Single-player games like Rot Gut
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Rot Gut, 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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Guns, Gore & Cannoli
Single-player alternative to Rot Gut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rot Gut.
Guns, Gore & Cannoli - An over-the-top, comical and fast-paced action game with hand-drawn graphics set in the Roaring Twenties. An all-you-can-shoot fest where you embody Vinnie, a mobster with a mission in a city controlled by gangsters and plagued by zombies. Featuring up to 4-man local co-op.
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Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef
Single-player alternative to Rot Gut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Rot Gut.
From the developers of the Guns, Gore and Cannoli franchise comes a new 2D run & gun platformer: Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & TEEF! Spearhead an Ork invasion, destroy the hive city and kill your warboss! ‘Ere we go!
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Super Time Force Ultra
Single-player alternative to Rot Gut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rot Gut.
Super Time Force Ultra is an insane platformer filled with robots and dinosaurs and fun and time travel... sometimes all at the same time!
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Gunbrella
Single-player alternative to Rot Gut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Rot Gut.
Uncover the dark secrets of a gritty, tangled metropolis and battle diabolic villains with your trusty Gunbrella, a bulletproof brolly that doubles as a firearm.
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Cursed Castilla (Maldita Castilla EX)
Single-player alternative to Rot Gut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rot Gut.
Cursed Castilla (Maldita Castilla EX) is an arcade action platformer full of creatures from medieval myths from Spain and the rest of Europe, as well as from chivalric romances. The extended version of the classic Maldita Castilla, originally created by the indie Locomalito.
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Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider
Single-player alternative to Rot Gut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rot Gut.
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is a side-scrolling action platformer that channels the golden age of classic 16-bit action games in a full-throttle quest for revenge. Created to defend a totalitarian state, the Moonrider rejects its programming and now seeks vengeance on its creators.
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HUNTDOWN
Single-player alternative to Rot Gut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rot Gut.
In the mayhem-filled streets of the future where criminal gangs rule and cops fear to tread, only the bounty hunters can free the city from the corrupt fist of felony. Lay waste to the criminal underworld and make a killing in this hard boiled action comedy arcade shooter.
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LUNARK
Single-player alternative to Rot Gut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rot Gut.
A pixel-art sci-fi adventure set in the midst of a rebellion against a totalitarian regime, LUNARK is a modern take on the 2D cinematic platformer genre of the '90s. Run, jump, hang, climb, roll, and shoot your way through gorgeous and mysterious locations!
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Mutant Mudds Deluxe
Single-player alternative to Rot Gut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rot Gut.
Love pixels? Fond of platformers? Is there a special place in your heart for the 8-bit and 16-bit era? Want to have fun? Yes!? Well, you’ve come to the right place, my friend. Mutant Mudds Deluxe is a “12-bit” action platformer full of pixels and platforming fun!
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Tiny Barbarian DX
Single-player alternative to Rot Gut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Rot Gut.
Steel yourself for a relentless display of might and muscle…brawn and bravery…magic and mayhem! Inspired by heroic fantasy fiction, Tiny Barbarian DX combines engaging 2D platform action and combo-based hack-and-slash combat with retro-style pixel art and a loincloth-stirring chiptune soundtrack.
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METAL SLUG
Single-player alternative to Rot Gut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Rot Gut.
“METAL SLUG ”, the very first title in SNK’s legendary 2D run & gun action shooting game series where all began, returns to the missions on the Steam gaming platform!