Single-player games like Esoteric: Apostate
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Esoteric: Apostate, 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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Keyboard Warriors
Single-player alternative to Esoteric: Apostate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Esoteric: Apostate.
Use your keyboard to unleash a torrent of gunfire and destruction, cutting your way through huge hordes of enemies. Customise and upgrade your mech with new weapons and abilities, make builds that complement your loadout and typing style as you lay waste to the wasteland in a world left in ruins.
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Adventure Jam
Single-player alternative to Esoteric: Apostate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Esoteric: Apostate.
Adventure Jam is a level-based adventure game featuring TPS, Roguelike and RPG. Combine Gun in surprising ways to experience diverse Build gameplay and explore procedurally-generated levels. Fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own.
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PLEASE STOP THE RAIN
Single-player alternative to Esoteric: Apostate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Esoteric: Apostate.
A survivor-like with no timer. Wren, an orphan of the last dry circle in a world that has rained for 31 years, learns to write weather instead of swinging a sword. Walk out for a harder run, walk back to breathe, and decide whether the Rain should stop at all.
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Send Them Fly 送它上天
Single-player alternative to Esoteric: Apostate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Esoteric: Apostate.
A physics-driven zombie survival roguelite where every enemy can become a projectile. Build wild card combinations, trigger explosive chain reactions, challenge huge bosses, and turn the apocalypse into a low-poly playground of ragdoll chaos.
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Toypunk
Single-player alternative to Esoteric: Apostate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Esoteric: Apostate.
A roguelite third-person puppet-shooter where you wield an entire toybox of absurd weaponry. Fight hordes of cotton-stuffed baddies across fantastical biomes in single-player or co-op. Experience crazy synergies and unlock more toys between runs!
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HIRUN
Single-player alternative to Esoteric: Apostate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Esoteric: Apostate.
HIRUN is an absolute banger of cyberpunk action roguelite where you blast, dash, and drift through neon-drenched hordes. Stack insane upgrades, unlock dope characters, and slash through deadly bosses. The OVERLORD awaits you. Die, rewire, and dive right back into the grid. Can you survive the rave?
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IDUN Rogue
Single-player alternative to Esoteric: Apostate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Esoteric: Apostate.
IDUN Rogue redefines roguelite shooters by putting an entire upgradeable army at your command. Survive against thousands of enemies physically piling up to eat you and your army on a fully destructible battlefield!
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Till the End
Single-player alternative to Esoteric: Apostate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Esoteric: Apostate.
Earth has fallen. Recruit survivors in the ruins, activate their unique Power Suits, and fight back against endless alien hordes in this solo-developed sci-fi roguelite wave shooter. Master Bushido blades, Centurion tanks, or Magi blasts — become unstoppable.