Single-player games like Tails Island
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Tails Island, 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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Croaked
Single-player alternative to Tails Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tails Island.
Croaked is a frog-themed roguelike survivor where you choose unique frogs, battle massive hordes of enemies, catch insects for powerful bonuses, evolve weapons, discover special events, and defeat challenging bosses while creating new builds every run.
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Amazing Slot Survivor (A.S.S.)
Single-player alternative to Tails Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tails Island.
Spin the slot machine and see how powerful you'll become! Luck shapes your arsenal, but only skill keeps you alive in this high-stakes bullet heaven roguelite. Master unique weapons and destroy the Spawners summoning endless hordes, and push your luck to the limit.
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Tiny Bomber
Single-player alternative to Tails Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tails Island.
Survive the countdown in a fast-paced vertical bullet-hell roguelite. Collect coins to extend your run, graze bullets for aircraft-specific boosts, build wild upgrade combos, turn defeated bosses into companion drones, tweak map spawns, and team up in 2-player co-op to push toward the final boss!
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VERAKORIA
Single-player alternative to Tails Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tails Island.
Choose your race and class, create a unique build, and battle relentless hordes in VERAKORIA. Collect experience, unlock powerful upgrades, defeat deadly bosses, and survive the escalating onslaught in this pixel-art action roguelite.
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Timber Fever
Single-player alternative to Tails Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tails Island.
Cut down the infinitely tall Tree to grow stronger. Timber Fever is an action, incremental roguelike where you create chaos with wacky tools while surviving enemy waves.
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Bloodmoon Survivors
Single-player alternative to Tails Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tails Island.
You are a Lunar Knight of the blood moon, and tonight is your night. It's time for violence. Slay the twisted horrors conjured by the moon in this horde survival roguelite. Gain experience, grow stronger, and synergize your weapons to crush the enemy forces and survive the night.
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Potassium Poisoning
Single-player alternative to Tails Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tails Island.
Potassium Poisoning is a post-apocalyptic survivor game. Where you play as a monkey fighting off radioactive hoards, defeat monsters and complete objectives to earn DNA points, unlocking new mutations and traits to better help you fight and survive.
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Pets Survivors
Single-player alternative to Tails Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tails Island.
Pets Survivors is a survival roguelike where you battle hordes of monsters and fight to stay alive until time runs out. Choose your pet, pick your favorite weapon, upgrade your abilities, and see how long you can survive!
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Super Arter
Single-player alternative to Tails Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Tails Island.
Solve the most challenging puzzles, jump, throw objects, use switches, dodge traps, defeat enemies, collect gifts, and discover the best way for Arter to take the key to the door in this puzzle/platform game.