Single-player games like UNIT-5000
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to UNIT-5000, 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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Dead Broke
Single-player alternative to UNIT-5000 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with UNIT-5000.
An arena roguelite where money is your life, your ammo, and your currency. Shoot, gamble, and survive in a casino from hell: every bullet costs, every coin saves you. 13 characters, 5 endings, and local co-op. The House always wins... until you stop owing it.
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Talas
Single-player alternative to UNIT-5000 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with UNIT-5000.
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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Destropolis 2
Single-player alternative to UNIT-5000 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with UNIT-5000.
Hordes of red cube enemies. Bullets, lasers and nukes. Cities to raze to the ground.
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Gunblade Ranger
Single-player alternative to UNIT-5000 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with UNIT-5000.
An action shooting Roguelite focused on relentless attacks and brutal executions. Fight through the wasteland, execute enemies to restore ammo, collect weapons and mutations, and create your own killing build. Local 2 player co-op supported.
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Scrapstorm
Single-player alternative to UNIT-5000 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with UNIT-5000.
A 1-4 player bullet-heaven roguelite where the whole city is hunting you. Draft cards every level until one pistol turns into a screen-clearing mess, and watch out for the traffic, the third rail and whatever is running each district.
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Iron Grave:Planet 9
Single-player alternative to UNIT-5000 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with UNIT-5000.
Iron Grave: Planet 9 is a sci-fi mech survivor game. Pilot multiple mechs with unique skills and evolution, slaughter enemies, unlock upgrades. Set on the ninth planet over a century from now, fight alongside your squad and become a hero.
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DartPotato
Single-player alternative to UNIT-5000 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with UNIT-5000.
You start as a potato. The utensils have unionized and they want you diced. DartPotato is a top-down roguelike where you dash, dodge, and dart your way through 50 cities as five different food types each with three different classes, building absurd loadouts to avoid becoming dinner.
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Valkyrie Rising: Hordes of Ragnarök
Single-player alternative to UNIT-5000 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with UNIT-5000.
Carve through the Hordes of Ragnarök in a Bullet Heaven Roguelite inspired by Norse myth. Complete quests mid-run to earn the favor of Odin and Thor, then build the run out of the powers they hand you.
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Fixer's Tale
Single-player alternative to UNIT-5000 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with UNIT-5000.
A humorous sci-fi text-driven adventure where you play a support engineer sent to fix system failures in a secret research complex. Explore strange labs, investigate bizarre incidents, solve absurd problems, talk to depressed robots, and make choices that lead to multiple endings.