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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Violent Nature
Single-player alternative to Defiant Ascent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Defiant Ascent.
Violent Nature is an open world survival game set in a small town after an interdimensional invasion. Manage your status and limited resources as you fight weaponized creatures and push back the spread of cracks to the other side.
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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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Drowned Station
Single-player alternative to Defiant Ascent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Defiant Ascent.
Drowned Station is a post-apocalyptic underground fishing adventure. Descend into the radioactive tunnel system. Scavenge through abandoned stations and rotten ruins. Follow the trail of your missing son, and discover what lurks beneath.
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DET-33
Single-player alternative to Defiant Ascent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Defiant Ascent.
A bullet-heaven roguelite in the ruins of new London. Take contracts from four warring factions, build a gun that breaks the game, and reach the evac before the city closes over you. 700+ weapons, interlocking build engines, and a fresh map every run.
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Blimblau: Kill Them All!
Single-player alternative to Defiant Ascent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Defiant Ascent.
BLIMBLAU: KILL THEM ALL! is a fast-paced retro FPS where hordes of modified humans stand in your way. Shoot, destroy, and kill them all without mercy.
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Prospect
Single-player alternative to Defiant Ascent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Defiant Ascent.
Prospect is a mining roguelike where you carve through the depths of the mines on a perilous journey towards the world above. Vanquish your foes, find mythical artifacts, and forge your own path with your trusty pickaxe. Will you be the first dwarf to ever reach the surface?
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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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Last Breath 最后的气息
Single-player alternative to Defiant Ascent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Defiant Ascent.
Last Breath is a tense side-scrolling shooter in a fungal-ravaged world, where humanity has become “Spore Zombies.” As the older sister Guan Jin, fight through the ruins to find your lost sibling. Scavenge, adapt, survive. But what awaits: redemption or a deeper nightmare?