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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HYPERWIRED
Single-player alternative to Negative Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Negative Time.
Hyperwired is a classic top-down action shooter, where your spaceship has a plug hanging from it. Wire yourself into sockets, gather upgrades, and unlock ships as you explore a procedurally generated galaxy with roguelike elements.
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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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Chivalware
Single-player alternative to Negative Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Negative Time.
Chivalware is a frantic tile-matching action roguelite. Challenge your reflexes and coordination in real-time on a grid battlefield: evade attacks, match tiles to charge your weapons, and find the right opportunity to strike.
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Waterpunk: Through the Rust
Single-player alternative to Negative Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Negative Time.
A roguelite action game set in a post-apocalyptic water world. Shape your strategy by choosing which abilities shine by day and which awaken at night.
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Go Nutz
Single-player alternative to Negative Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Negative Time.
Go Nutz is a platforming roguelike where you play as a time-stopping squirrel trying to save the forests. Fight, shoot, dash, and glide through branches, survive harsh weather, deposit nuts into squirrel holes, and unlock new skills. Can you reach the Edge and discover what's disturbing nature?
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Witchinour
Single-player alternative to Negative Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Negative Time.
Witchinour is a roguelite twin stick shooter focused on fast, 60fps action and constantly increasing difficulty. You play as an explorer who comes across a dungeon that an apprentice witch named Nour found herself lost in years ago on a full moon...
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UBERMOSH:BLACK
Single-player alternative to Negative Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Negative Time.
UBERMOSH:BLACK is the second volume of the arcade series UBERMOSH. Cut bullets with your sword, shoot with heavy guns and splatter enemies with a rage fueled psionic wave.