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Single-player games like Recursive Riftfall

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Recursive Riftfall, 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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    UnderMire — Steam game cover

    UnderMire

    Single-player alternative to Recursive Riftfall — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Recursive Riftfall.

    Explore, fight, and SMUSH in this hand-drawn roguelite first person adventure! Descend a magical bunker filled with wild biomes, master magical tools, manage your fear gauge, overcome hazards, combat spooky enemies, and cause co-op chaos.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Beware the Depths — Steam game cover

    Beware the Depths

    Single-player alternative to Recursive Riftfall — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Recursive Riftfall.

    Beware the Depths is a medieval co-op horror game for 1-8 players. You and your crew of convicts have to haul a sealed wagon down the cursed trail and into the Depths. Can you get it to the bottom before the dark gets you?

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Murky Divers — Steam game cover

    Murky Divers

    Single-player alternative to Recursive Riftfall — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Recursive Riftfall.

    Solo or up to 8 players. Get rid of your employer's failed experiments in abandoned underwater labs. Navigate your submarine, avoid abyssal terrors, and remove all corpses.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SCP: Rift Moles — Steam game cover

    SCP: Rift Moles

    Single-player alternative to Recursive Riftfall — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Recursive Riftfall.

    Single-player and co-op survival horror game set in the SCP Universe. You are sent on a one-way mission into unstable parallel dimensions, armed only with a strange machine. Navigate unforgiving environments, evade hostile anomalies and survive for as long as you can while gathering resources.

    2027ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Skyward Extraction — Steam game cover

    Skyward Extraction

    Single-player alternative to Recursive Riftfall — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Recursive Riftfall.

    A light horror roguelike adventure through a post apocalyptic world, with airships.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Backrooms Society — Steam game cover

    Backrooms Society

    Single-player alternative to Recursive Riftfall — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Recursive Riftfall.

    Backrooms Society is a 1-8 player co-op horror game. Make your way through unique levels of the backrooms while trying to survive and avoid mysterious entities. Scavenge each level for gear and resources, bring it back to The Hub where you can sell valuables and buy/craft new gear.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    YAPYAP — Steam game cover

    YAPYAP

    Single-player alternative to Recursive Riftfall — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Recursive Riftfall.

    A magic-themed co-op horror game where you and up to 5 friends are minions summoned by a wizard to break into their rival's towers to cause mayhem. Try to fufill your vandalism target with an assortment of spells while avoiding magical beasts and monsters that protect the tower.

    2026Action9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    CashGrab: Refunded — Steam game cover

    CashGrab: Refunded

    Single-player alternative to Recursive Riftfall — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Recursive Riftfall.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Use fully physics-based objects and fluid movement to grab some cash and escape The Grind. Use cash to buy items and equipment and fund community goals. Create your Grabba and get rich or die trying.

    2025ActionAdventureRPG6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →