Single-player games like REMOTE LIFE
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to REMOTE LIFE, 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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Rigid Force Alpha
Single-player alternative to REMOTE LIFE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with REMOTE LIFE.
Classic shoot’em up action in modern 3D! Blast off to take down hordes of infected aliens and dreadful machines programmed on waging an intergalactic war against mankind!
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Syder Arcade
Single-player alternative to REMOTE LIFE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with REMOTE LIFE.
Killing zombies never gets old, but sometimes you just need a break. Get back to some serious old-school gaming with Syder Arcade! Syder Arcade is a love letter to Amiga games of the ‘90s, no coins, no upgrade grinding, just your tenacity and a motherload of alien invaders.
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Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers
Single-player alternative to REMOTE LIFE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with REMOTE LIFE.
UFOs! Aliens! Aircrafts! Resistance! SHOOT 'EM UP! Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers is a spaceship shooter with 2D gameplay and 3D environment. Enjoy a smart combination of a fast-paced shooting experience and the 1950's sci-fi movies aesthetic, with live-action cutscenes.
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R-Type Final 2
Single-player alternative to REMOTE LIFE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with REMOTE LIFE.
R-Type has returned! The legendary side-scroller is back and better than ever with beautifully rendered 3D graphics, exhilarating shoot-'em-up gameplay, and a multitude of stages, ships, and weapons that will allow you to conduct a symphony of destruction upon your foes.
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Earthion
Single-player alternative to REMOTE LIFE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with REMOTE LIFE.
Earthion is a side-scrolling space shooter developed natively for 16-bit systems. Guide space fighter pilot Azusa Takanashi in her fight to repel the alien invaders and save planet Earth.
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DRAINUS
Single-player alternative to REMOTE LIFE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with REMOTE LIFE.
This is a side-scrolling shooting game in which you take control of the "Drainus", the Kharlal Empire's most cutting-edge fighter with the ability to absorb energy bullets, and take down the enemy ships zipping through space.
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RIVE
Single-player alternative to REMOTE LIFE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with REMOTE LIFE.
This 360-degree shooter/platformer hybrid lets you choreograph a ‘dance of destruction’ in insanely spectacular battles and set-pieces. RIVE feels like the explosive games of yore, pumping megapixels in true 21st century style.
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DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours
Single-player alternative to REMOTE LIFE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with REMOTE LIFE.
DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours is the latest installment in Taito's DARIUS series of arcade-style shooting games. Blast hordes of alien sea-monsters, and blaze your own trail through branching environments.
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Project X
Single-player alternative to REMOTE LIFE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with REMOTE LIFE.
Two teenagers were disappeared in the vicinity of the Grackham National Park. At night a roar is heard from the forest. Nearby, a group of archaeologists finds a cave and skull of an unknown creature.
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Salamander County Public Television
Single-player alternative to REMOTE LIFE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with REMOTE LIFE.
Become a professional thing-doer! Complete wacky assignments for Salamander County's local TV station, and solve the mystery of why nearly everyone in the county suddenly disappeared.
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Thumper
Single-player alternative to REMOTE LIFE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with REMOTE LIFE.
Thumper is rhythm violence: classic rhythm-action, blistering speed, and brutal physicality. You are a space beetle. Brave the hellish void and confront a maniacal giant head from the future.
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Twin Stick
Single-player alternative to REMOTE LIFE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with REMOTE LIFE.
Twin Stick is a game all about flow. Control your car with the left stick (WASD) and the gun with right stick (arrow keys) in order to beat the levels in record time, and to explore the world! Boost the guns fire rate with R1 (space) for a powerful speed boost!
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Xenon Valkyrie
Single-player alternative to REMOTE LIFE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with REMOTE LIFE.
Xenon Valkyrie is a rogue-like with many RPG elements in which you will have to get to the deepest part of a moon and finish the plans of a wicked witch. You will be able to get many weapons randomly as you fight in a world that is created every time you play.