Single-player games like Second Zero
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Second Zero, 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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Pit Wizard
Single-player alternative to Second Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Second Zero.
Pit Wizard is a short incremental top-down shooter where you jump into magical pits to blast through hordes of dangerous enemies and mine rare resources while upgrading two huge skill trees.
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ALTEREDBLOOD+ [AB+]
Single-player alternative to Second Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Second Zero.
SPLATTER your enemies, SOAK in their blood, AWAKEN your weapons, bring directionality to your ultraviolence in ALTEREDBLOOD+, a Movement-FPS Platformer.
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XENOFLEKT
Single-player alternative to Second Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Second Zero.
XENOFLEKT is a roguelite space shooter where you will turn enemy bullets into armory: dash into enemy fire to parry and deflect shots, heal your ship, and trigger devastating counter-attacks. Unlock parts, plug-in unique perks with satellites, and get ready to master hundreds of deadly synergies.
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Horde Sweepers
Single-player alternative to Second Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Second Zero.
Fast-paced Rogue-lite action. A high-octane mashup of Vampire Survivors and Hades. Unlock and combine upgrades, create your unique builds, use active abilities, enhance your weapons, find enemy weaknesses, and cleanse this city of mutants.
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Space PiouPiou
Single-player alternative to Second Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Second Zero.
Blast through endless waves of evil space cat-liens in this chaotic bullet heaven and hell roguelike! Upgrade your tiny PiouPiou into a feathered weapon of mass destruction and survive the cosmic madness for as long as possible.
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Bumper & Thumper
Single-player alternative to Second Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Second Zero.
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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Destropolis 2
Single-player alternative to Second Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Second Zero.
Hordes of red cube enemies. Bullets, lasers and nukes. Cities to raze to the ground.
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NullGate
Single-player alternative to Second Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Second Zero.
A lo-fi PS1 roguelite FPS where every arena is generated at runtime. Dash, slide and wall-kick through rooms that never repeat, weave through slow glowing bullets, and bank your kill-streak before something takes it from you. Die, upgrade at the Underdock, and dive again.