Single-player games like Serpent's Gaze
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Serpent's Gaze, 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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Nomën Ipsa
Single-player alternative to Serpent's Gaze — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Serpent's Gaze.
Hardcore, retro-styled RPG focused on boss fights with interesting mechanics. Demanding. At times grind-y. There are leaderboards to climb! You can team up with your friends (so they can call you useless when you inevitably miss a mechanic), or go solo. Your call, play however you want.
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Kernel Hearts
Single-player alternative to Serpent's Gaze — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Serpent's Gaze.
Gather your allies. Eliminate Angels. Transform into a Magical Girl. Slay god. Kernel Hearts is a Multiplayer Co-Op Roguelike Action RPG about four magical girls and their attempt to save a world that's drowning in ashes
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Arenfall
Single-player alternative to Serpent's Gaze — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Serpent's Gaze.
Arenfall is a dark fantasy boss-battling action RPG. Master parry and dodge across 4 classes, solo or in co-op for up to 3 players. Take on Story mode, then the roguelite Boss Rush where every run reshuffles the deck.
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Requiem For a Lost World
Single-player alternative to Serpent's Gaze — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Serpent's Gaze.
A survival roguelike where your weapons fight for you. Survive 30 minutes against endless enemy waves by crafting builds from weapons, items, and elemental reactions. Play solo or with up to 8 players. Every run is an opportunity, every decision is crucial.
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Hours After Midnight
Single-player alternative to Serpent's Gaze — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Serpent's Gaze.
Dive deep into a roguelike survival quest against Rettam'diov, the Consumer of Worlds. Progress, earn experience, refine characters, and uncover potent tools. Face relentless hordes alone or amplify the thrill, teaming up cross-platform in our distinctive co-op mode.
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Monster Mercs
Single-player alternative to Serpent's Gaze — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Serpent's Gaze.
Transform into the monsters you slay and unleash new spells and abilities. Team up with up to 3 friends, take on unique contracts to get paid, upgrade your character and gear, and unlock powerful transformations in this fast-paced co-op action RPG.
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Neophyte Protocol
Single-player alternative to Serpent's Gaze — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Serpent's Gaze.
Fight through massive alien hordes, craft devastating builds, and discover powerful loot combinations in this fast-paced sci-fi action roguelite. Every decision shapes your run as you push your build to impossible levels of power, alone or with up to four players.
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FORJ
Single-player alternative to Serpent's Gaze — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Serpent's Gaze.
Fight through cursed arenas, extract with the loot, and reforge it into power. A co-op action roguelite where hand-built golems mine, craft and run your shop while you battle, and every weapon can be enhanced, imbued, socketed and rerolled at your forge.