Single-player games like Dreadlight
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Dreadlight, 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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NO LIFE: Zombie Survivor
Single-player alternative to Dreadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dreadlight.
NO LIFE: Zombie Survivor is a brutal survival roguelite where you’ll face endless hordes of relentless zombies. Choose your survivor and weapons, each with unique abilities and playstyles, and gear up for increasingly intense battles against the undead.
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Forecast Death
Single-player alternative to Dreadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dreadlight.
Survive the chaos of a bullet-heaven action game. Tear through enemy hordes, stack wild ability combos, and endure cataclysms that rewrite the rules mid-fight. The pace ramps up every minute - either you grow stronger, or you get wiped out.
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Fading Reel
Single-player alternative to Dreadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dreadlight.
A sepia Roguelike — lead a chained squad through 22 waves. Map events split your line, milestone recruits add firepower. Linked Blink, run upgrades, 19 Evolutions, and a permanent meta tree carry you to the final Boss Hydra.
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Scrapstorm
Single-player alternative to Dreadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dreadlight.
A 1-4 player bullet-heaven roguelite where the whole city is hunting you. Draft cards every level until one pistol turns into a screen-clearing mess, and watch out for the traffic, the third rail and whatever is running each district.
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Ashen Swarm
Single-player alternative to Dreadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dreadlight.
Rise from the ashes and defeat the Judge before his sentence devours the last lands. Cut through a swarm of the condemned in a gothic bullet heaven roguelite, turning the seven deadly sins into weapons. Decide whom to save, doom, or betray. Do not let the verdict become the world's final word.
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VOIDHOLD: Squad Survival Roguelite
Single-player alternative to Dreadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dreadlight.
A sci-fi horde-survival roguelite. Lead a four-soldier fireteam, a combat dog and an eagle-drone against endless escalating waves. Chain run-altering synergies, push through 10 biomes, and hold the line at the edge of the void.
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Drone Arena
Single-player alternative to Dreadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Early Access with Dreadlight.
A survivors-like arena roguelite. Pilot a drone, stack weapons and upgrades into absurd builds, and hold out against waves of mechas until the timer runs out. Every run ends. Every run teaches.
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Cloud Keeper: Shrine of Dal
Single-player alternative to Dreadlight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dreadlight.
Summon an army of clouds in this roguelite bullet heaven survivors-like inspired by Korean folklore! Recruit and fuse cloud companions, befriend shrine visitors, and uncover the mystery of the moon goddess!