Single-player games like Freelance Dead
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Freelance Dead, 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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Scraplands
Single-player alternative to Freelance Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Freelance Dead.
Fast paced dual stick looter shooter. Lead a squad of scavengers into the wasteland, fight hostile factions, grab valuable loot and make it back alive. Level up your squad members with salvaged cyberware, unlock upgrades and survive increasingly dangerous expeditions.
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Hover Point
Single-player alternative to Freelance Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Freelance Dead.
Hover Point is a physics-based rogue-lite bullet hell where movement is your weapon. Dodge chaotic swarms with auto-fire action, build your skill tree, and climb global leaderboards. Master the chaos solo or in co-op via mouse-only, keyboard-only, or controller-only playstyles.
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Little Drone TuTuTu
Single-player alternative to Freelance Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Freelance Dead.
Arm a tiny drone past common sense, then shoot absolutely everything. The research facility can reconsider science afterward.
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Hyper Sentinel Fusion
Single-player alternative to Freelance Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Freelance Dead.
Pilot an agile starfighter to tear down alien megastructures under fire, then pull off a high-stakes heist from within before everything explodes. When you die time rewinds, sending you back to Moonbase Alpha - your hub for reinvention. Spend your bounty on epic upgrades, ready for the next run.
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Gunblade Ranger
Single-player alternative to Freelance Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Freelance Dead.
An action shooting Roguelite focused on relentless attacks and brutal executions. Fight through the wasteland, execute enemies to restore ammo, collect weapons and mutations, and create your own killing build. Local 2 player co-op supported.
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SCAD
Single-player alternative to Freelance Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Freelance Dead.
SCAD is an action‑packed, post‑apocalyptic roguelite where you pilot a customizable hovercraft. Fight relentless zombie hordes, craft and upgrade powerful weapons, and gear up for the future expeditions.
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Protocol : Kill Switch
Single-player alternative to Freelance Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Freelance Dead.
Outrun relentless digital swarms, overclock your weaponry at high risk code shrines, and deploy autonomous companions to clear massive arenas in this full 3D cyberpunk bullet heaven. Pure, fast paced action roguelite survival.
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Bug Drop
Single-player alternative to Freelance Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Freelance Dead.
Fight, upgrade, and survive in a fast-paced top-down action roguelite where 20 unique heroes with special traits, weapons and abilities take on the swarm of alien bugs.