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Single-player games like Schooled

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Schooled, 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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    Purranoia — Steam game cover

    Purranoia

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

    Purranoia is an action roguelike with a twist: you don’t control movement. Instead, you wield powerful scientific inventions to protect the frightened cat Mousti from waves of questionably designed robots and hostile lab creations.

    2026ActionSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lintbreakers: Night Shift — Steam game cover

    Lintbreakers: Night Shift

    Single-player alternative to Schooled — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Schooled.

    Survive a haunted laundromat in a top-down bullet-heaven roguelite. Move, dodge, collect lint sparks, build automatic cleaning tools, evolve weapons, defeat machine bosses, and spend quarters to make every night shift last longer.

    2026ActionIndieCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    PROJECT M.E.D.S. — Steam game cover

    PROJECT M.E.D.S.

    Single-player alternative to Schooled — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Schooled.

    The body is under attack. Hordes of infectious germs are spreading rapidly, overwhelming its natural defenses. As the last line of defense, you'll battle through massive waves of pathogens, unlock powerful medical weapons, and fight to keep your host alive.

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    Nishin Difenda — Steam game cover

    Nishin Difenda

    Single-player alternative to Schooled — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Schooled.

    A chaotic 2D action roguelite where an egg cell guardian fights waves of Enemies, upgrades biological defenses, builds antibody turrets, and survives a ridiculous educational bullet heaven.

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    Eldritch Escape — Steam game cover

    Eldritch Escape

    Single-player alternative to Schooled — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Schooled.

    In this Lovecraftian Extraction Bullet Heaven, Earth has been consumed by an eldritch god. Build a customizable squad, battle endless horrors, extract resources, and search for a way out of the void

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    POLYMORPH — Steam game cover

    POLYMORPH

    Single-player alternative to Schooled — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Schooled.

    You are a cancerous pathogen. Mutate into endless builds, annihilate antibody swarms, and spread at all costs through procedurally generated host vessels.

    2026ActionIndieCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Monster Rush Survivors — Steam game cover

    Monster Rush Survivors

    Single-player alternative to Schooled — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Schooled.

    Survive endless hordes in Monster Rush Survivors, a fast-paced roguelite survivor with insane builds! Combine items, upgrade abilities, unlock characters, and destroy thousands of enemies in this intense bullet heaven packed with synergies.

    2026ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bumper & Thumper — Steam game cover

    Bumper & Thumper

    Single-player alternative to Schooled — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Schooled.

    A chaotic vehicular combat roguelite. Choose your ride, ram through hundreds of robots, collect scrap to level up and stack weapons. Combine crazy upgrades to create the perfect build, face bosses, and outrun the deadly robots. If you stop, you die.

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