Single-player games like Hypnocult
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Hypnocult, 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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Super Hexagon
Single-player alternative to Hypnocult — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hypnocult.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
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Ikaruga
Single-player alternative to Hypnocult — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hypnocult.
Shoot! Dodge! and... Get Hit!? "Ikaruga" is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay. Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets! Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!
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Crypt of the NecroDancer
Single-player alternative to Hypnocult — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hypnocult.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
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WAVESHAPER
Single-player alternative to Hypnocult — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hypnocult.
WAVESHAPER is a minimalist score attack game in which you attempt to stop the 2D vector menace, one obstacle at a time.
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RFLEX
Single-player alternative to Hypnocult — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hypnocult.
RFLEX is a fast-paced and challenging neo-arcade game. Frantically dodge your way to the high score in a series of rage-inducing levels while enjoying a kickass, original soundtrack. Experience trippy visuals while being pulled into a never-ending abyss of addicting, non-stop action.
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Octahedron: Transfixed Edition
Single-player alternative to Hypnocult — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hypnocult.
Surf through a pulsating, underground world on platforms pulled from thin air in this challenging, psychedelic, rhythm-infused action platformer that has you defying gravity to a pumping beat.
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Nex Machina
Single-player alternative to Hypnocult — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hypnocult.
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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Outland
Single-player alternative to Hypnocult — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hypnocult.
Outland is a fast-paced, dynamic platformer where the player uses powers of light and dark in an epic journey to save the world from forces of chaos.
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Stephen's Sausage Roll
Single-player alternative to Hypnocult — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hypnocult.
A simple 3d puzzle game.
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English Country Tune
Single-player alternative to Hypnocult — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hypnocult.
English Country Tune is a luxuriant abstract 3D puzzle game containing more than a hundred levels situated throughout 17 worlds.
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Mask Quest
Single-player alternative to Hypnocult — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hypnocult.
A platform game about running, jumping and breathing.
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Oeuf
Single-player alternative to Hypnocult — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hypnocult.
3D physics-platformer where you are an egg! Roll, hop and slide your way back home.