Single-player games like Defy The Abyss
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Defy The Abyss, 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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The Gun is Good
Single-player alternative to Defy The Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Defy The Abyss.
Action roguelike horde shooter. Bullet heaven vs bullet hell. Enter The Astral to slay demons by the thousands, loot and craft powerful guns and items, use the power of runes to get strong enough to defeat the Astral Kings.
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Solar Core
Single-player alternative to Defy The Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Defy The Abyss.
Survive to the end of each track in fast, rhythm-driven combat in this top down twin-stick roguelike.
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Grid Demon
Single-player alternative to Defy The Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Defy The Abyss.
A cyberpunk bullet-heaven roguelite. Survive the swarm, hack your kills, and turn enemy machines into your own weapons
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Star Scrap
Single-player alternative to Defy The Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Defy The Abyss.
A broke bounty hunter. A sarcastic robot. 1,000,000 credit debt. Star Scrap is a chaotic twin stick space roguelite. Blast through increasingly difficult waves of enemies to pay it off.
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Talas
Single-player alternative to Defy The Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Defy The Abyss.
Shoot your way across deep space. Shred through waves of enemies, unravel the secrets hiding beneath the surface, and explore the endless synergies in this retro-inspired action roguelike.
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Red Nose Guy The Burnout
Single-player alternative to Defy The Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Defy The Abyss.
WHEN WORK DEVOURS YOU… FIGHT BACK! In Gauntlet Inc., Red Nose Guy falls into burnout: his office becomes a nightmare of killer printers, living files, and deadly deadlines. A frantic twin-stick shooter where every floor is a hell to escape… or destroy!
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Tankbot Battle
Single-player alternative to Defy The Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Defy The Abyss.
A fast paced, action packed, roguelite game with tanks! Blast your way through procedurally generated levels, and build overpowered combinations of upgrades! Face off against a variety of different enemies and epic bosses.
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Hover Point
Single-player alternative to Defy The Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Defy The Abyss.
Hover Point is a physics-based rogue-lite bullet hell where movement is your weapon. Dodge chaotic swarms with auto-fire action, build your skill tree, and climb global leaderboards. Master the chaos solo or in co-op via mouse-only, keyboard-only, or controller-only playstyles.
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Redd's Runaway
Single-player alternative to Defy The Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Defy The Abyss.
A fast-paced 2D run and gun inspired by 90s arcade classics, featuring relentless enemy waves, instant spell switching, giant boss battles, and a dark Halloween and Day of the Dead aesthetic.