Single-player games like Gloom
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Gloom, 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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Fallback
Single-player alternative to Gloom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gloom.
Lead the rebellion in an epic rogue-like adventure. Guide your jet-pack equipped post-apocalyptic volunteers through a labyrinthine underground complex by jumping, dodging, and battling against robot minions (and masters) to get to the surface — and bring life back to the scorched Earth.
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Teleglitch: Die More Edition
Single-player alternative to Gloom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gloom.
In a cold, dark future dominated by mega-corporations, a small lonely planet on the edge of habitable space is the site of a shadowy research facility specializing in necrotic tissue reactivation. You are a scientist who has suddenly awoken to the realization that you are the lone survivor.
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Duck Paradox
Single-player alternative to Gloom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gloom.
Shoot bouncing bullets in this roguelike precision platformer killing corrupted ducks while searching for Dr. Paraducks’ beloved pet throughout the multiverse! To return to safety you’ll need to tackle difficult-to-master trials, run after run, earning upgrades, while maintaining your sanity!
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Loot River
Single-player alternative to Gloom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gloom.
Explore procedurally generated labyrinths in this challenging, narrative-rich roguelike. Master deep combat. Slide blocks of ancient ruins. Defeat bestial abominations. Loot, level up, strategize, fight, die and wake up anew. Unlock the secrets of the Loot River. Immortality is a bittersweet gift.
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BELOW
Single-player alternative to Gloom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gloom.
BELOW is a solitary journey through the haunted depths of a forbidden isle. Explore. Survive. Discover.
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Rogue Legacy
Single-player alternative to Gloom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gloom.
Rogue Legacy is a genealogical rogue-"LITE" where anyone can be a hero. Each time you die, your child will succeed you. Every child is unique. One child might be colorblind, another might be a dwarf with vertigo. But that's OK, because no one is perfect, and you don't have to be to succeed.
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Dead Cells
Single-player alternative to Gloom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gloom.
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
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NECROPOLIS: BRUTAL EDITION
Single-player alternative to Gloom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gloom.
NECROPOLIS: BRUTAL EDITION is a major update featuring a new playable adventurer (The Brute), a completely new outdoor environment (The Black Forest), and lots of new enemies, weapons, armor, traps, potions, scrolls, and other big improvements to the game.
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The Binding of Isaac
Single-player alternative to Gloom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gloom.
Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!
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Salt and Sanctuary
Single-player alternative to Gloom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gloom.
Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.
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Hollow Knight
Single-player alternative to Gloom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gloom.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
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The King In Yellow - Escape Room
Single-player alternative to Gloom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gloom.
You have been sent to investigate a spaceship whose members have inexplicably disappeared and there is a strange symbol everywhere. In this escape room you will have to solve puzzles as you get closer to the truth behind the mystery.
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The Treehouse Man
Single-player alternative to Gloom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gloom.
A horrible corruption has forced the children of the forest into hiding. They confide in the Treehouse Man, but their prayers remain unanswered. Baptized into the group, you must take the hallowed boat on an odyssey to save your brothers and sisters before the silence kills them.