmochoria.
A twin-stick, bullet-hell, roguelite where you must cultivate and defend the last farm in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Farm mutated crops, upgrade your weapons, marry townsfolk, and kill every mutant creature that tries to invade your homestead! Yee-haw!
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Void Bastards
Single-player alternative to Cosmochoria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Cosmochoria.
Inspired by BioShock and System Shock 2, Void Bastards is a revolutionary new strategy-shooter that will test your wits as well as exercise your aim. Can you lead the misfit prisoners of the Void Ark through the derelict spaceships and myriad dangers of the Sargasso Nebula?
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REPLIKATOR
Single-player alternative to Cosmochoria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmochoria.
In this twin stick roguelite shooter, you play as one of the galactic mercenaries, explore a mysterious scientific complex and uncover the secret of the REPLIKATOR project.
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Rogue Legacy
Single-player alternative to Cosmochoria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmochoria.
Rogue Legacy is a genealogical rogue-"LITE" where anyone can be a hero. Each time you die, your child will succeed you. Every child is unique. One child might be colorblind, another might be a dwarf with vertigo. But that's OK, because no one is perfect, and you don't have to be to succeed.
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Risk of Rain (2013)
Single-player alternative to Cosmochoria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmochoria.
Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses, either alone or with 3 friends in online co-op.
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Risk of Rain 2
Single-player alternative to Cosmochoria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmochoria.
Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.