Single-player games like Drifting Lands
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Drifting Lands, 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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Steredenn: Binary Stars
Single-player alternative to Drifting Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Drifting Lands.
Steredenn is a frenetic and chaotic space shooter, carved in big beautiful pixels, with insane boss battles. Embark in your ship and engage the fight against dreadful space pirates in a never-ending combat for your survival.
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Jets'n'Guns 2
Single-player alternative to Drifting Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Drifting Lands.
Jets'n'Guns 2 is a side-scrolling space shooter with insane levels of action and destruction. Travel the galaxies and unleash an arsenal of the deadliest weapons and devices to save the universe from its inevitable doom.
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DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours
Single-player alternative to Drifting Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Drifting Lands.
DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours is the latest installment in Taito's DARIUS series of arcade-style shooting games. Blast hordes of alien sea-monsters, and blaze your own trail through branching environments.
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Assault Android Cactus+
Single-player alternative to Drifting Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Drifting Lands.
Assault Android Cactus is an intense arcade style twin stick shooter - pick from one of nine unique synthetic heroines and blast your way through overwhelming robots hordes to save the ship from its own workforce. Supports single player and local co-op game modes.
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Really Big Sky
Single-player alternative to Drifting Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Drifting Lands.
A super fast, twin analogue shooter for the modern age!
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Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition
Single-player alternative to Drifting Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Drifting Lands.
Craft your arsenal to avenge your fallen comrades and save the world from the fearsome forces of CLAW!
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Rise & Shine
Single-player alternative to Drifting Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Drifting Lands.
Welcome to Gamearth, a once peaceful planet now threatened by the warmongering Space grunts of Nexgen. In the aftermath of their devastating first strike a child named Rise is forced to take on the sacred gun Shine - and with it the fate of his world.
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Nova Drift
Single-player alternative to Drifting Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Drifting Lands.
Nova Drift distills the mechanical depth and strategy of an ARPG into classic arcade space combat. Control an endlessly evolving bio-mechanical ship, face legions of strange and deadly foes, and ride the wake of a dying star across the void.
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Cave Story+
Single-player alternative to Drifting Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Drifting Lands.
Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.
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R-Type Final 2
Single-player alternative to Drifting Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Drifting Lands.
R-Type has returned! The legendary side-scroller is back and better than ever with beautifully rendered 3D graphics, exhilarating shoot-'em-up gameplay, and a multitude of stages, ships, and weapons that will allow you to conduct a symphony of destruction upon your foes.
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Diablo® IV
Single-player alternative to Drifting Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Drifting Lands.
Join the fight for Sanctuary in Diablo® IV, the ultimate action RPG adventure. Experience the critically acclaimed campaign and new seasonal content.
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Foretales
Single-player alternative to Drifting Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Decide the fate of the world in this ingenious story-driven card game. Foretales offers a unique take on the adventure genre, with a multitude of playstyles and story paths through which you can save the world… or bring about its end.
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An Ankou
Single-player alternative to Drifting Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Drifting Lands.
Death is not the end. You’ve been chosen as the Ankou, a servant of Death who aids lost souls using the tools of your old trade. Roam haunted lands to find resources, craft weapons, and slay hordes of demons in this action-exploration roguelike.
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Transcripted
Single-player alternative to Drifting Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Drifting Lands.
After 3 years, Transcripted the illegitimate son of Zuma and Geometry Wars is finally back on Steam. Discover now this unique mix of twin stick shooter and match-3 with its twisted mechanics and original story.