Single-player games like Repel The Rifts
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Repel The Rifts, 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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Into the Breach
Single-player alternative to Repel The Rifts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Repel The Rifts.
Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.
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Frontline Crisis
Single-player alternative to Repel The Rifts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Repel The Rifts.
Defend humanity's last hope, pilot a powerful mech, in Frontlines Crisis! A battlefield swarming with insects makes strategic and combat decisions crucial. Each decision will determine your fate. Defend humanity's last sanctuary, fight fiercely, and uphold human honor with wits and courage!
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Stellar Initiative
Single-player alternative to Repel The Rifts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Repel The Rifts.
Stellar Initiative is a roguelike tower defense game where you land on the planet and use your orbit ship to deliver buildings and support you with fire. Complete missions, install new upgrades, discover powerful artifacts, and find the best strategy!
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Monsters are Coming!
Single-player alternative to Repel The Rifts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Repel The Rifts.
Beware, Monsters are Coming! In this Tower-Survivor rogue-lite, you protect an ever-moving city from unrelenting hordes. Gather resources, fortify defences, and survive for as long as you can. Will you reach the Ark?
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Tower Dominion
Single-player alternative to Repel The Rifts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Repel The Rifts.
Build and design the terrain while defending your stronghold against alien invasion in this unique Roguelike tower defense. Choose from 30 heroes, survive enemy waves, and upgrade a variety of destructive towers to hold the line!
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Nordhold: Origins
Single-player alternative to Repel The Rifts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Repel The Rifts.
Immerse yourself in Nordhold: Origins, a tower defense game with high replayability. Build a medieval Nordic village, develop its economy, and defend it with unique towers and upgrades. Choose heroes and relics, compete on leaderboards, and aim for the Valhalla rank!
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The Riftbreaker
Single-player alternative to Repel The Rifts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Repel The Rifts.
The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.
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Wall World 2
Single-player alternative to Repel The Rifts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Repel The Rifts.
The adventure in the mysterious world of the Wall continues! Pilot your robospider into its depths, uncover lost artifacts and technologies, upgrade your exosuit and spider, and battle the horrors lurking in the dark. Unravel the mysteries buried in the depths of the Wall!
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Rogue Tower
Single-player alternative to Repel The Rifts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Repel The Rifts.
Rogue Tower is a tower defense game with roguelike elements and a continuously expanding path which you can influence. Unlock, build, upgrade, expand, defend.