Single-player games like Night Swarm
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Night Swarm, 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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Soulforge
Single-player alternative to Night Swarm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Night Swarm.
Hold a cursed castle against the horde in an isometric bullet-hell roguelite. Five classes, dozens of spells, a soulforge that rewrites your stats between waves — fight bosses on every 5th wave and upgrade your spells with talents all while dodging traps and projectiles.
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hexGame: Hero Path
Single-player alternative to Night Swarm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Night Swarm.
The world needs a hero — choose yours. Any NPC can become the chosen one. Explore a living, procedurally generated hex world, carve your own path, craft unique combinations of weapons, tools, and relics, and fight through relentless hordes in fast-paced combat. Every run is different.
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Dachs Hunter
Single-player alternative to Night Swarm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Night Swarm.
Dachs Hunter is a survivors-like top-down roguelite game where you play as a dachshund wizard battling through hordes of elemental monsters. Discover and collect unique spells, master all elements, and strategize your way to survival.
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Valkyrie Rising: Hordes of Ragnarök
Single-player alternative to Night Swarm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Night Swarm.
Carve through the Hordes of Ragnarök in a Bullet Heaven Roguelite inspired by Norse myth. Complete quests mid-run to earn the favor of Odin and Thor, then build the run out of the powers they hand you.
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Oiran Survival: Edo Yokai Rush
Single-player alternative to Night Swarm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Night Swarm.
Defeat, choose, grow, and break the battlefield. A Japanese dark fantasy survivor-style roguelite where you Limit Break 14 skills and cut down hordes of yokai. Defeat bosses, forge gear from their rewards, and face even stronger foes.
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Chako
Single-player alternative to Night Swarm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Night Swarm.
Survive enemy swarms in this isometric Action-Roguelite blending bullet-heaven combat with tabletop RPG mechanics. Auto-attack through procedural dungeons, roll d20s in event nodes, and gather loot to upgrade your spells and gear at the base. Dominate the leaderboards!
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BoomScroll
Single-player alternative to Night Swarm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Night Swarm.
Evaporate endless hordes of creatures as you scroll your way to freedom! Grab upgrades, build your arsenal, and scroll at the speed of light to make it as far as you can!
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Netherhunt
Single-player alternative to Night Swarm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Night Swarm.
A dark fantasy survival roguelite where you hunt demonic hordes, master evolving weapons, and forge devastating builds across cursed realms.
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Vampire Survivors
Single-player alternative to Night Swarm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Night Swarm.
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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Rogue: Genesia
Single-player alternative to Night Swarm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Night Swarm.
Walk upon a new world and slay foes endangering it. Rogue : Genesia is an action rogue-lite game, where you fight relentless hordes consisting of hundreds and thousands of monsters, make your build, break the balance, defeat bosses and save one of the many worlds.
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Hades
Single-player alternative to Night Swarm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Night Swarm.
Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.
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Spirit Hunters: Infinite Horde
Single-player alternative to Night Swarm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Night Swarm.
You are the Spirit Hunters in this action rogue-lite. Slay huge waves of monsters and harvest their souls for ever increasing power. Unlock many playable characters, abilities, maps and more through a deep progression system.
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Army of Ruin
Single-player alternative to Night Swarm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Night Swarm.
Wreak havoc on countless foes with mighty weapons and deadly spells! Enhance your skills and face even greater dangers! Army of Ruin is an auto-shooter where you become the Bullet Hell.
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Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok
Single-player alternative to Night Swarm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Night Swarm.
Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok, is a challenging Norse inspired roguelite-survivor game, where you’ll have to survive hordes of creatures that come your way.
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Yet Another Zombie Survivors
Single-player alternative to Night Swarm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Night Swarm.
The Horde is coming but you're ready to fight it! Assemble your team and decide upon their enhancements to find the most efficient synergies against thousands of the undead. Survive. Then evolve. Then break all the limits in this deceivingly simple but addictive bullet heaven game.
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Champion Shift
Single-player alternative to Night Swarm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Night Swarm.
Unleash mighty Champions in this thrilling co-op bullet heaven. Shift into battle, create builds with unique abilities, and battle endless enemies to stop the Dominion's path of conquest. Rev through high octane missions, conquer epic bosses, and become an absolute legend!
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Rogue Loops
Single-player alternative to Night Swarm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Night Swarm.
Rogue Loops is a roguelite action game where a trapped family battles to escape an endless loop. Combine unique skills and relics to create powerful synergies against the loop’s guardians. As you grow stronger, so does the loop—can you break free from this relentless cycle?
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Mad Ever After
Single-player alternative to Night Swarm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Night Swarm.
Happily ever after? Team up in this chaotic 1-4 player co-op roguelike FPS. Journey through twisted fairytale realms, wield shapeshifting magical staffs, combine powerful spells and upgrades, and battle bizarre enemies and corrupted fairytale bosses. Rewrite the story, one chaotic run at a time.