Single-player games like Glow Journey
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Glow Journey, 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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Spell Defender
Single-player alternative to Glow Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Glow Journey.
Spell Defender is a 3D, Third-Person, wave defence, survival Roguelite. Use magical powers to defeat waves of enemies. Each wave rewards you with a choice of a new power. Find synergies and combine these powers to create the ultimate defender.
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Dungeon Souls
Single-player alternative to Glow Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Glow Journey.
Dungeon Souls is an action-adventure roguelike dungeon crawler which draws heavy inspiration from Nuclear Throne, Risk of Rain, and Overture. Explore vast procedurally generated dungeons, collect loot, and slay hordes of challenging enemies!
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CRYPTARK
Single-player alternative to Glow Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Glow Journey.
Cryptark is a 2D sci-fi shooter where you take on the role of a heavily armed privateer seeking to earn government contracts by boarding deadly alien space-hulks. It's up to you to strategize a plan of attack, pick an equipment loadout, and destroy the central core to be victorious.
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Vampire Survivors
Single-player alternative to Glow Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Glow Journey.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
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Atomicrops
Single-player alternative to Glow Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Glow Journey.
A twin-stick, bullet-hell, roguelite where you must cultivate and defend the last farm in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Farm mutated crops, upgrade your weapons, marry townsfolk, and kill every mutant creature that tries to invade your homestead! Yee-haw!
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Beyond the Long Night
Single-player alternative to Glow Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Glow Journey.
Explore a whimsical underground world whilst being chased by a mysterious corrupting force in this charming twin-stick action roguelike! Befriend loveable characters, fend off enemies with chaotic abilities, and uncover the secrets of this subterranean kingdom caught in a time loop.
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Hell is Other Demons
Single-player alternative to Glow Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Glow Journey.
Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.
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One Step From Eden
Single-player alternative to Glow Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Glow Journey.
Build a powerful deck, cast spells on the fly, battle evolving enemies, find game-changing artifacts, make friends or make enemies, just make it to Eden.