Single-player games like Enter the Gungeon
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Enter the Gungeon, 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 Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
Single-player alternative to Enter the Gungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Enter the Gungeon.
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy Rogue-like elements. Following Isaac on his journey players will find bizarre treasures that change Isaac’s form giving him super human abilities and enabling him to fight off droves of mysterious creatures, discover secrets and fight his way to safety.
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Hades
Single-player alternative to Enter the Gungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.
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Dead Cells
Single-player alternative to Enter the Gungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
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Risk of Rain 2
Single-player alternative to Enter the Gungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.
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Nuclear Throne
Single-player alternative to Enter the Gungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
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Gunfire Reborn
Single-player alternative to Enter the Gungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
Gunfire Reborn is a level-based adventure game featuring FPS, Roguelite and RPG. Players can control heroes with various abilities to experience diverse Build gameplay, use various weapons to explore procedurally-generated levels. You can play the game alone, or join 4-player coop.
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Spelunky 2
Single-player alternative to Enter the Gungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a roguelike classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new. Meet the next generation of explorers as they find themselves on the Moon, searching for treasure and missing family.
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Dungreed
Single-player alternative to Enter the Gungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
Dungreed is a 2D side-scrolling action game with 2D Rogue-LITE elements. You become an adventurer exploring a continuously evolving dungeon to prevent the town from being destroyed. Eliminate enemies, use a variety of weapons and magic, eat food, and defeat evil in the dungeon!
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The Binding of Isaac
Single-player alternative to Enter the Gungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!
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Wizard of Legend
Single-player alternative to Enter the Gungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
Wizard of Legend is a no-nonsense, action-packed take on wizardry that emphasizes precise movements and smart comboing of spells in a rogue-like dungeon crawler that features over a hundred unique spells and relics!
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FTL: Faster Than Light
Single-player alternative to Enter the Gungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
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Spelunky
Single-player alternative to Enter the Gungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure.
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Rogue Legacy
Single-player alternative to Enter the Gungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
Rogue Legacy is a genealogical rogue-"LITE" where anyone can be a hero. Each time you die, your child will succeed you. Every child is unique. One child might be colorblind, another might be a dwarf with vertigo. But that's OK, because no one is perfect, and you don't have to be to succeed.
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Crypt of the NecroDancer
Single-player alternative to Enter the Gungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
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Neon Abyss
Single-player alternative to Enter the Gungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
Neon Abyss is a frantic, roguelite action-platformer where you run ‘n’ gun your way into the Abyss. Featuring unlimited item synergies and a unique dungeon evolution system, each run diversifies the experience and every choice alters the ruleset.
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Hero Siege
Single-player alternative to Enter the Gungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
Hero Siege is a fast paced Pixel Art ARPG featuring an expansive roster of unique classes, deep build experimentation, and a player driven economy.
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Exit the Gungeon
Single-player alternative to Enter the Gungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
Exit the Gungeon is a small, spin-off 'dungeon climber' immediately following the adventures of the misfit Gungeoneers.
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Fork Parker's Holiday Profit Hike
Single-player alternative to Enter the Gungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
Against explosive firepower, bitter cold, and dizzying heights, Fork Parker must outwit a group of no-talent game developers in a deadly holiday promotional game. Also, it's free.