Single-player games like Gatling Gears
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Gatling Gears, 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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Tesla vs Lovecraft
Single-player alternative to Gatling Gears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gatling Gears.
Tesla vs Lovecraft is an intense top-down twin stick arena shooter from the creators of Crimsonland and Neon Chrome. Play as the enigmatic inventor Nikola Tesla harnessing the static energy to power up Tesla-Mech and give the lovecraftian nightmares a lesson in horror!
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Rush Rover
Single-player alternative to Gatling Gears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gatling Gears.
Rush Rover is a 2D top-down shooter game. Compared to other similar games of the genre, the shooting experience is closer to traditional shoot'em up games. It includes random map generation, unique weapons, lots of different enemies, exciting boss battles and a dynamic chiptune soundtrack.
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Tower 57
Single-player alternative to Gatling Gears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gatling Gears.
Tower 57 is a fast-paced neo-retro shooter where cooperation is as important as your ammo capacity. As a member of an extraordinary task force fight your way through a dieselpunk megatower and uncover its hidden secrets.
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Naval Warfare
Single-player alternative to Gatling Gears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gatling Gears.
As Commander of a Naval Super-Destroyer, wage war in a military campaign of epic proportions in, under and above the surface!
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CRYPTARK
Single-player alternative to Gatling Gears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gatling Gears.
Cryptark is a 2D sci-fi shooter where you take on the role of a heavily armed privateer seeking to earn government contracts by boarding deadly alien space-hulks. It's up to you to strategize a plan of attack, pick an equipment loadout, and destroy the central core to be victorious.
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Renegade Ops
Single-player alternative to Gatling Gears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gatling Gears.
Blast your way through enemy lines to defeat Inferno, a madman intent on global domination. Destruction just got awesome.
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HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition
Single-player alternative to Gatling Gears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gatling Gears.
HELLDIVERS™ is a hardcore, cooperative, twin stick shooter. As part of the elite unit called the HELLDIVERS, players must work together to protect SUPER EARTH and defeat the enemies of mankind in an intense intergalactic war.
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Resident Evil 6
Single-player alternative to Gatling Gears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Gatling Gears.
Blending action and survival horror, Resident Evil 6 promises to be the dramatic horror experience of 2013.
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METAL SLUG
Single-player alternative to Gatling Gears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gatling Gears.
“METAL SLUG ”, the very first title in SNK’s legendary 2D run & gun action shooting game series where all began, returns to the missions on the Steam gaming platform!
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Greed Corp
Single-player alternative to Gatling Gears — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Turn-based strategy at its finest.
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WARRIORS
Single-player alternative to Gatling Gears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gatling Gears.
Warriors is a cutting-edge multiplayer shooter that blends breathtaking realism with adrenaline-pumping action. Designed for players of all skill levels, it offers the flexibility to battle against real players or challenge advanced AI bots in single-player mode. The game boasts seven game modes.
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Halo: Spartan Assault
Single-player alternative to Gatling Gears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gatling Gears.
Halo: Spartan Assault brings the excitement of Halo combat to Steam for the very first time. Battle your way through 30 action-packed missions against the Covenant as you explore the origin of the Spartan Ops program featured in Halo 4. *DirectX feature level 10 required. *
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Halo: Spartan Strike
Single-player alternative to Gatling Gears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gatling Gears.
Halo: Spartan Strike makes you a Spartan supersoldier battling evil forces. Delve into 30 challenging missions through cities and jungles using a devastating arsenal of weapons, abilities and vehicles including the iconic Warthog against the Covenant and Promethean enemies. *DirectX feature level 10 required*