Single-player games like Monsters and Monocles
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Monsters and Monocles, 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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Nuclear Throne
Single-player alternative to Monsters and Monocles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Monsters and Monocles.
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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Dungeon Souls
Single-player alternative to Monsters and Monocles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Monsters and Monocles.
Dungeon Souls is an action-adventure roguelike dungeon crawler which draws heavy inspiration from Nuclear Throne, Risk of Rain, and Overture. Explore vast procedurally generated dungeons, collect loot, and slay hordes of challenging enemies!
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Rampage Knights
Single-player alternative to Monsters and Monocles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Monsters and Monocles.
Rampage Knights is a cooperative beat 'em up game mixed up with randomized dungeon crawling and exploration, which you can play alone or with a friend online.
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Rogue Stormers
Single-player alternative to Monsters and Monocles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Monsters and Monocles.
An action packed platform shooter mashed-up with roguelike and RPG elements, crazy 3D graphics and co-op multiplayer for one to 4 players.
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Moon Hunters
Single-player alternative to Monsters and Monocles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Monsters and Monocles.
Play alone or with friends! A co-op personality test about exploring an ancient, occult world in 5 days. How will you be remembered?
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Vampire Survivors
Single-player alternative to Monsters and Monocles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Monsters and Monocles.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
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Enter the Gungeon
Single-player alternative to Monsters and Monocles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Monsters and Monocles.
Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell dungeon crawler following a band of misfits seeking to shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip their way to personal absolution by reaching the legendary Gungeon’s ultimate treasure: the gun that can kill the past.
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Serious Sam's Bogus Detour
Single-player alternative to Monsters and Monocles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Monsters and Monocles.
Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour is an all-new action-adventure in the legendary Serious Sam saga from Hammerwatch developer Crackshell.
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The Binding of Isaac
Single-player alternative to Monsters and Monocles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Monsters and Monocles.
Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!
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TowerFall Ascension
Single-player alternative to Monsters and Monocles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Monsters and Monocles.
TowerFall Ascension is the definitive version of the hit archery combat game. Inspired by classics from the golden age of couch multiplayer, it's a 4-player local party game centering around hilarious, intense versus matches. The core mechanics are simple and accessible, but hard to master and combat is fierce.
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Hades
Single-player alternative to Monsters and Monocles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Monsters and Monocles.
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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Monsters 'til Midnight
Single-player alternative to Monsters and Monocles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Monsters and Monocles.
Use steampunk weaponry to vanquish the legions of evil and survive until the clock strikes midnight! In this fast-paced horde survival game, each powerful upgrade can help turn the tide. Go it alone, or join another player in your pursuit to outlast the inevitable march of time itself!