Single-player games like The Crimson Contract
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Crimson Contract, 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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RIFTSTORM
Single-player alternative to The Crimson Contract — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Crimson Contract.
RIFTSTORM is a co-op PvE looter-shooter where squads of Weavers deploy to take on missions, fight escalating hordes, collect powerful weapons and resources, and extract.
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Flashlight
Single-player alternative to The Crimson Contract — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Crimson Contract.
Salvage scrap, build defenses, and rank-up to survive against the hordes of zombies and enemy mercenaries in an action packed looter shooter roguelite survival or fight head to head with other players in Capture the Flag and Team Death Match.
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Operation: Black Genesis - The Immortal Trials
Single-player alternative to The Crimson Contract — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Early Access with The Crimson Contract.
top-down co-op survival horror game where players deploy into deadly Quarantined Zones, fight mutated experiments, and extract with everything you can carry—because if you die, you lose it all.
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Kritter: Defend Together
Single-player alternative to The Crimson Contract — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Crimson Contract.
Explore, loot, and rush back to defend your ship against alien hordes. Solo or 4-player coop, grow stronger run after run in this frantic action roguelite with a touch of tower defense.
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VERSUS SQUAD
Single-player alternative to The Crimson Contract — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Crimson Contract.
Versus Squad is a fast action twin-stick shooter from the creator of Nation Red. Build your own sandbox defense and battle thousands of zombie mutants in top down combat! Face up to a dozen bosses. Simultaneously. Collect loot, build and repair. Play single player, on-line or local coop!
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Space Show edition 17
Single-player alternative to The Crimson Contract — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Crimson Contract.
Space Show is an explosive space shoot’em up blending fast-paced arcade action with roguelite progression. Destroy waves of asteroids, battle enemy fleets, and defend Earth in an endless war where only survival… and glory matter!
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Shift of War
Single-player alternative to The Crimson Contract — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Crimson Contract.
Get ready to perform all kinds of jobs such as eliminating the most wanted terrorists or recovering vital merchandise. All of this is represented in this top-down shooter game where you can play alone or with up to 4 friends in local multiplayer mode.
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Hover Point
Single-player alternative to The Crimson Contract — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Crimson Contract.
Hover Point is a physics-based rogue-lite bullet hell where movement is your weapon. Dodge chaotic swarms with auto-fire action, build your skill tree, and climb global leaderboards. Master the chaos solo or in co-op via mouse-only, keyboard-only, or controller-only playstyles.