Single-player games like Infected Shelter
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Infected Shelter, 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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Son of a Witch
Single-player alternative to Infected Shelter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Infected Shelter.
Action roguelike for 1-4 players with cute graphics and deep game mechanics. Combine dozens of different weapons, magic items, potions and spells with unique effects to beat 8 enemy factions and 28 bosses. Can you find the ancient goblin artifact at the end of the dungeon?
- 2
Lost Castle / 失落城堡
Single-player alternative to Infected Shelter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Infected Shelter.
Lost Castle is an action RPG beat'em up with roguelike elements and randomized dungeons for up to four players online and local!
- 3
Temple of Rust
Single-player alternative to Infected Shelter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Infected Shelter.
Temple of Rust is a top-down action roguelike. Fight through the wastelands using your sling and various types of ammunition along with special boots for powerful jump attacks. Create unique attack combinations with special upgrades and blast your way to the multiple cores of corruption.
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Bravery and Greed
Single-player alternative to Infected Shelter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Infected Shelter.
Bravery and Greed is a beat 'em up, roguelite, dungeon brawler for up to four players. Choose from four classic fantasy classes, engage in a deep robust combat system, and play a variety of co-operative and competitive game modes with friends via local, online or both. Get rich, or die trying!
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Not Dying Today
Single-player alternative to Infected Shelter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Infected Shelter.
Not dying today is a 2D side-scrolling action game. In 2030, the world has been taken over by zombies. With fire and blade, bullets and guns, you, captain Aiden, will do anything to protect the last human kind, anything, even turn into a zombie, using zombie power to kill zombies.
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Charlie Murder
Single-player alternative to Infected Shelter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Infected Shelter.
It’s a punk rock apocalypse! Team up with your friends to lead embattled punk rock band Charlie Murder in their epic quest to save the world from rival death metalers Gore Quaffer and their legions of evil.
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HordeCore: Training Ground
Single-player alternative to Infected Shelter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Infected Shelter.
HordeCore is a kick-ass side-scrolling shooter set in a post-apocalyptic world. Play alone, or as a team - and destroy, survive, craft, and explore!
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate
Single-player alternative to Infected Shelter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Infected Shelter.
TMNT Splintered Fate - Unleash the Turtles in a roguelike quest to rescue Splinter from the Foot Clan! Master ninja skills, unite in bodacious co-op gameplay, and conquer iconic NYC locales.
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Castle Crashers®
Single-player alternative to Infected Shelter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Infected Shelter.
Hack, slash, and smash your way to victory in this award winning 2D arcade adventure from The Behemoth!
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Rogue Legacy
Single-player alternative to Infected Shelter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Infected Shelter.
Rogue Legacy is a genealogical rogue-"LITE" where anyone can be a hero. Each time you die, your child will succeed you. Every child is unique. One child might be colorblind, another might be a dwarf with vertigo. But that's OK, because no one is perfect, and you don't have to be to succeed.
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Nuclear Throne
Single-player alternative to Infected Shelter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Infected Shelter.
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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Rampage Knights
Single-player alternative to Infected Shelter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Infected Shelter.
Rampage Knights is a cooperative beat 'em up game mixed up with randomized dungeon crawling and exploration, which you can play alone or with a friend online.
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Mother Russia Bleeds
Single-player alternative to Infected Shelter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Infected Shelter.
An old-fashioned beat 'em up with big doses of adrenaline and trippiness, somewhere between the classic style of Streets of Rage and the ultra-violence of Hotline Miami. Set in a cold, ruthless Soviet Union, Mother Russia Bleeds aims to conjure up anxiety, unease, and drug-addled frenzy.
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Streets of Rage 4
Single-player alternative to Infected Shelter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Infected Shelter.
Amongst the best beat’em up series ever created, jammin’ ‘90s beats and over the top street fighting, the iconic series Streets of Rage comes back with a masterful tribute to and revitalization of the classic action fans adore.
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Lost Castle 2
Single-player alternative to Infected Shelter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Infected Shelter.
"Lost Castle 2" is a 2D Beat'em up Rogue-Lite game. Explore abundant treasures and items to enhance yourself, master various weapons to showcase your skills, and challenge powerful monsters to demonstrate your strength. A new adventure is calling for treasure hunters!