Single-player games like Desktop Survivors 98
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Desktop Survivors 98, 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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Super Station Swarm
Single-player alternative to Desktop Survivors 98 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Desktop Survivors 98.
A space station, infinite waves, and a screen full of vector geometry trying to kill you. Your turrets auto-fire. Your satellites orbit. This is bullet-hell-yeah. In-game and permanent upgrades. 17 upgrade types across 9 weapon classes. Play, upgrade, repeat.
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Akinofa
Single-player alternative to Desktop Survivors 98 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Desktop Survivors 98.
Akinofa is an arcade shoot 'em up with Roguelite elements.
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Breaking Survivors
Single-player alternative to Desktop Survivors 98 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Desktop Survivors 98.
Brick-breaking gameplay meets Survivors-like mechanics. Use your balls to destroy bricks, level up and pick upgrades to hold your ground against waves of incoming bricks and try to high score in this roguelite brick breaking game.
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Halls of Torment
Single-player alternative to Desktop Survivors 98 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Desktop Survivors 98.
Slay hordes of terrifying monsters in this horde survival roguelite. Descend into the Halls of Torment where the Lords of the underworld await you. Treasures, magical trinkets, and a growing cast of heroes will grant you the power to vanquish these horrors from beyond. How long can you survive?
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Overture
Single-player alternative to Desktop Survivors 98 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Desktop Survivors 98.
Overture is an action-adventure roguelike which draws heavy inspiration from hits such as Diablo, Realm of The Mad God, Zelda, and The Binding of Isaac. Explore vast randomly generated dungeons and slay hordes of cunning enemies!
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Enter the Gungeon
Single-player alternative to Desktop Survivors 98 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Desktop Survivors 98.
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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Boneraiser Minions
Single-player alternative to Desktop Survivors 98 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Desktop Survivors 98.
Amass an army of undead to fight endless waves of heroes intent to end your boneraising ways! In this gothic auto-battler rogue-lite Survivor-like, use the bones of slain heroes to raise your minions, collect relics and spells, and unlock meta upgrades, all to survive King Gigald's crusade!
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Spell Disk
Single-player alternative to Desktop Survivors 98 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Desktop Survivors 98.
Build unique synergy spell combos to destroy the hordes of monsters and bosses in this rogue-lite action game.
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Undertale
Single-player alternative to Desktop Survivors 98 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Desktop Survivors 98.
UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.
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Vampire Survivors
Single-player alternative to Desktop Survivors 98 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Desktop Survivors 98.
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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Smash
Single-player alternative to Desktop Survivors 98 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Desktop Survivors 98.
Click on the mouse left button to destroy the glass pyramids & push away the obstacles. Stay focused and concentrate on the path destroy every pyramid and push away obstacles coming in the path.
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Megabonk
Single-player alternative to Desktop Survivors 98 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Desktop Survivors 98.
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!