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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Ghost Trap: Underworld
Single-player alternative to Rot Gut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rot Gut.
John Ghost is back with a vengeance in this retro-metroidvania. But this time, he's going to hell. Explore the underworld, face its horrors, and fight to bring peace to the tortured souls of your loved ones.
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Moi Mei 2
Single-player alternative to Rot Gut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rot Gut.
"Moi Mei 2" tells the story of a brave girl, doomed to a feat, through a visually stunning puzzle platformer.
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Super Sunny Island
Single-player alternative to Rot Gut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rot Gut.
A summer themed retro style 2D platformer, where you fight some robots and evil pirates playing as "Sunny", an adorable and adventurous penguin with a watergun!
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S. Prysm Destroyer
Single-player alternative to Rot Gut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rot Gut.
A 2D platform shooter where you DESTROY!! Get Elemental Powers from the Prysms and help Amor defeat the Primordial Threats agains Humanity! Get cute costumes and be stylish!
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Fornani
Single-player alternative to Rot Gut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rot Gut.
Explore an ancient island that drifts amongst the raging clouds of a gas giant. Collect various guns and items, solve puzzles, and shoot any thugs or monsters that get in your way. Meet the locals and aid them in their quest to take down Skycorps while they aid you with yours: finding your brother.
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Greetings from El Rey
Single-player alternative to Rot Gut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rot Gut.
A noir 2.5D platformer in which Satrapo explores a sealed city through a rotating 2D perspective, engaged in an obsessive hunt for the mysterious R. A paranoid tale about desire, featuring eccentric characters and complex three-dimensional labyrinths.
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Future Knight
Single-player alternative to Rot Gut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rot Gut.
Frenetic action and LCD aesthetic! In this 2D Shoot 'Em Up, switch between a robot hero and his benign tumor to stop a bizarre cult. You have 8 hours to save humanity's memory: defeat grotesque bosses, ride the skies on your Future Board, and master the chaos in a retro-futuristic Tokyo.
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Emiko's Pledge 2
Single-player alternative to Rot Gut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rot Gut.
Emiko's Pledge 2 is a 2D Platform Action game based on the story of a Half-Demon girl called Emiko, whose mission is to protect all the residents of the Ettaze state from the enemies who infiltrated into the territory.
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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!