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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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    PITCHFORK — Steam game cover

    PITCHFORK

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

    An online co-op dungeon crawler where up to 4 unqualified peasants climb an ever-changing castle to slay the local vampire. Fight monsters, solve puzzles, avoid traps, and make sure somebody keeps that torch lit.

    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 fantasy-medieval co-op horror game for 1-8 players. You and your crew of exiled criminals have to make your way through the ancient badlands, solve puzzles, and survive

    2026ActionStrategyIndie4.89 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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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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    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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    Uncursed — Steam game cover

    Uncursed

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

    Be Uncursed like every soul, Sent to save them, that’s your goal. With a crew or on your own, Venture through dungeons unknown. On Isles and seas, adventures await, With the perils that won't abate. But when night falls, hurry back quick; While the light fades, shadows grow thick.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SYNDYX — Steam game cover

    SYNDYX

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

    SYNDYX is a co-op horror for 1-4 players. Ride an armed train together, maintain its systems, and gather resources. Loot stations, avoid the monsters, and reach the surface!

    ActionAdventureSingle-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 →