Single-player games like Survive the Rift
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Survive the Rift, 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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Space Strider
Single-player alternative to Survive the Rift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Survive the Rift.
Space Strider is a 2D Sidescroller Shoot 'em up with Roguelite elements, where you beat hordes of enemies and defeat unique bosses. Unlock, upgrade and level up your Spaceships to become the ultimate Space Strider!
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Starr Mazer: DSP
Single-player alternative to Survive the Rift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Survive the Rift.
The UNFP's been kicked in the teeth by a G'ell invasion force and their last and only hope is a planetary outpost and its fleet of experimental DSP MkI Forward Assault Fighters and anyone marshal enough to strap into one and forcefully accept some apologies.
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Earthion
Single-player alternative to Survive the Rift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Survive the Rift.
Earthion is a side-scrolling space shooter developed natively for 16-bit systems. Guide space fighter pilot Azusa Takanashi in her fight to repel the alien invaders and save planet Earth.
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Syder Arcade
Single-player alternative to Survive the Rift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Survive the Rift.
Killing zombies never gets old, but sometimes you just need a break. Get back to some serious old-school gaming with Syder Arcade! Syder Arcade is a love letter to Amiga games of the ‘90s, no coins, no upgrade grinding, just your tenacity and a motherload of alien invaders.
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Run Build Pew!
Single-player alternative to Survive the Rift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Survive the Rift.
You’re being Bounty-Hunted! Run, Build your ship piece-by-piece and make it work with the parts you find, Destroy outposts and waves of fleets, and Pick your battles carefully to overcome your hunters in this Fast-Paced Top-Down Action Roguelite Shooter.
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Steredenn: Binary Stars
Single-player alternative to Survive the Rift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Survive the Rift.
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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Void Bastards
Single-player alternative to Survive the Rift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Survive the Rift.
Inspired by BioShock and System Shock 2, Void Bastards is a revolutionary new strategy-shooter that will test your wits as well as exercise your aim. Can you lead the misfit prisoners of the Void Ark through the derelict spaceships and myriad dangers of the Sargasso Nebula?
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REMOTE LIFE
Single-player alternative to Survive the Rift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Survive the Rift.
Remote Life is a 2D Side scrolling space shooter (shmup) for PC. Experience a fast paced action game with insane scary graphics, and hyper jump into a brutal-frenetic-techno-alien world. Free the world from this dreadful nightmare before its nauseating breath of horror destroys mankind.