Single-player games like Defiant Ascent
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Defiant Ascent, 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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Impious
Single-player alternative to Defiant Ascent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Defiant Ascent.
You have been brought here for your sins. A dark turn-based RPG with roguelite elements inside an underground indoctrination center. Loot, craft and equip with a Diablo-style itemization system. Fight by managing your impulses and find your way out while making decisions and building your character.
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Deadland 4000
Single-player alternative to Defiant Ascent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Defiant Ascent.
A turn-based post-apocalyptic roguelike set on a straight line. Scavenge food, sneak past enemies, find loot, and survive by any means necessary in the year 4000.
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30 days to survive
Single-player alternative to Defiant Ascent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Defiant Ascent.
"30 days to survive" - the game is going day, in a world where there is a zombie Apocalypse! The protagonist has to survive 30 days on a randomly generated map full of dead.
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Shaft 29
Single-player alternative to Defiant Ascent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Defiant Ascent.
You are alone in Shaft 29...Descend into old, pitch-black, and hazardous labyrinth to restore the failing power grid. Scavenge the dark for scrap, repair components in safe room, and brave anomalies hiding in the depths. Keep the lights on, and keep moving down...
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Bleeding Abyss
Single-player alternative to Defiant Ascent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Defiant Ascent.
Bleeding Abyss is a chaotic, fast paced, overwhelming bullet hell game. Plan and manage your survival by investing your hard earned rewards into resources and unravel the secrets that lie in the underground. Do you have what it takes to escape?
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Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days
Single-player alternative to Defiant Ascent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Defiant Ascent.
Texas, 1980. Walton City has fallen to a zombie outbreak. Lead a band of desperate survivors from refuge to refuge by scavenging, crafting, and fighting in a relentless struggle for survival. Plan wisely, stick together, and — above all — keep moving if you want to make it out alive.
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Cataclysm: The Last Generation
Single-player alternative to Defiant Ascent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Defiant Ascent.
A post-apocalyptic roguelike set in modern-day New England. Scavenge tools to craft an arsenal capable of dealing with the ever-evolving hordes of zombies, mutants, aliens, and robots in one of the deepest survival sims around.
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March of the Living
Single-player alternative to Defiant Ascent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Defiant Ascent.
Roguelike-like inspired by FTL and popular zombie fiction. Guide a group of survivors to a rumoured safe haven.