Single-player games like Wanted Shadows: Unchained
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Wanted Shadows: Unchained, 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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Pets Survivors
Single-player alternative to Wanted Shadows: Unchained — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Wanted Shadows: Unchained.
Pets Survivors is a survival roguelike where you battle hordes of monsters and fight to stay alive until time runs out. Choose your pet, pick your favorite weapon, upgrade your abilities, and see how long you can survive!
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Bloodmoon Survivors
Single-player alternative to Wanted Shadows: Unchained — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Wanted Shadows: Unchained.
You are a Lunar Knight of the blood moon, and tonight is your night. It's time for violence. Slay the twisted horrors conjured by the moon in this horde survival roguelite. Gain experience, grow stronger, and synergize your weapons to crush the enemy forces and survive the night.
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Ultrablight
Single-player alternative to Wanted Shadows: Unchained — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Wanted Shadows: Unchained.
A dark fantasy survivors-like roguelite where you craft overpowered builds through backpack management, slaughter corrupted hordes, and push the Blight beyond its limits.
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Time Champions
Single-player alternative to Wanted Shadows: Unchained — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Wanted Shadows: Unchained.
Recruit units from different historical periods and defend the timeline against alien invaders in this action-roguelike. Mix and match units to discover game-breaking synergies and use hero powers to survive enemy hordes. Unlock new units and evolve them to wreak absolute chaos on the battlefield!
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Deathfall
Single-player alternative to Wanted Shadows: Unchained — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Wanted Shadows: Unchained.
A fast-paced pixel-art roguelike where every run gets more chaotic. Fight endless enemy waves, upgrade your build, and see how far you can survive.
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Swordformer
Single-player alternative to Wanted Shadows: Unchained — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Wanted Shadows: Unchained.
Only two buttons for ultimate action: move and pick perks. Slash hordes, craft insane builds, and unleash wild weapons. Help Josh The Barbarian escape the Shadow Wizard Gang's video game prison!
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I'm No Demonlord
Single-player alternative to Wanted Shadows: Unchained — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Wanted Shadows: Unchained.
"I'm No Demonlord" is a Roguelike shooter bullet hell game. High freedom in mechanics leads to unique playthroughs. As a demon-possessed hero, battle enemies, grow, and unveil dark schemes. Can he accept his new role? Save "kinds" or destroy "outsiders"? Good or evil? The choice is yours.
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Moonwrought Bastion
Single-player alternative to Wanted Shadows: Unchained — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Wanted Shadows: Unchained.
Don’t just mow down the horde—weaponize the battlefield. Lure enemies into spinning gears, ignite fuel slicks, chain lightning through metal, fuse bubbles with abandoned mechs, or hurl cars into the swarm. 9 hunters bend the arena in different ways, and every run lasts 10–15 minutes.
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Desktop Defender
Single-player alternative to Wanted Shadows: Unchained — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Wanted Shadows: Unchained.
An idle auto-battler that sits in the corner of your screen while you do other things.
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The Outbound Ghost
Single-player alternative to Wanted Shadows: Unchained — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Wanted Shadows: Unchained.
The Outbound Ghost is an adventure RPG about helping ghosts ascend to the afterlife. Battle the past using figments of your personality. Craft badges to earn abilities. Explore a town of troubled spooks and discover life can be tough, even when you're dead.
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Lootbox Lyfe
Single-player alternative to Wanted Shadows: Unchained — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Wanted Shadows: Unchained.
Explore a desolate world in the genre defining platformvania. Lootbox Lyfe is a Metroidvania with Movement Option Progression. Save your species through delving into an interconnected world riddled with platforming obstacles. Unlock new areas as you obtain new movement options.
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Girabox
Single-player alternative to Wanted Shadows: Unchained — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Wanted Shadows: Unchained.
A minimalist puzzle game in which you rotate the world instead of controlling the player. Play through the many level packs and compare your score to others in the leaderboards.
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Soul Stalker
Single-player alternative to Wanted Shadows: Unchained — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Wanted Shadows: Unchained.
A bullet heaven roguelike where you assume the role of the steward of ghosts bound to eternal life on earth. Wield 4 to 6 weapons simultaneously to fend off waves of apparitions determined to defeat your spirited friends.
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Wanted Shadows
Single-player alternative to Wanted Shadows: Unchained — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Wanted Shadows: Unchained.
Decimate thousands of demons on All Hallows' Eve to protect your infernal home. Wanted Shadows is a bullet heaven roguelite where the difference between overpowering and being overpowered lies in your skill and wit.
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Little Laps
Single-player alternative to Wanted Shadows: Unchained — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Race through minimalist tracks designed for precision and flow. Master the one-button controls, beat your best times, and experience racing distilled to its purest form. Can you perfect your little laps?
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Card Corner
Single-player alternative to Wanted Shadows: Unchained — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Wanted Shadows: Unchained.
An idle poker game that sits in the corner of your screen while you do other things.