Single-player games like IRIDESCENT
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to IRIDESCENT, 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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Atomic Picnic
Single-player alternative to IRIDESCENT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with IRIDESCENT.
Third-person bullet heaven meets explosive co-op action! Swing, dash, and blast through monster swarms while combining upgrades and discovering rare evolutions to create game-breaking builds of destruction.
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Lost Fleet
Single-player alternative to IRIDESCENT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Early Access with IRIDESCENT.
Lost Fleet is a co-op space shooter. Every ship in your fleet is flyable, from the smallest fighter to the largest battleship. Protect the Mothership, mine resources, crush your enemies.
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What the Fog
Single-player alternative to IRIDESCENT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with IRIDESCENT.
What the Fog?! You’ve been sucked into a cursed boardgame! Now you and a friend will need to work together to survive. Run, jump, dash, and shoot to escape swarms of angry monsters in this chaotic co-op roguelite from the world of Dead by Daylight.
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Vellum
Single-player alternative to IRIDESCENT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with IRIDESCENT.
Write on! Defend the books in Vellum, a co-op, literary roguelike! Harness class-defining colors, master an inspired spellbook, and influence the growth of your enemy! As a group or solo, you'll craft plot-twisting builds to rewrite the rules in Ink!
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Risk of Rain 2
Single-player alternative to IRIDESCENT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with IRIDESCENT.
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.
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Fictorum
Single-player alternative to IRIDESCENT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with IRIDESCENT.
Fictorum is an action RPG featuring destructible environments, a procedural node-based world map, and dynamic magic shaping.
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Returnal™
Single-player alternative to IRIDESCENT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with IRIDESCENT.
BREAK THE CYCLE Fight to survive as this award-winning third-person shooter brings Selene’s story to PC. Take on roguelike challenges. Engage enemies in bullet hell-fuelled clashes. Share your journey through Returnal™ with another player.
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EdgeOfTheAbyssAwaken
Single-player alternative to IRIDESCENT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with IRIDESCENT.
"Edge of the abyss Awakening" is an adventure game that combines third-person, action, Roguelite and RPG strategy selection. Players can match different weapons, entries and talents to form various gameplays for adventurous challenges. You can play solo or in teams of up to three people.