Single-player games like Pollinate or Die
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Pollinate or Die, 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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SUPER DEBT
Single-player alternative to Pollinate or Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pollinate or Die.
Money is your life in SUPER DEBT! Fight to survive with an arsenal of wildly different weapons and upgrades. In this intense and challenging Twin-Stick Bullet-Hell Roguelike everything costs money, and we mean everything!
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Vector Bias
Single-player alternative to Pollinate or Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Pollinate or Die.
Vector Bias is a mecha anime inspired rogue-like. Pilot a custom Vector(mecha) and engage in fast-paced aerial combat against flying mechanical enemies, evade entrenched defenses and battle giant bosses.
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Hell Bug
Single-player alternative to Pollinate or Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pollinate or Die.
Hell Bug is a simple roguelite shooter where you build a swarm of chaos from the remains of your enemies. Designed as a basic arcade style experience, you focus on crushing mutant bugs and unlocking defeated bosses' children, as powerful new allies. Each bug has a story, some shouldn't be told.
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Wind Runners
Single-player alternative to Pollinate or Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pollinate or Die.
Wind Runners is a high-speed bullet-hell dogfighting roguelite where you start as a lone pilot, turning each flight into a fight for freedom. Face the ruthless technotheist Realm, take on relentless fleets and colossal bosses, and let your victories ignite a growing resistance across the star system
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Crop Dead
Single-player alternative to Pollinate or Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pollinate or Die.
You aren’t quite dead yet, but you're slipping. Play as a ghost defending your own comatose body from endless hordes of ravenous enemies. Plant magical crops, harvest bizarre weapons, and cultivate an automated defense of undead flora to survive the tower and complete your resurrection ritual!
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Smawverse
Single-player alternative to Pollinate or Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pollinate or Die.
Cut down the risen dead in this dark fantasy bullet-heaven roguelike. You are Smaw, a stray cat reforged in iron to take back a kingdom unmade by its own keeper. Kneel at nine prophet shrines and stack their blessings into screen-clearing builds. How long can you last?
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Gem Beasts
Single-player alternative to Pollinate or Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pollinate or Die.
Gem beasts is a creature collector, roguelike. Fight and collect other creatures to play as, manage your inventory and explore different build combinations.
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Iris Blade
Single-player alternative to Pollinate or Die — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Pollinate or Die.
Crush hordes of enemies and attain absolute power. Combine random upgrades, sacrifice health to push your build to the limit, conquer strongholds with unique challenges, and defeat colossal bosses as you strengthen the bonds with your party and unlock new ways to play.