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Single-player games like HyperParasite

Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to HyperParasite, 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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    Uber Destruction — Steam game cover

    Uber Destruction

    Single-player alternative to HyperParasite — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with HyperParasite.

    Uber Destruction is a side-scrolling roguelike top-down shooter. loot chests, gather insane weapons and unique upgrades to battle the relentless hoards of foes. You can also embrace the action online with friends, or in local co-op mode. Destroy your way to victory!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Neon Chrome — Steam game cover

    Neon Chrome

    Single-player alternative to HyperParasite — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with HyperParasite.

    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?

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Null Vector — Steam game cover

    Null Vector

    Single-player alternative to HyperParasite — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with HyperParasite.

    Trade. Gamble. Fight! Test your arcade chops in Null Vector, a twin-stick shooter rogue-lite. Discover and experiment with thousands of weapon combinations, take strategic advantage of machines to trade and gamble for new ship parts, and unleash your own bullet hell upon the Final Boss!

    2018ActionIndie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Doomsday Hunters — Steam game cover

    Doomsday Hunters

    Single-player alternative to HyperParasite — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with HyperParasite.

    Shoot stuff in a perfect pixel world, combine items, build guns, die every time! Roguelite twin-stick shooter where magic and post-apocalyptic future technologies collide. Defeat evil lord Dracula and save everyone!

    2023ActionIndie15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ants Took My Eyeball — Steam game cover

    Ants Took My Eyeball

    Single-player alternative to HyperParasite — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with HyperParasite.

    Ants Took My Eyeball is a 2D action platformer roguelite. Descend into an ever-changing ant hill, fight your way through hordes of insects with a variety of weapons, face formidable bosses and ultimately find your stolen eyeball.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure6.49 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dungeon Souls — Steam game cover

    Dungeon Souls

    Single-player alternative to HyperParasite — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with HyperParasite.

    Dungeon Souls is an action-adventure roguelike dungeon crawler which draws heavy inspiration from Nuclear Throne, Risk of Rain, and Overture. Explore vast procedurally generated dungeons, collect loot, and slay hordes of challenging enemies!

    2016ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Legend of Dungeon — Steam game cover

    Legend of Dungeon

    Single-player alternative to HyperParasite — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with HyperParasite.

    Legend of Dungeon is a randomly generated action RPG Beat'em'up with heavy Rogue-like elements, striking visuals, and dynamic music.

    2013ActionIndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Burning Knight — Steam game cover

    Burning Knight

    Single-player alternative to HyperParasite — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with HyperParasite.

    Steal everything you can and flee from the Burning Knight's castle in this action-packed roguelike! The game features tight bullet hell, tons of items, characters to meet... and secrets!

    2020ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    RAD — Steam game cover

    RAD

    Single-player alternative to HyperParasite — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with HyperParasite.

    RAD is a 3D action rogue-like set in a post-post-apocalyptic world, where humanity has faced armageddon not once, but twice.

    2019Action4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hotline Miami — Steam game cover

    Hotline Miami

    Single-player alternative to HyperParasite — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with HyperParasite.

    Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.

    2012ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Enter the Gungeon — Steam game cover

    Enter the Gungeon

    Single-player alternative to HyperParasite — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with HyperParasite.

    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.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hades — Steam game cover

    Hades

    Single-player alternative to HyperParasite — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with HyperParasite.

    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.

    2020ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    RailGods of Hysterra — Steam game cover

    RailGods of Hysterra

    Single-player alternative to HyperParasite — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with HyperParasite.

    Embark on a co-op survival journey for 1-5 players through a post-apocalyptic Lovecraftian world! Command and evolve a living, monstrous train, craft weapons, build a mobile base, gain powers, and face the Great Old Ones. Explore an ever-changing world, hold on to your sanity, and ascend to godhood!

    2025ActionAdventureEarly Access19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Kindeman Remedy — Steam game cover

    The Kindeman Remedy

    Single-player alternative to HyperParasite — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    The most blasphemous, diabolical and insane management game ever created. Aided by a lascivious nun in a grim prison, rig executions, conduct horrid experiments and do the unspeakable to cook up your cure-all: The Kindeman Remedy. Do not be afraid. This time, you're the monster.

    2023SimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Blind Fate: Edo no Yami — Steam game cover

    Blind Fate: Edo no Yami

    Single-player alternative to HyperParasite — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with HyperParasite.

    Test your limits in this hardcore, cyber-samurai game set in post-apocalyptic Japan. Parry your foes’ blows with your weapon of choice and use implants to attack the weaknesses of unstoppable bosses from Japanese folklore!

    2022ActionAdventure19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Blind Fate: Edo no Yami — Dojo — Steam game cover

    Blind Fate: Edo no Yami — Dojo

    Single-player alternative to HyperParasite — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with HyperParasite.

    Dive into a world that mixes Sci-Fi and ancient tradition. Slash through robots with a trusty katana, use hi-tech implants to navigate the surroundings, dodge enemy attacks, and land devastating finishers. Reclaim the past following the way of the Japanese samurai in the fantastic period of New Edo.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →