Single-player games like Rise & Shine
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Rise & Shine, 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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RIVE
Single-player alternative to Rise & Shine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Rise & Shine.
This 360-degree shooter/platformer hybrid lets you choreograph a ‘dance of destruction’ in insanely spectacular battles and set-pieces. RIVE feels like the explosive games of yore, pumping megapixels in true 21st century style.
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Nex Machina
Single-player alternative to Rise & Shine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rise & Shine.
Nex Machina is an intense arcade style twin-stick shooter from Housemarque. Taking hints from both Robotron and Smash TV, Nex Machina focuses on pure action, voxel destruction and competition in the distant, cablepunk themed future.
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Pixel Galaxy
Single-player alternative to Rise & Shine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rise & Shine.
A non-shooting shoot 'em up where you must grow, make friends, and survive together.
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KILL KNIGHT
Single-player alternative to Rise & Shine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Rise & Shine.
KILL KNIGHT is an ultra-responsive arcade-inspired isometric action shooter. Condemned to eternal sufferance, deep within the voids of an eldritch arena, you must wield an arsenal of devastating weaponry to obliterate swarms of otherworldly horrors - and MASTER THE DEMON WITHIN.
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Assault Android Cactus+
Single-player alternative to Rise & Shine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rise & Shine.
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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Uragun
Single-player alternative to Rise & Shine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rise & Shine.
You are a friendly-but-deadly Mech on a journey searching for your missing pilot in this action-packed roguelite shooter. Choose your missions and rewards, research skills, equip expansions, mod your weapons, install plugins, customize your looks and stylishly cut your way through hordes of evil AI.
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Blazing Chrome
Single-player alternative to Rise & Shine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rise & Shine.
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
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Waves
Single-player alternative to Rise & Shine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rise & Shine.
Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!
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Prince of Persia: Warrior Within™
Single-player alternative to Rise & Shine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Rise & Shine.
Enter the dark underworld of Prince of Persia Warrior Within, the sword-slashing sequel to the critically acclaimed Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time™. Hunted by Dahaka, an immortal incarnation of Fate seeking divine retribution, the Prince embarks upon a path of both carnage and mystery to defy his preordained death.
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Prince of Persia®
Single-player alternative to Rise & Shine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Rise & Shine.
The critically acclaimed Prince of Persia® franchise returns for the first time on next-generation platforms with an all-new epic journey. Built by the same award-winning Ubisoft Montreal studio that created Assassin's Creed™, Prince of Persia has been in development for over three years to deliver a whole new action-adventure gaming...
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Thomas Was Alone
Single-player alternative to Rise & Shine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Rise & Shine.
Guide a group of rectangles through 120 levels, using their different skills together to overcome a series of obstacles in each environment. Discover the human-made story of the first sentient artificial intelligences with Danny Wallace’s BAFTA-winning narration.
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Shmups Skill Test
Single-player alternative to Rise & Shine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Rise & Shine.
Some say you’re only as old as you feel. Shmups Skill Test says you’re only as old as you shoot! Shmups Skill Test is a clever way to evaluate your shmup skills in the form of a "gamer age". Challenge and unlock shoot-’em-up-based minigames in a gauntlet of shmup nostalgia goodness.
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Guns N' Runs
Single-player alternative to Rise & Shine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rise & Shine.
Guns N’ Runs is a stylish platform game, action and shooter, containing super specials and Dash mechanics at a fast-pace. Unlock hundreds of meticulous challenges and battle bosses. All of this with an immersive soundtrack and an individual narrative for each of the 8 characters.
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CONTRAL
Single-player alternative to Rise & Shine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Rise & Shine.
Control two characters simultaneously with your keyboard and mouse! Use your left hand to guide the robot toward the goal while your right hand creates platforms to pave the way forward. Master a unique single-player, dual-control action puzzle experience.
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The Knight Witch
Single-player alternative to Rise & Shine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rise & Shine.
The Knight Witch is a metroidvania adventure game with fast-paced, shoot 'em up combat set in a beautifully hand-drawn world. Cast devastating card-based spells, forge close bonds, and make moral choices all in your quest to save your home and discover who's behind the War Golem invasion.