Single-player games like 72 Seconds
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to 72 Seconds, 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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Darklight Breach
Single-player alternative to 72 Seconds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with 72 Seconds.
FTL meets XCOM in a real-time tactical roguelite about breaching alien ships. Flank through rooms, disable systems, outmaneuver defenders, and extract with high-value loot. Fence your haul to power up and break a mysterious time loop.
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ZeroSpace
Single-player alternative to 72 Seconds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with 72 Seconds.
ZeroSpace is a hybrid sci-fi RTS / RPG game that allows you to play as the commander of The Protectorate, a galactic force dedicated to securing humanity’s place in the galaxy. The Orion sector is locked in a vicious power struggle between many alien factions, ready to fight to the death.
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Rift Protocol
Single-player alternative to 72 Seconds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with 72 Seconds.
A tense, real-time squad tactics roguelike inspired by Aliens: Dark Descent. Command up to three soldiers through a procedurally generated facility full of monsters. Plan attacks, slow time for tactical skills, and scavenge to survive. One bad call and your squad is gone for good.
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Space Alliance: Frontier
Single-player alternative to 72 Seconds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with 72 Seconds.
Get ready to protect the entire solar system from an unprecedented threat - the D'Ahari, a race of insect-like aliens. Control an entire fleet of spaceships, trade with other races of an Alliance, and develop your own space station.
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Little Kingdom RTS
Single-player alternative to 72 Seconds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with 72 Seconds.
Little Kingdom RTS is an indie real-time strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Gather resources, build settlements, raise walls, and grow your small kingdom. Command an army of knights, archers, and mages to fight off rival kingdoms, orcs, and undead.
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Cantos
Single-player alternative to 72 Seconds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with 72 Seconds.
A survival-first multiplayer RTS. Secure a foothold, outlast rivals, and earn the right to build your colony in massive persistent worlds.
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Clankerfront
Single-player alternative to 72 Seconds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with 72 Seconds.
Clankerfront is a classic isometric RTS where AI research went too far and awakened the world’s home appliances against humanity. Build bases, command armies, fight solo or co-op, and defend the front from the clankers.
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Obelisk Guardians
Single-player alternative to 72 Seconds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with 72 Seconds.
This is a building tower defense game with RPG elements to hunt down the demon guard altar.