Single-player games like EMPTY SHELL: THE LOOP
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to EMPTY SHELL: THE LOOP, 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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Deepforge Brawl
Single-player alternative to EMPTY SHELL: THE LOOP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with EMPTY SHELL: THE LOOP.
Deepforge Brawl is a dwarven arena roguelite where your weapons fire themselves — you just have to survive. Charge your beard, chug your ale, and dash through goblin hordes across six depths of the mountain. Forge builds from 13 auto-firing weapons, evolve them, and descend until the Maw takes you.
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Nova Survivors
Single-player alternative to EMPTY SHELL: THE LOOP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with EMPTY SHELL: THE LOOP.
A space horde-survival roguelite where the 21 ships aren't skins: each flies its own weapon, ultimate and role, so the same cards build wildly different runs. Chain evolutions and artifacts through a 100-level campaign and endless Survival, and hold out until your build breaks the game.
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Neon Armada - Solar Storm
Single-player alternative to EMPTY SHELL: THE LOOP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with EMPTY SHELL: THE LOOP.
A top-down arena roguelite you can learn in one wave and spend a hundred hours mastering. Waves close in from every edge; the shop between them decides what you become. 32 ships, 28 weapons, 115 mods to combine — then endless mode, where the caps come off.
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Laserpunk
Single-player alternative to EMPTY SHELL: THE LOOP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with EMPTY SHELL: THE LOOP.
Laserpunk is a fast-paced top-down action roguelite where every round forces you to adapt. Blast through waves of enemies with powerful lasers, choose dangerous flaws, build around their weaknesses, and survive as long as you can.
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The Last Color
Single-player alternative to EMPTY SHELL: THE LOOP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with EMPTY SHELL: THE LOOP.
The Last Color is a co-op survival game where every wave introduces a new enemy color, while the number and variety of enemies continue to grow. Collect coins, increase your team’s shared level, and choose 1 of 3 upgrade cards as you fight to reach the final color on wave 16,777,216.
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SteelGuard
Single-player alternative to EMPTY SHELL: THE LOOP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with EMPTY SHELL: THE LOOP.
Pilot customizable mechs in an epic battle against hordes of enemiesor dive into intense PvP battles where precision aiming can turn the tide, or let your mech's auto-firing system handle the heat of combat. With rogue-lite elements, each run offers a unique challenge and opportunity for growth.
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SANDRIPPER
Single-player alternative to EMPTY SHELL: THE LOOP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with EMPTY SHELL: THE LOOP.
Tear across the desert, obliterating wave after wave with your nuclear missile powered dual-wielding hover tank. A tight, punchy wave survival sandbox with ludicrous weaponry, exhilarating rocket-tank combat, and daily leaderboards!
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Killware: Under Review
Single-player alternative to EMPTY SHELL: THE LOOP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with EMPTY SHELL: THE LOOP.
Adrenaline-fuelling, gory, arcade-style roguelite shooter where survival is mandatory. Outlast escalating waves, grow stronger with each run, and defy the Content Compliance Police in a dystopian future that’s watching your every move.
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EMPTY SHELL
Single-player alternative to EMPTY SHELL: THE LOOP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with EMPTY SHELL: THE LOOP.
EMPTY SHELL will throw you in a dark industrial environment, a secret facility on a Japanese island. Each volunteer has signed a contract for a "recovery operation" without being privy to too many details. A tense roguelite survival horror with a top down perspective.
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GROOD
Single-player alternative to EMPTY SHELL: THE LOOP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with EMPTY SHELL: THE LOOP.
GROOD is an indie 2.5D Shoot 'em up made with spare robot parts and Heavy Metal🤘🏻. The gameplay blends classic Shoot 'em up mechanics with modern low poly graphics, particles, shaders, and a hardcore soundtrack. Annihilate an army of machines, and afterward, annihilate their bosses—go all the way to confirm that your battle paid off.
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STHELL
Single-player alternative to EMPTY SHELL: THE LOOP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with EMPTY SHELL: THE LOOP.
STHELL is a fast-paced, roguelite arena shooter that takes you to a forgotten swamp that was a test site of Kiratron Industries. Take on hordes of machines left to rust for years. It's a battle you probably won't win, but make a stand and your resilience will be etched in their memory chips forever.
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EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE
Single-player alternative to EMPTY SHELL: THE LOOP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with EMPTY SHELL: THE LOOP.
EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE will throw you in a dark industrial environment, a secret facility on a japanese island. Each volunteer has signed a contract for a "recovery operation" without being privy to too many details. A tense roguelite survival horror with a top down perspective.
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EMPTY SHELL 2
Single-player alternative to EMPTY SHELL: THE LOOP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with EMPTY SHELL: THE LOOP.
Take on the roles of expendable volunteers sent to a forsaken facility on a remote Japanese island. Recover lost data, scavenge for resources, manage your inventory, and endure unspeakable cosmic horrors. In this top-down extraction survival horror, every expedition is a journey back from madness.
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Micron Survivor
Single-player alternative to EMPTY SHELL: THE LOOP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with EMPTY SHELL: THE LOOP.
Micron Survivor is a survival game with rogue-lite elements where you play as alien microorganisms under the microscope. Evolve, unlock research objectives, find symbiotic weapons, upgrade your builds, and fight hordes of terrestrial organisms to rule the microcosm.