Single-player games like Glowlings
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Glowlings, 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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Forecast Death
Single-player alternative to Glowlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Glowlings.
Survive the chaos of a bullet-heaven action game. Tear through enemy hordes, stack wild ability combos, and endure cataclysms that rewrite the rules mid-fight. The pace ramps up every minute - either you grow stronger, or you get wiped out.
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WitchTrial
Single-player alternative to Glowlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Glowlings.
WitchTrial is a fast single-player twin-stick arena roguelite. Dodge murderous sawblade formations, fight escalating enemy waves, and turn the arena’s traps against your executioners. Survive each day, endure nightly interrogations, and build a deadly combination of upgrades.
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Horde Sweepers
Single-player alternative to Glowlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Glowlings.
Fast-paced Rogue-lite action. A high-octane mashup of Vampire Survivors and Hades. Unlock and combine upgrades, create your unique builds, use active abilities, enhance your weapons, find enemy weaknesses, and cleanse this city of mutants.
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Towerful Guardians
Single-player alternative to Glowlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Glowlings.
Pilot your flying machine, be it a helicopter, a mech, or a straight magical suit, to fight alien monsters and defend the towers that are very important to mankind in a post-apocalyptic setting. Upgrade your gears, build strong synergy with the tower's abilities to out-scale enemy power and survive!
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Destropolis 2
Single-player alternative to Glowlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Glowlings.
Hordes of red cube enemies. Bullets, lasers and nukes. Cities to raze to the ground.
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Pickle Pete
Single-player alternative to Glowlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Glowlings.
A roguelite bullet heaven where you dodge and auto-shoot through waves of enemies. Build devastating weapon, gear and mutation combinations with deep synergies. Face over 30 unique bosses across diverse biomes in this challenging arena shooter.
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UberLoop
Single-player alternative to Glowlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Glowlings.
Smash your way through endless waves of enemies and grow absurdly powerful! Explore the map, grab loot from shrines, level up with unique upgrades, unlock new characters, and stack wild abilities to create crazy builds as you fend off hordes of creatures!
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Mechaconda
Single-player alternative to Glowlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Glowlings.
Survive hordes of monsters and bosses while collecting cards that add unique ability upgrades to the body of a small snake Mechaconda.