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Single-player games like Hell's Descent

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Hell's Descent, 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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    Repetendium — Steam game cover

    Repetendium

    Single-player alternative to Hell's Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hell's Descent.

    Repetendium is a top-down roguelike-lite shooter. Select from a rowdy group of characters to play as and wield an ever expanding variety of gear and items to conquer the underworld. Death awaits...

    2022ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Knight Overloaded — Steam game cover

    Knight Overloaded

    Single-player alternative to Hell's Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hell's Descent.

    Knight Overloaded is a roguelight survival game that reinforced strategic choices. Beat enemies falling from the sky endlessly, and expand your inventory!

    2023ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cultivation Story: Reincarnation — Steam game cover

    Cultivation Story: Reincarnation

    Single-player alternative to Hell's Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hell's Descent.

    Cultivation Story: Reincarnation is a top-down pixel art style action roguelike based on cultivation and Chinese mythology.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Atomicrops — Steam game cover

    Atomicrops

    Single-player alternative to Hell's Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hell's Descent.

    A twin-stick, bullet-hell, roguelite where you must cultivate and defend the last farm in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Farm mutated crops, upgrade your weapons, marry townsfolk, and kill every mutant creature that tries to invade your homestead! Yee-haw! 

    2020ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Binding of Isaac — Steam game cover

    The Binding of Isaac

    Single-player alternative to Hell's Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hell's Descent.

    Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Flame in the Flood — Steam game cover

    The Flame in the Flood

    Single-player alternative to Hell's Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hell's Descent.

    A rogue-like river journey through the backwaters of a forgotten post-societal America. Forage, craft, evade predators.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Swords of Ditto: Mormo's Curse — Steam game cover

    The Swords of Ditto: Mormo's Curse

    Single-player alternative to Hell's Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hell's Descent.

    Now reimagined and expanded in the new Mormo's Curse update, The Swords of Ditto is a roguelite action RPG that creates a unique adventure for each new hero of legend in the relentless fight against the evil Mormo.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Teleglitch: Die More Edition — Steam game cover

    Teleglitch: Die More Edition

    Single-player alternative to Hell's Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hell's Descent.

    In a cold, dark future dominated by mega-corporations, a small lonely planet on the edge of habitable space is the site of a shadowy research facility specializing in necrotic tissue reactivation. You are a scientist who has suddenly awoken to the realization that you are the lone survivor.

    2013ActionIndie3.24 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dishwashing Simulator — Steam game cover

    Dishwashing Simulator

    Single-player alternative to Hell's Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    A short, unique survival-farming-base-building-tycoon-horror game where you must survive through washing dishes. Explore mysterious depths, manage resources, and unravel a cryptic narrative. In DWS, a chore becomes a journey to freedom.

    2024Simulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    bang shoot. — Steam game cover

    bang shoot.

    Single-player alternative to Hell's Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Hell's Descent.

    A fast-paced arena shooter where you wield two weapons at once across unique battlegrounds. Each round is different: new map, teams, weapons, and modifiers.

    ActionSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Last Dwarf — Steam game cover

    The Last Dwarf

    Single-player alternative to Hell's Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hell's Descent.

    The kobolds want to get in your dwarven fortress ! Build your turrets and traps, defend your fortress, get stronger, unlock new defenses and builds, and survive as long as you can !

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →