Single-player games like Bloodroots
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Bloodroots, 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
- 1
APE OUT
Single-player alternative to Bloodroots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Bloodroots.
APE OUT is a wildly intense and colorfully stylized smash ‘em up about primal escape, rhythmic violence, and frenetic jazz.
- 2
12 is Better Than 6
Single-player alternative to Bloodroots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Bloodroots.
12 is Better Than 6 is a dynamic top-down shooter with stealth elements, presented in a Wild West theme. The story puts you in the shoes of escaped slave fleeing to the United States in 1873.
- 3
Colt Canyon
Single-player alternative to Bloodroots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Bloodroots.
Shoot your way through a hostile canyon full of hidden treasures, weapons, obstacles and all kinds of bloodthirsty scum! Colt Canyon is a stylish pixel art shooter with roguelike elements and real-time combat where you save your kidnapped partner from the ruthless bandits.
- 4
OTXO
Single-player alternative to Bloodroots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Bloodroots.
Enter an inexplicable, abstract mansion to rescue a loved one in this fast-paced, brutal, and dark roguelite filled with precise but savage gunplay and time-bending slow motion. Face your inner demons and unveil the secrets of the Mansion.
- 5
Kusan: City of Wolves
Single-player alternative to Bloodroots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Bloodroots.
Kusan: City of Wolves is a high-octane hardcore top-down shooter where players fight through a brutal urban jungle ruled by gunfire and corruption to save Haru — a girl fitted with a city-grade atomic weapon.
- 6
Suit for Hire
Single-player alternative to Bloodroots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Bloodroots.
Suit for Hire is a challenging action shooter, tactically blend weapons and martial arts together to unleash beautifully crafted violence.
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PAPERHEAD EP.0
Single-player alternative to Bloodroots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Bloodroots.
In this cute cardboard world, something went horribly wrong... You wake up in a prison cell. A strange voice calls to you from the depths of dark corridors covered in runic symbols and blood. Reload your trusty shotgun and find out... WHY WOULD CARDBOARD... BLEED?
- 8
Katana ZERO
Single-player alternative to Bloodroots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Bloodroots.
Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.
- 9
Neon White
Single-player alternative to Bloodroots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Bloodroots.
Neon White is a single-player speedrunning FPS where you can sacrifice your guns for godlike parkour moves.
- 10
Hotline Miami
Single-player alternative to Bloodroots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Bloodroots.
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
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Fat Mask
Single-player alternative to Bloodroots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Bloodroots.
Fat Mask is an arcade puzzle brawler that creates a frenetic experience thanks to a unique mix of brawler and puzzle mechanics. Steal your friends' hard earned combos in the free-for-all mode or contest the world high-scores in the stressful solo/coop mode of this quirky action-packed game!
- 12
Tears of Metal
Single-player alternative to Bloodroots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Bloodroots.
Fight solo or up to 4-player co-op to reclaim your island alongside your Scottish battalion. On each campaign, gain new powerful upgrades, rally your forces, and stop the invader as they carve into the Mother Stone to harvest its power.