Single-player games like ETCH
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to ETCH, 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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Salvage Run
Single-player alternative to ETCH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ETCH.
Fight through relentless waves of hostile robots in this fast-paced roguelite twin-stick shooter. Earn credits, purchase permanent upgrades, master multiple game modes, and chase your highest score. Every run is a chance to survive longer and push your limits.
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Noxcode
Single-player alternative to ETCH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ETCH.
Run, jump, climb, glide, fly - or just fall in a way that somehow works. Doesn't matter how, just keep moving through this maze. How high do you have to climb to get out?
- 3
TRAINCORE
Single-player alternative to ETCH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ETCH.
Command a fusion-powered war train through a cyberpunk world. Build specialized wagons, consume resources, salvage enemy wreckage, upgrade your convoy, and survive until the next station.
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Kaiju Crash
Single-player alternative to ETCH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ETCH.
A Realtime action gameplaying Kaiju in a fully destructible map with Realtime physics and collision. As you level up choose your upgrades from fire, lightning, acid and others. Defend yourself, eat people, topple budlings with Realtime physics and collision and watch them fall.
- 5
Lunaris
Single-player alternative to ETCH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ETCH.
Lunaris is a fast-paced sci-fi top-down roguelite shooter: survive escalating enemy waves, stack powerful passive and active abilities, craft wild build synergies, and turn the arena into a neon storm of lasers and explosions. Every run feels fresh and intense.
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SPELLFALL
Single-player alternative to ETCH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ETCH.
SPELLFALL is a dark fantasy action roguelike with one task: kill the witch harvesting the moons magic. Fight your way through various areas and vile creatures to reach the top of her looming castle.
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How To Train Your Virus
Single-player alternative to ETCH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ETCH.
Control Rogue, a sentient interface built to navigate the mainframe's deadliest sectors. Dodge bugs, outrun corrupted scripts, and collect data chips to rebuild the program before total shutdown.
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Chrome Survivor
Single-player alternative to ETCH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ETCH.
In this bullet heaven roguelite combine weapons into powerful evolutions, collect items to enhance your runs, equip and craft powerful cybernetic augments that change the way you play. Can you complete a 9 modded nightmare difficulty run and become John Cyberpunk?
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Sin Zero
Single-player alternative to ETCH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with ETCH.
Fast-paced, melee action game where the ground beneath you is just as dangerous as the enemies ahead. Armed with a katana—and any other deadly weapon you may find—you’ll slash your way through relentless waves of foes to survive.