Single-player games like Negative Time
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Negative Time, 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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Grid Demon
Single-player alternative to Negative Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Negative Time.
A cyberpunk bullet-heaven roguelite. Survive the swarm, hack your kills, and turn enemy machines into your own weapons
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Star Scrap
Single-player alternative to Negative Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Negative Time.
A broke bounty hunter. A sarcastic robot. 1,000,000 credit debt. Star Scrap is a chaotic twin stick space roguelite. Blast through increasingly difficult waves of enemies to pay it off.
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LOCUS PROTOCOL
Single-player alternative to Negative Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Negative Time.
80 waves. 8 bosses. 17 logs that will make you question everything you've been defending. Locus Protocol is a twin-stick bullet heaven with an adaptive AI Director and a horror story hidden inside a cozy geometric shell.
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The Gun is Good
Single-player alternative to Negative Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Negative Time.
Action roguelike horde shooter. Bullet heaven vs bullet hell. Enter The Astral to slay demons by the thousands, loot and craft powerful guns and items, use the power of runes to get strong enough to defeat the Astral Kings.
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Fast Food Wars
Single-player alternative to Negative Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Negative Time.
Fast Food Wars is a bullet-hell shoot'em up rogue-lite game in a procedural generated restaurant with random power ups, weapons. You play as a burger fighting to claim back all the invaded burger restaurant from other fast foods
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Symphorix
Single-player alternative to Negative Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Negative Time.
Symphorix is a survivorlike roguelite that blends ambient music with strategic pre-planning ( Not a rhythm game). Customize your Core, configure to use recurring musical cues in your favorite songs, and shape your defenses to overcome challenging waves. Unlock new ways of using your favorite songs.
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Talas
Single-player alternative to Negative Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Negative Time.
Shoot your way across deep space. Shred through waves of enemies, unravel the secrets hiding beneath the surface, and explore the endless synergies in this retro-inspired action roguelike.
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Bat Blitz
Single-player alternative to Negative Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Negative Time.
Bat Blitz is a fast paced, top down shooter, roguelike where you have to kill bats to stay alive as long as possible.