Single-player games like RUINER
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to RUINER, 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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The Ascent
Single-player alternative to RUINER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with RUINER.
The Ascent is a solo and co-op Action-shooter RPG set in a cyberpunk world. The mega corporation that owns you and everyone, The Ascent Group, has just collapsed. Can you survive without it?
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Hatred
Single-player alternative to RUINER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with RUINER.
Hatred is a violent twin-stick shooter, in which you take the role of The Antagonist fighting against all of humanity.
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Brigador: Up-Armored Edition
Single-player alternative to RUINER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with RUINER.
Pilot a mech to hunt down and destroy the oppressive government of a cyberpunk autocracy. In this fast-paced, top-down shooter, use overwhelming firepower to destroy columns of tanks and level buildings. Unlock up to 56 unique vehicles and 40 weapons.
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SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising
Single-player alternative to RUINER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with RUINER.
SYNTHETIK is an unforgiving tactical shooter rogue-lite where freedom and experimentation is key. Fight in a world overrun by the Machine Legion and their Gods. Experience the next level in gun-play and dive into unparalleled build options and Android upgrades. Can you defeat the Heart of Armageddon?
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Neon Chrome
Single-player alternative to RUINER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with RUINER.
A masterful combination of top-down shooter and endless replayability with procedural levels. Blast your way through walls & enemies with guns and cybernetic abilities. Install perks from cyber chambers and upgrade your character stats after each death. Can you stop the Overseer?
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The Hong Kong Massacre
Single-player alternative to RUINER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with RUINER.
Blast your way through the streets of Hong Kong in a fast-paced, top-down shooter. Inspired by classic action movies, The Hong Kong Massacre places you at the center of a hard-boiled revenge story, filled with brutal, cinematic shootouts and vivid underworld locations.
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Katana ZERO
Single-player alternative to RUINER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with RUINER.
Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.
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Ghostrunner
Single-player alternative to RUINER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with RUINER.
Ghostrunner offers a unique single-player experience: fast-paced, violent combat, and an original setting that blends science fiction with post-apocalyptic themes. It tells the story of a world that has already ended and its inhabitants who fight to survive.
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Hotline Miami
Single-player alternative to RUINER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with RUINER.
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
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My Friend Pedro
Single-player alternative to RUINER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with RUINER.
My Friend Pedro is a violent ballet about friendship, imagination, and one man’s struggle to obliterate anyone in his path at the behest of a sentient banana.
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Midnight Fight Express
Single-player alternative to RUINER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with RUINER.
A former member of the criminal underworld is lured back into “the life” by a mysterious drone claiming they have until sunrise to prevent a citywide criminal takeover together.
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Mr. Shifty
Single-player alternative to RUINER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with RUINER.
Teleport, shift through bullets, and master lightning-fast takedowns in an all new kind of action game from tinyBuild and Team Shifty!
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SYNTHETIK 2
Single-player alternative to RUINER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with RUINER.
SYNTHETIK 2 is a unrelenting tactical-shooter rogue-lite. Play alone or with friends. Loot powerful tech. Experience the next level in gun-play. Upgrade your androids to rival the machine gods!
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KILL KNIGHT
Single-player alternative to RUINER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with RUINER.
KILL KNIGHT is an ultra-responsive arcade-inspired isometric action shooter. Condemned to eternal sufferance, deep within the voids of an eldritch arena, you must wield an arsenal of devastating weaponry to obliterate swarms of otherworldly horrors - and MASTER THE DEMON WITHIN.
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Hades
Single-player alternative to RUINER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with RUINER.
Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.
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Curse of the Dead Gods
Single-player alternative to RUINER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with RUINER.
You seek untold riches, eternal life, divine powers - it leads to this accursed temple, a seemingly-infinite labyrinth of bottomless pits, deadly traps, and monsters.
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METAL EDEN
Single-player alternative to RUINER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with RUINER.
An adrenaline-rush sci-fi FPS. A HYPER UNIT ASKA is sent on a suicide mission to rescue citizens' COREs from MOEBIUS, an orbital city turned into a deadly trap. Dive into cybernetic warfare, face the ENGINEERS, and uncover the secrets of METAL EDEN.