Single-player games like Last Encounter
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Last Encounter, 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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CRYPTARK
Single-player alternative to Last Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Last Encounter.
Cryptark is a 2D sci-fi shooter where you take on the role of a heavily armed privateer seeking to earn government contracts by boarding deadly alien space-hulks. It's up to you to strategize a plan of attack, pick an equipment loadout, and destroy the central core to be victorious.
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Tesla Force
Single-player alternative to Last Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Last Encounter.
With science as your super power, charge up your coils and zap into action! Tesla Force is a rogue-lite top-down shooter featuring endless procedural gameplay with tentacle splitting action. Play as Tesla, Curie, Lovecraft and Shelley and blast the cosmic horror back into the galactic abyss!
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Neon Chrome
Single-player alternative to Last Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Last Encounter.
A masterful combination of top-down shooter and endless replayability with procedural levels. Blast your way through walls & enemies with guns and cybernetic abilities. Install perks from cyber chambers and upgrade your character stats after each death. Can you stop the Overseer?
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Ziggurat
Single-player alternative to Last Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Last Encounter.
Dungeon-Crawling First Person Shooting at its finest! Fast-paced combat! Dozens of perks, spells and enemies! Level ups! Random Dungeons! Traps! Badass bosses! Carrots!
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Steredenn: Binary Stars
Single-player alternative to Last Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Last Encounter.
Steredenn is a frenetic and chaotic space shooter, carved in big beautiful pixels, with insane boss battles. Embark in your ship and engage the fight against dreadful space pirates in a never-ending combat for your survival.
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HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition
Single-player alternative to Last Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Last Encounter.
HELLDIVERS™ is a hardcore, cooperative, twin stick shooter. As part of the elite unit called the HELLDIVERS, players must work together to protect SUPER EARTH and defeat the enemies of mankind in an intense intergalactic war.
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Nuclear Throne
Single-player alternative to Last Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Last Encounter.
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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Rush Rover
Single-player alternative to Last Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Last Encounter.
Rush Rover is a 2D top-down shooter game. Compared to other similar games of the genre, the shooting experience is closer to traditional shoot'em up games. It includes random map generation, unique weapons, lots of different enemies, exciting boss battles and a dynamic chiptune soundtrack.
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The Binding of Isaac
Single-player alternative to Last Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Last Encounter.
Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!
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Bloodgrounds
Single-player alternative to Last Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Last Encounter.
Bloodgrounds merges tactical turn-based combat with strategic management, RPG and roguelite elements. Forged in the pits of the arena, you fought your way out and now as a wealthy patron you recruit, train, and command your team of hardened Gladiators to glory - or death.
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Bear With Me - Episode One
Single-player alternative to Last Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Last Encounter.
Bear With Me is an episodic noir adventure game. Amber is trying to find her missing brother while being aided by her trusty teddy, Ted E. Bear.
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Zero Reflex : Black Eye Edition
Single-player alternative to Last Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Last Encounter.
Circles, bullets, shurikens, rockets, saws and time ... they're all after you! Zero Reflex will tests both your dexterity and your nerves in a fast-paced punishing environment that keeps pushing your limits. You have no save points and no excuses! Be faster than a blink of the Eye!
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Agenda
Single-player alternative to Last Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Last Encounter.
Agenda is a strategy simulation game in which you control a world-wide independent agency with a set goal of world domination. Try to claim your global influence through the power of your allies and covert operations such as assassinations, bribery or fraud.
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Bear With Me - Collector's Edition
Single-player alternative to Last Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Last Encounter.
The Bear With Me - Collector's Edition contains all three episodes, telling the whole story of Amber and Ted. It also includes the original soundtrack, a digital art book and full puzzle and script design documents.
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Bear With Me: The Lost Robots
Single-player alternative to Last Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Last Encounter.
Bear With Me: The Lost Robots is an all new prequel chapter featuring Amber’s brother Flint and the callous detective Ted E. Bear. Take to the gritty and bustling undergrounds of Paper City, discovering new characters and rich lore leading up to the events of the first 3 episodes of Bear With Me.