Single-player games like Break the Empire
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Break the Empire, 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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Patchworld
Single-player alternative to Break the Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Break the Empire.
In a world woven from shreds of other realities, you forge your own magic. Combine found shards, experiment, and adapt to face the monstrous hordes overrunning Patchworld!
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To Kill a God
Single-player alternative to Break the Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Break the Empire.
Craft your skill tree in this action roguelike where you must utilize skill and creativity to unleash devastating builds, all for one purpose. Break the Cycle. Kill a god.
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PRINCESS VANGUARD
Single-player alternative to Break the Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Break the Empire.
Control five elemental princesses, unleash spectacular Special Skills, and battle massive enemy hordes in this fast-paced 15-minute 2D top-down action RPG. Upgrade your weapons, defeat powerful bosses, and save the world!
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Smith & Dungeon: Crafting the Legendary Weapons
Single-player alternative to Break the Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Break the Empire.
"Smith and Dungeon" is a hack-and-slash roguelite game, where you play as a blacksmith exploring dungeons, battling monsters, collecting materials, and crafting powerful weapons!
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Moonloot
Single-player alternative to Break the Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Break the Empire.
Moonloot is a 2D top-down roguelite combining horde combat, exploration, loot, extraction, and village progression. Every night changes the rules — complete objectives, collect crystals of the Five Moons, rescue survivors, and return with loot to your village and prepare for the next expedition.
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Lands of Fury
Single-player alternative to Break the Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Break the Empire.
Fight your way up a brutal mountain. Combine weapons, cartridges, runes, and companions to create devastating combat builds and carve through relentless enemies in this combat-driven roguelite ARPG.
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Medieval Chaos
Single-player alternative to Break the Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Break the Empire.
Slay, merge, and survive in this pixel roguelike battleground! Craft deadly weapons, fight endless hordes, and embrace medieval madness.
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Towerland
Single-player alternative to Break the Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Break the Empire.
A 2D top-down 4-directional shooter with RPG and roguelite elements.
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Vampire Survivors
Single-player alternative to Break the Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Break the Empire.
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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Grim Nights
Single-player alternative to Break the Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Break the Empire.
Your village must survive for 13 days! Gather resources, expand, explore the underground for riches, and train soldiers to defend against hordes of the undead.
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Grim Realms
Single-player alternative to Break the Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Break the Empire.
A dark fantasy colony sim - will your colony end the Dread Storm and redeem mankind, or will they harness the dark powers for themselves? Guide your villagers as they struggle to stay alive in a world overrun by the undead.
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Hollow Island
Single-player alternative to Break the Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Break the Empire.
Shape your own destiny: Explore, dig for riches, fish, grow crops, cook food, brew and sell potions, expand your property, fight monsters, build camps and hoard your treasures!
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Mirklurk: Every Step Matters
Single-player alternative to Break the Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
You've been exiled to The Mirk - an unforgiving swampland where every step could be your last. You must constantly make choices: what paths to take, which tree to shelter under, what beasts to engage or avoid, what items to bring into the darkness of dungeons, and what treasures to leave behind.