Single-player games like Cookie Invaders
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Cookie Invaders, 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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Vampire Survivors
Single-player alternative to Cookie Invaders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cookie Invaders.
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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EVERSPACE™
Single-player alternative to Cookie Invaders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cookie Invaders.
EVERSPACE™ combines fast-paced combat with roguelike elements, great visuals and a captivating story. It takes you on a challenging journey through an ever-changing, beautifully crafted universe full of surprises. Shoot, craft and loot your way to victory while the odds are stacked against you.
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CRYPTARK
Single-player alternative to Cookie Invaders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cookie Invaders.
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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Octogeddon
Single-player alternative to Cookie Invaders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cookie Invaders.
You ARE Octogeddon, a massive mutant octopus with one mission: DESTROY the world! Grow more tentacles and evolve each of them into deadlier and deadlier weapons until you become the ultimate eight-legged killing machine!
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Halls of Torment
Single-player alternative to Cookie Invaders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cookie Invaders.
Slay hordes of terrifying monsters in this horde survival roguelite. Descend into the Halls of Torment where the Lords of the underworld await you. Treasures, magical trinkets, and a growing cast of heroes will grant you the power to vanquish these horrors from beyond. How long can you survive?
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Nova Drift
Single-player alternative to Cookie Invaders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cookie Invaders.
Nova Drift distills the mechanical depth and strategy of an ARPG into classic arcade space combat. Control an endlessly evolving bio-mechanical ship, face legions of strange and deadly foes, and ride the wake of a dying star across the void.
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Beat Invaders
Single-player alternative to Cookie Invaders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Cookie Invaders.
Beat Invaders is a Vertical Shoot 'Em Up Roguelite - Fight your way through enemy fleets, unlock skills, items, ships, and upgrade them in the next run. Enjoy the smooth neon visuals matching the pushing EDM soundtrack - The perfect game to unwind.
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GALAK-Z
Single-player alternative to Cookie Invaders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cookie Invaders.
Brand New features!! The Void DLC offers endless gameplay, Online Leaderboards, and a Daily Challenge that allows players to compete worldwide for the top score. Anime inspired 2D space combat simulation at its best! GALAK-Z is a modern, A.I.
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Striving for Light
Single-player alternative to Cookie Invaders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cookie Invaders.
Blending deep Action RPG buildcrafting with roguelite action, Striving for Light lets you shape and customize an infinite skilltree. Hunt for powerful loot, craft and upgrade weapons to legendary power, slay hordes of enemies and challenging bosses in ever-changing dark worlds.
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Striving for Light: Survival
Single-player alternative to Cookie Invaders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cookie Invaders.
Striving for Light: Survival brings the exploration of infinite expanding skill trees to the arena survival roguelite genre. Unlock new characters, weapons, skills and maps, slay hordes of monsters and take on massive boss fights.