Single-player games like Nova Drift
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Nova Drift, 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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Time Wasters
Single-player alternative to Nova Drift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nova Drift.
Time Wasters is a space shooter bullet heaven roguelite. Equip and upgrade weapons, destroy swarms of enemies, and collect Time & Space Cubes to bend the timeline to your advantage.
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SNKRX
Single-player alternative to Nova Drift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nova Drift.
SNKRX is an arcade shooter roguelite where you control a snake of heroes that automatically attack nearby enemies. Combine different heroes to unlock class bonuses and create unique builds, and steer your unstoppable party as they ravage through endless waves of enemies.
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ARRIVAL: ZERO EARTH
Single-player alternative to Nova Drift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nova Drift.
Fight giant War of the Worlds -style aliens invading Finland during a Winter in the 90's. Build an army of local townspeople in this chaotic semi-autobattler roguelike. Navigate through different biomes to obliterate the aliens from cosmic dimensions.
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Star Survivor
Single-player alternative to Nova Drift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nova Drift.
Star Survivor is a space-themed survival game that blends intense deckbuilding strategy. Pilot humanity's last spaceship through the vast galaxy, Unlock powerful weapon combos, collect card modules, and craft unique builds. As the enemy swarms grow denser, will you be the last one standing?
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Sektori
Single-player alternative to Nova Drift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nova Drift.
Sektori is an intense, fast paced twin-stick shooter infused with hard hitting techno music. A game where the high-adrenaline gameplay, visuals, and music come together to transport you into another state of consciousness.
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Star of Providence
Single-player alternative to Nova Drift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nova Drift.
Star of Providence is a top down action shooter with procedurally generated elements. Explore a large, abandoned facility in search of incredible power, fighting dangerous foes and gaining new weapons and upgrades as you progress.
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Brotato
Single-player alternative to Nova Drift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nova Drift.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
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Bounty of One
Single-player alternative to Nova Drift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nova Drift.
Fallen hero of the Wild West, you’re wanted and in disgrace! Grab your guns, survive endless hordes of bounty hunters and fight to clear your name! Bounty of One is a fast-paced casual roguelite bullet hell for 1 to 4 players. Dash, Dodge, Shoot, Repeat!
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Vampire Survivors
Single-player alternative to Nova Drift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nova Drift.
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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AsteroidsHD
Single-player alternative to Nova Drift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nova Drift.
Engage in space-warfare with your friends and foes! Dodge and destroy asteroids while trying to stay alive in multiplayer! Replay value is endless with massive combinations of in-game ship upgrades, modifications, and customization. Destroy Asteroids and Aliens to gain the edge!
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Hades
Single-player alternative to Nova Drift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nova Drift.
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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Dead Cells
Single-player alternative to Nova Drift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nova Drift.
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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Space Invaders Extreme
Single-player alternative to Nova Drift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nova Drift.
The critically acclaimed update to the Space Invaders franchise has arrived to invade Steam with greatly improved graphics and audio! Packed with pulsing, vibrant visuals enhanced further by interactive sound. The invaders have evolved, the question is: can you keep up?
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Wizard of Legend
Single-player alternative to Nova Drift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nova Drift.
Wizard of Legend is a no-nonsense, action-packed take on wizardry that emphasizes precise movements and smart comboing of spells in a rogue-like dungeon crawler that features over a hundred unique spells and relics!
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The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
Single-player alternative to Nova Drift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nova Drift.
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy Rogue-like elements. Following Isaac on his journey players will find bizarre treasures that change Isaac’s form giving him super human abilities and enabling him to fight off droves of mysterious creatures, discover secrets and fight his way to safety.
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MOTHERGUNSHIP
Single-player alternative to Nova Drift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nova Drift.
MOTHERGUNSHIP is a bullet-hell FPS where you craft your own guns, fight gigantic bosses, and defeat a robotic alien armada that conquered Earth. Face off against overwhelming odds in brutal, non-stop combats where thinking on your feet is the only way to survive.