Single-player games like Planet Automata
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Planet Automata, 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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Vektor Z
Single-player alternative to Planet Automata — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Planet Automata.
Vektor Z brings fast and furious retro space blasting action to Steam! Blast your way through endless waves of asteroids and enemies to write your name among the stars! Vektor Z offers a rogue-like arcade action game where you'll improve your progress every time you play!
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Proxy Air Force
Single-player alternative to Planet Automata — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Planet Automata.
Proxy Air Force is a 2D Arcade Shoot Them Up game based on the story of the world war which broke out between the US and CES countries in 2020.
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Chertovica
Single-player alternative to Planet Automata — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Planet Automata.
All the cherts are getting married tonight, on a night called Chertovica. Grab your axe, chug down your last tankard, and kick them back to hell where they belong in this retro, melee-centric boomer shooter.
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Ayako's Mission
Single-player alternative to Planet Automata — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Planet Automata.
Ayako's Mission is a 2D Top-Down Shoot'em Up game based on the story of the war breaking out between the two territories called, AY Corp and ATO Corp. where you must defend your territory against the invaders.
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Doctor Nanobot
Single-player alternative to Planet Automata — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Planet Automata.
Small robot, big battles! Doctor Nanobot is a retro style arcade shooter where you take on bacteria, viruses and more using a variety of high tech medical weaponry!
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2nd Shot
Single-player alternative to Planet Automata — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Planet Automata.
In the vast depths of space, lies a man with a dark past. Setting himself apart from that old life, and seeking justice against wrongdoing instead of being the cause of it, Captain Righteous uses the Freedom Fighter, his trusty space fighter to search for and combat the evil Captain Buster!
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In The Valley of Death -Prologue-
Single-player alternative to Planet Automata — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Planet Automata.
In the Valley of Death is a color-based hack and slash twin-stick shooter, where the player controls Red and Blue as they dash, slash, and shoot their way through challenging levels as they attempt to make it to the Valley of Death.
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Netherspace
Single-player alternative to Planet Automata — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Planet Automata.
A sci-fi shoot'em'up game with heavy focus on upgrades experimentation, featuring two unlikely heroes that must work perfectly together, despite their share of secrets, to surpass their limits and succeed in eliminating a threat that might destroy both Earth and Andraxia if left unchecked.