Single-player games like Risk of Rain 2
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Risk of Rain 2, 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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Toypunk
Single-player alternative to Risk of Rain 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Risk of Rain 2.
A roguelite third-person puppet-shooter where you wield an entire toybox of absurd weaponry. Fight hordes of cotton-stuffed baddies across fantastical biomes in single-player or co-op. Experience crazy synergies and unlock more toys between runs!
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Risk of Rain Returns
Single-player alternative to Risk of Rain 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Risk of Rain 2.
Carefully designed, beautifully remastered, and loaded with new ways to play—Risk of Rain is back and better than ever! Dive into the iconic roguelike full of unique loot combinations, enhanced with new Survivors, overhauled multiplayer, fan favorite content from Risk of Rain 2, and more!
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Risk of Rain (2013)
Single-player alternative to Risk of Rain 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Risk of Rain 2.
Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses, either alone or with 3 friends in online co-op.
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Arcane Blast
Single-player alternative to Risk of Rain 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Risk of Rain 2.
Arcane Blast is a fast-paced, action-packed roguelike brimming with sorcery. Master the seven elements, combine them to achieve powerful reactions and face swarms of enemies to help feline Mage Adrian find his way home from a time dungeon.
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Gunfire Reborn
Single-player alternative to Risk of Rain 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Risk of Rain 2.
Gunfire Reborn is a level-based adventure game featuring FPS, Roguelite and RPG. Players can control heroes with various abilities to experience diverse Build gameplay, use various weapons to explore procedurally-generated levels. You can play the game alone, or join 4-player coop.
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Returnal™
Single-player alternative to Risk of Rain 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Risk of Rain 2.
BREAK THE CYCLE Fight to survive as this award-winning third-person shooter brings Selene’s story to PC. Take on roguelike challenges. Engage enemies in bullet hell-fuelled clashes. Share your journey through Returnal™ with another player.
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Nuclear Throne
Single-player alternative to Risk of Rain 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Risk of Rain 2.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
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Roboquest
Single-player alternative to Risk of Rain 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Risk of Rain 2.
Roboquest is a fast FPS Roguelite in a scorched futureworld. You're a rebooted Guardian, ready to kick some metal ass! Fight with your buddy or by yourself and annihilate hordes of deadly bots in ever-changing environments.
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Megabonk
Single-player alternative to Risk of Rain 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Risk of Rain 2.
Smash your way through endless waves of enemies and grow absurdly powerful! Grab loot, level up, unlock characters and upgrade to create unique and crazy builds as you fend off hordes of creatures!
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Dead Cells
Single-player alternative to Risk of Rain 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Risk of Rain 2.
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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Hades
Single-player alternative to Risk of Rain 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Risk of Rain 2.
Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.
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Vampire Survivors
Single-player alternative to Risk of Rain 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Risk of Rain 2.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
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Celeste
Single-player alternative to Risk of Rain 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Risk of Rain 2.
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.
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Gatekeeper
Single-player alternative to Risk of Rain 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Risk of Rain 2.
Gatekeeper is a fast-paced rogue-like. Go on a quest to chase down Chaos and reclaim the stolen Heart of Time, fighting your way through relentless enemy forces. Play solo or in 4-player co-op and become the next Gatekeeper!
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Enter the Gungeon
Single-player alternative to Risk of Rain 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Risk of Rain 2.
Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell dungeon crawler following a band of misfits seeking to shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip their way to personal absolution by reaching the legendary Gungeon’s ultimate treasure: the gun that can kill the past.
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Noita
Single-player alternative to Risk of Rain 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Risk of Rain 2.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
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DEADBOLT
Single-player alternative to Risk of Rain 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Risk of Rain 2.
DEADBOLT is an extremely challenging stealth-action hybrid that allows you to take control of the reaper to quell the recent undead uprising.