Single-player games like LAB Defence
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to LAB Defence, 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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KILL KNIGHT
Single-player alternative to LAB Defence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with LAB Defence.
KILL KNIGHT is an ultra-responsive arcade-inspired isometric action shooter. Condemned to eternal sufferance, deep within the voids of an eldritch arena, you must wield an arsenal of devastating weaponry to obliterate swarms of otherworldly horrors - and MASTER THE DEMON WITHIN.
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The Hong Kong Massacre
Single-player alternative to LAB Defence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with LAB Defence.
Blast your way through the streets of Hong Kong in a fast-paced, top-down shooter. Inspired by classic action movies, The Hong Kong Massacre places you at the center of a hard-boiled revenge story, filled with brutal, cinematic shootouts and vivid underworld locations.
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APE OUT
Single-player alternative to LAB Defence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with LAB Defence.
APE OUT is a wildly intense and colorfully stylized smash ‘em up about primal escape, rhythmic violence, and frenetic jazz.
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Door Kickers
Single-player alternative to LAB Defence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with LAB Defence.
Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.
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12 is Better Than 6
Single-player alternative to LAB Defence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with LAB Defence.
12 is Better Than 6 is a dynamic top-down shooter with stealth elements, presented in a Wild West theme. The story puts you in the shoes of escaped slave fleeing to the United States in 1873.
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God's Trigger
Single-player alternative to LAB Defence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with LAB Defence.
Slay enemies with speed and precision in an over-the-top show of blood and explosions. Play solo or with others, make split-second decisions, dodge bullets, and use weapons and abilities to inflict violence in the most graphic way possible.
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Chippy
Single-player alternative to LAB Defence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with LAB Defence.
Chip destructible bosses apart pixel-by-pixel in this twin-stick bullet-hell shooter.
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Nex Machina
Single-player alternative to LAB Defence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with LAB Defence.
Nex Machina is an intense arcade style twin-stick shooter from Housemarque. Taking hints from both Robotron and Smash TV, Nex Machina focuses on pure action, voxel destruction and competition in the distant, cablepunk themed future.
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CRAZY DRIVER
Single-player alternative to LAB Defence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with LAB Defence.
The craziest driver simulator!
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AIR Battlefront
Single-player alternative to LAB Defence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with LAB Defence.
The war continues. Your homeland is under attack. Will you defend it?
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ELON on MARS
Single-player alternative to LAB Defence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with LAB Defence.
The Starman has finally reached it’s goal..
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AREA 51 - DEFENCE
Single-player alternative to LAB Defence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with LAB Defence.
Fight against naruto runners and defence the secret of Area 51 at any costs.