Single-player games like Dirtnap
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Dirtnap, 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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Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef
Single-player alternative to Dirtnap — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dirtnap.
From the developers of the Guns, Gore and Cannoli franchise comes a new 2D run & gun platformer: Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & TEEF! Spearhead an Ork invasion, destroy the hive city and kill your warboss! ‘Ere we go!
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Yet Another Zombie Defense HD
Single-player alternative to Dirtnap — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dirtnap.
Top-down zombie shooter with tower defense elements featuring up to 4 players local and online co-op. Build your base by day, defend it by night, put your skills to the test to stay alive as long as possible! Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive?
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Serious Sam's Bogus Detour
Single-player alternative to Dirtnap — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dirtnap.
Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour is an all-new action-adventure in the legendary Serious Sam saga from Hammerwatch developer Crackshell.
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BattleBlock Theater®
Single-player alternative to Dirtnap — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dirtnap.
Welcome to BattleBlock Theater! You’ve got no where to go but up...on stage. Play single player or co-op to free your friends and save Hatty Hattington! Jump, solve and battle your way through a mysterious theater inhabited by highly technological felines.
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Prodeus
Single-player alternative to Dirtnap — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dirtnap.
Prodeus is a first-person shooter of old, re-imagined using modern rendering techniques and technology. Experience the quality you’d expect from a modern AAA game, designed with retro aesthetics and gameplay that invoke the tech-imposed limits of older hardware.
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HUNTDOWN
Single-player alternative to Dirtnap — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dirtnap.
In the mayhem-filled streets of the future where criminal gangs rule and cops fear to tread, only the bounty hunters can free the city from the corrupt fist of felony. Lay waste to the criminal underworld and make a killing in this hard boiled action comedy arcade shooter.
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Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider
Single-player alternative to Dirtnap — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dirtnap.
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is a side-scrolling action platformer that channels the golden age of classic 16-bit action games in a full-throttle quest for revenge. Created to defend a totalitarian state, the Moonrider rejects its programming and now seeks vengeance on its creators.
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Broforce
Single-player alternative to Dirtnap — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dirtnap.
Broforce is an action-packed side-scrolling run ‘n’ gun ode to freedom, putting you in control of an under-funded, overpowered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force.