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Single-player games like Null Root

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Null Root, 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 — Steam game cover

    Grid Demon

    Single-player alternative to Null Root — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Null Root.

    A cyberpunk bullet-heaven roguelite. Survive the swarm, hack your kills, and turn enemy machines into your own weapons

    2026ActionIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    NEON SURGE — Steam game cover

    NEON SURGE

    Single-player alternative to Null Root — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Null Root.

    A fast, neon twin-stick arena shooter: you aim, your ship auto-fires. Dash through bullets, hold off ever-bigger waves and pick roguelite upgrades each wave. 8 ships, 10 worlds, 7 modes.

    2026ActionIndieCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rogue: Genesia — Steam game cover

    Rogue: Genesia

    Single-player alternative to Null Root — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Null Root.

    Walk upon a new world and slay foes endangering it. Rogue : Genesia is an action rogue-lite game, where you fight relentless hordes consisting of hundreds and thousands of monsters, make your build, break the balance, defeat bosses and save one of the many worlds.

    2025ActionStrategyRPG10.04 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Destropolis — Steam game cover

    Destropolis

    Single-player alternative to Null Root — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Null Root.

    Destropolis is a top-down shooter game with a fully destructible environment, hundreds of enemies and nuclear explosions. Fight a countless swarm of enemies. Tear them to pieces with bullets, lasers and explosions. Destroy as many of them as you can before they overwhelm you...

    2020ActionIndieRPG5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Nex Machina — Steam game cover

    Nex Machina

    Single-player alternative to Null Root — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Null Root.

    Nex Machina is an intense arcade style twin-stick shooter from Housemarque. Taking hints from both Robotron and Smash TV, Nex Machina focuses on pure action, voxel destruction and competition in the distant, cablepunk themed future.

    2017ActionIndie19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Go Mecha Ball — Steam game cover

    Go Mecha Ball

    Single-player alternative to Null Root — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Null Root.

    Load up and roll out, in this twin stick shooter with roguelike progression! Blast your way through arcade-style levels, using pinball-style physics mixed with an arsenal of devastating weapons. Defeat waves of enemy bots, battle big bosses, and upgrade your mech between runs.

    2024Action19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Funguys Swarm — Steam game cover

    Funguys Swarm

    Single-player alternative to Null Root — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Null Root.

    Funguys Swarm is a cartoony survivor bullet hell where the forest is on fire. Become a Funguy, arm yourself with forest-crafted weapons, and unleash some bonkers powers on the Fireking’s army. And maybe... just maybe, save the day if you’re skilled (or lucky) enough.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    CRYPTARK — Steam game cover

    CRYPTARK

    Single-player alternative to Null Root — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Null Root.

    Cryptark is a 2D sci-fi shooter where you take on the role of a heavily armed privateer seeking to earn government contracts by boarding deadly alien space-hulks. It's up to you to strategize a plan of attack, pick an equipment loadout, and destroy the central core to be victorious.

    2017ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ghostpunk — Steam game cover

    Ghostpunk

    Single-player alternative to Null Root — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Investigate paranormal cases using a 1990s CRT terminal. Analyze photos. Decode audio. Interrogate suspects and decide what’s real, what’s fake and who’s lying. But the deeper you go, the more the system starts watching you back.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →