Single-player games like Rust & Dust
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Rust & Dust, 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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Delta Zero
Single-player alternative to Rust & Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rust & Dust.
A fast-paced action platformer with non-linear world progression and level design! Challenging gameplay with 3 difficulty modes, 2 playable characters and local co-op! Fight bosses in any order and experience the world change with each victory, enemies become harder, faster and smarter!
- 2
Gunborg: Dark Matters
Single-player alternative to Rust & Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rust & Dust.
Harness the power of dark energy as you jump, slash, shoot and bombard your way through an army of alien soldiers and killer robots in an arcade style, twin-stick shooter with a slick 80's synthwave soundtrack.
- 3
Space Dragons
Single-player alternative to Rust & Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rust & Dust.
Choose your spaceship and defeat the alien threat that comes from the Moon. Blast your way crushing, ripping apart and exploding hostile aliens that are taking control of powerful weapons and military technology from Earth. Find the entity that controls the threat and make it explode into blood.
- 4
Runner Roy
Single-player alternative to Rust & Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rust & Dust.
Runner Roy is a sidescroller platformer where you have to count both on your skills and luck to overcome (and survive!) as many machines and obstacles along the way as you can.
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SYSTEMCRASH 92
Single-player alternative to Rust & Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rust & Dust.
A side-scrolling survival roguelite — until you trigger Reality Shift and the arena unfolds into free 3D. Your weapon fires itself; you move, dash and decide. Every run rolls its own archetype, mutator and contract, and the threat scales to your level.
- 6
UNYIELDER
Single-player alternative to Rust & Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rust & Dust.
UNYIELDER is an intense Boss-rush Movement-FPS. Assemble your arsenal of destruction, smash your way through waves of bosses, face your own Final-Boss.
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Flying Tank
Single-player alternative to Rust & Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rust & Dust.
Get into your Flying Tank and shoot 'em up like it's the good old days! Kill strange bosses, drop bombs from above and build an arsenal of fun, powerful weapons. Reclaim the stolen Earth - alone or with a friend - in a rich action-packed side-scrolling shmup!
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Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax
Single-player alternative to Rust & Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rust & Dust.
Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax is a fast-paced couch co-op action shooter with SHMUP/Brawler gameplay and RPG elements. Choose your mechs, weapons & upgrades then soar through space, defeat evil & save the future... from itself!