Single-player games like Maximum Thunderness
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Maximum Thunderness, 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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Penguin Weapons
Single-player alternative to Maximum Thunderness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Maximum Thunderness.
Penguin Weapons is a dynamic action roguelite about penguins that collect artifacts, creating absurdly crazy weapons, fight monsters and bosses, unlock stylish clothes, and explore increasingly difficult worlds full of unique combinations and unpredictability alone or with friends.
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Cartoon Bash
Single-player alternative to Maximum Thunderness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Maximum Thunderness.
Cartoon Bash is a horde survivor game where our dear protagonists who just died must fight to get another chance to get back to life. You equip multiple weapons and items, fighting off waves of enemies and bosses.
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Meowmunitions
Single-player alternative to Maximum Thunderness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Maximum Thunderness.
Meowmunitions gives you a roguelike bullet hell experience with a unique gun customization mechanic, letting you design your gun however you like. The random nature of the game, with multiple augments and artifacts, forces you to think of new and creative synergies to approach each run.
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Astro beasts
Single-player alternative to Maximum Thunderness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Maximum Thunderness.
Astro Beasts is a cooperative arena survival shooter where cute animals fight off hordes of alien monsters. Battle together, build walls, place mines and turrets, combine upgrades, and turn the arena into your own fluffy space fortress.
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SealChain: Call of Blood
Single-player alternative to Maximum Thunderness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Maximum Thunderness.
SealChain is a roguelike game where items can link together to form chain reactions. Items can also be arranged into specific formations to create seals, granting special effects.
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Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef
Single-player alternative to Maximum Thunderness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Maximum Thunderness.
From the developers of the Guns, Gore and Cannoli franchise comes a new 2D run & gun platformer: Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & TEEF! Spearhead an Ork invasion, destroy the hive city and kill your warboss! ‘Ere we go!
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Project: ELIOT
Single-player alternative to Maximum Thunderness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Maximum Thunderness.
Dive into 'Project ELIOT,' a gripping rogue-like with rich story, diverse magical spells, and endless dungeons. Are you ready to confront the darkness?
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Supercat Survivors
Single-player alternative to Maximum Thunderness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Maximum Thunderness.
Meow! This is a cat-themed Survivor-like game where you control an adorable Supercat! Battle monsters to level up, collect items, upgrade weapons, and experiment with strategic builds to fight off invading creatures threatening Meow Star.
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Just Shapes & Beats
Single-player alternative to Maximum Thunderness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Maximum Thunderness.
"Just Shapes & Beats" is a chaotic co-op musical bullet-hell based on three simple things: avoid Shapes, move to the kick-ass Beats, and die, repeatedly.
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Infernax
Single-player alternative to Maximum Thunderness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Maximum Thunderness.
Infernax is the adventures of a great knight who returns to his homeland only to find it plagued with unholy magic. Uncover the mysteries of the curse and face the consequences of your actions.
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Berzerk Flashback
Single-player alternative to Maximum Thunderness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Maximum Thunderness.
Three dudes in their twenties, they shared a goal, they shared a dream, ♫ To make Flash gaaames ♫ RIP Flash 1996-2020
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Zombidle : REMONSTERED
Single-player alternative to Maximum Thunderness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Maximum Thunderness.
Like the song says, good guys finish last, and in this case, they also finish homeless and on fire. Welcome to Zombidle, Berzerk Studio's newest idle game, or tap game; whatever, you do you, man.