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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Pengame
Single-player alternative to Rise & Shine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rise & Shine.
Play as the stickman you drew in your school notebook to defeat the ultimate evil: the TEACHER!
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Hard Minus Classic Redux
Single-player alternative to Rise & Shine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rise & Shine.
Brutal, savage, acid 2D action, where skill of shooting and movement need to be win.
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Whale Captain
Single-player alternative to Rise & Shine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rise & Shine.
A challenging shoot-em-up bullet dodging game with a dash of side-scrolling platformer featuring unique hand drawn art and handcrafted music.
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ISPELL
Single-player alternative to Rise & Shine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rise & Shine.
ISPELL is a shoot'em up & bullet hell game where you take on the role of a nameless android who wanders through the dying worlds. Use various weapons and dodge enemy bullets, as well as challenge powerful creatures.
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Round 99
Single-player alternative to Rise & Shine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rise & Shine.
Round 99 is a fast-paced shooter combined with a platformer that focuses on jumping around colorful environments and making a variety of enemies explode! Jump around 12 levels and bombard nearly 20 different enemies and bosses alone or with friends.
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Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef
Single-player alternative to Rise & Shine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Rise & Shine.
From the developers of the Guns, Gore and Cannoli franchise comes a new 2D run & gun platformer: Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & TEEF! Spearhead an Ork invasion, destroy the hive city and kill your warboss! ‘Ere we go!
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Freedom Squid Fighter
Single-player alternative to Rise & Shine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rise & Shine.
Take control of a heavily armed squid and blast through destructible worlds in Freedom Squid Fighter. Soar through the air, tunnel through dirt and rock with powerful weaponry, and outmaneuver enemies across fully destructible landscapes.
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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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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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Contrast
Single-player alternative to Rise & Shine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Rise & Shine.
CONTRAST is a puzzle/platform game where you can move between a fantastic 3D world and a mysterious shadowy universe in 2D in the blink of an eye. Delve into a dreamlike and surreal 1920s world, inspired by the performance art world of vaudeville and film noir, and cradled by a smooth and sultry jazz ambiance.
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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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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.