Single-player games like Hellrifters
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Hellrifters, 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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Boomsday
Single-player alternative to Hellrifters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hellrifters.
Hordes of adorable animals and toys have gone rogue and want you dead. Boomsday is a fast-paced top-down horde survival shooter. Mow down endless swarms, loot powerful weapons, stack game-breaking perks, and survive massive bosses every 10 waves. Solo or up to 8-player cross-play co-op & couch.
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KILLSEC
Single-player alternative to Hellrifters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hellrifters.
Evaluate, calculate, execute. Use the speed of time, weapon selection, and room layout to your advantage to deliver the most creative, swift, and brutal kills in close combat.
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Destroiders
Single-player alternative to Hellrifters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hellrifters.
No nonsense, action packed, 2.5D, Asteroids inspired shooter. Scream around speeding rocks narrowly avoiding an untimely death as you obliterate rocks whilst harvesting their valuable resources. See how far you and your friends can get. Best played with mates but also pretty fun on your own.
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Splatter - Zombiecalypse Now
Single-player alternative to Hellrifters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hellrifters.
You like top-down-shooter with a film-noir singleplayer campaign, challenging fights against zombies and monsters, gory splatter effects and destructible level environments? Fight your way through an apocalyptic city in the single player story mode, and test your skills in the survival mode.
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Tesla vs Lovecraft
Single-player alternative to Hellrifters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hellrifters.
Tesla vs Lovecraft is an intense top-down twin stick arena shooter from the creators of Crimsonland and Neon Chrome. Play as the enigmatic inventor Nikola Tesla harnessing the static energy to power up Tesla-Mech and give the lovecraftian nightmares a lesson in horror!
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Noobs Are Coming
Single-player alternative to Hellrifters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hellrifters.
YOU ARE THE FINAL BOSS. Brutal synergy arena roguelike. Pick your Final Boss character, equip boss patterns and combine tons of attacks to create unique builds. Play solo or in co-op!
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Outer Terror
Single-player alternative to Hellrifters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hellrifters.
DON’T DIE as you assemble a ridiculous arsenal of weapons and desperately hold out against massive hordes of creatures pulled from a variety of classic horror genres reminiscent of 80s and 90s Golden Age comics and B-movies in this stylish action-packed arcade roguelite.
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X-Morph: Defense
Single-player alternative to Hellrifters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hellrifters.
Unique fusion of a top-down shooter and tower defense strategy. You are the invader! Use destructive weapons or lead your enemies into a maze of towers. Strategize in the build mode by carefully selecting various types of alien towers or throw yourself right into the heat of the battle.