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Single-player games like Touhou Dystopian

Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Touhou Dystopian, 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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    Kernel Hearts — Steam game cover

    Kernel Hearts

    Single-player alternative to Touhou Dystopian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Touhou Dystopian.

    Gather your allies. Eliminate Angels. Transform into a Magical Girl. Slay god. Kernel Hearts is a Multiplayer Co-Op Roguelike Action RPG about four magical girls and their attempt to save a world that's drowning in ashes

    2026ActionIndieRPG17.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dark Sorcery — Steam game cover

    Dark Sorcery

    Single-player alternative to Touhou Dystopian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Touhou Dystopian.

    Dark Sorcery is a dark fantasy roguelite where you battle endless hordes, unlock powerful upgrades, and create devastating builds. Master movement, teleportation, and strategy to survive increasingly dangerous enemy waves.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Clone Cycle — Steam game cover

    The Clone Cycle

    Single-player alternative to Touhou Dystopian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Touhou Dystopian.

    “The Clone Cycle” is a third-person sci-fi roguelite shooter. Awaken in a collapsed cloning facility, battle aberrant clone lifeforms, collect weapons, abilities and chip modules to break through blockades and reveal the cruel truth behind endless replication cycles.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Earn Your Legacy — Steam game cover

    Earn Your Legacy

    Single-player alternative to Touhou Dystopian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Touhou Dystopian.

    Earn Your Legacy by yourself or with your friends by slaughtering enemies with flashy combos, finding epic loot and powerful upgrades, parkouring around traps and fighting epic bosses!

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    Warriors of the End — Steam game cover

    Warriors of the End

    Single-player alternative to Touhou Dystopian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Touhou Dystopian.

    Warriors of the End is a fast-paced tower-defense horde-battler roguelike. Defend the Princess against enemy hordes by strategically positioning and upgrading your towers, customize unique characters with deadly weapons and spells, discover mindblowing synergies and create game-breaking builds!

    ActionIndieRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Daxi King: Seven Kills Reincarnation — Steam game cover

    Daxi King: Seven Kills Reincarnation

    Single-player alternative to Touhou Dystopian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Touhou Dystopian.

    Daxi King: Seven Kills Reincarnation is a Chinese Dark Fantasy Roguelite RPG. You will play as Zhang Xianzhong, the Daxi King and peasant rebellion leader of the late Ming Dynasty. Sacrificing to evil gods to gain overwhelming power, you will unleash endless slaughter!

    2027ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Master of Chaos: Beat or Break the Game — Steam game cover

    Master of Chaos: Beat or Break the Game

    Single-player alternative to Touhou Dystopian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Touhou Dystopian.

    Pulverize your enemies for underestimating this cute little wizard by counter attacks, deflecting projectiles, unleashing face-melting ultimate abilities and building insane combos boosting your power until you are strong enough to beat the boss or break the game - Either way you win.

    2027ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sovereign's End — Steam game cover

    Sovereign's End

    Single-player alternative to Touhou Dystopian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Touhou Dystopian.

    Feel invincible. Until you're not. A dark 3D space survivor-like with deep build-crafting and auto-firing abilities. Outlast the swarm and face the Sovereign. If you can reach it.

    2026ActionIndieCasual11.24 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Megabonk — Steam game cover

    Megabonk

    Single-player alternative to Touhou Dystopian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Touhou Dystopian.

    Smash your way through endless waves of enemies and grow absurdly powerful! Grab loot, level up, unlock characters and upgrade to create unique and crazy builds as you fend off hordes of creatures!

    2025ActionIndieCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Risk of Rain 2 — Steam game cover

    Risk of Rain 2

    Single-player alternative to Touhou Dystopian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Touhou Dystopian.

    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.

    2020ActionIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    NieR:Automata™ — Steam game cover

    NieR:Automata™

    Single-player alternative to Touhou Dystopian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Touhou Dystopian.

    NieR: Automata tells the story of androids 2B, 9S and A2 and their battle to reclaim the machine-driven dystopia overrun by powerful machines.

    2017ActionRPG15.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sifu — Steam game cover

    Sifu

    Single-player alternative to Touhou Dystopian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Touhou Dystopian.

    Sifu is a realistic third-person brawler with tight Kung Fu combat mechanics and cinematic martial arts action embarking you on a path for revenge.

    2023ActionIndie39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Zenless Zone Zero — Steam game cover

    Zenless Zone Zero

    Single-player alternative to Touhou Dystopian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Touhou Dystopian.

    Zenless Zone Zero is HoYoverse’s brand-new urban fantasy ARPG. Players act as "Proxies" who explore Hollows alongside a wide range of unique Agents, fighting enemies, and completing commissions on their journey to unveil the mysteries behind New Eridu.

    2026ActionAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE — Steam game cover

    METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE

    Single-player alternative to Touhou Dystopian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Touhou Dystopian.

    Developed by Kojima Productions and PlatinumGames, METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE takes the renowned METAL GEAR franchise into exciting new territory with an all-new action experience. The game seamlessly melds pure action and epic story-telling that surrounds Raiden – a child soldier transformed into a half-human, half-cyborg ninja who...

    2014Action29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Metroidvania — Steam game cover

    Metroidvania

    Single-player alternative to Touhou Dystopian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Touhou Dystopian.

    Explore a dark pixel-art metroidvania filled with fast-paced combat, challenging bosses, hidden secrets, and rewarding exploration as you unlock new paths through a mysterious world.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    RAIN Project - a touhou fangame — Steam game cover

    RAIN Project - a touhou fangame

    Single-player alternative to Touhou Dystopian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Touhou Dystopian.

    RAIN Project is a Touhou fangame re-imagined as a platforming boss-bash! After a ritual gone wrong, the newbie shrine maiden Sanae awakes in a world of fantasy. With only the storms to guide her, Sanae sets off to scale a towering mountain in search of answers.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →