Single-player games like Iron Brigade
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Iron Brigade, 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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Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon
Single-player alternative to Iron Brigade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Iron Brigade.
Thousands of giant insects and aliens once again ravage the earth, and only the Earth Defense Force can stop them.
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Orcs Must Die! 2
Single-player alternative to Iron Brigade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Iron Brigade.
You’ve tossed, burned and sliced them by the thousands – now orcs must die more than ever before! Grab a friend and slay orcs in untold numbers in this sequel to the 2011 AIAS Strategy Game of the Year from Robot Entertainment.
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Front Mission Evolved
Single-player alternative to Iron Brigade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Iron Brigade.
Experience piloting and customizing massive armored units called Wanzers while engaging in high-intensity battles driven by a compelling story. The battle begins now!
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Fortified
Single-player alternative to Iron Brigade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Iron Brigade.
Fortified is an explosive strategy shooter where players will defend the Earth against a menacing Martian invasion in the 1950s. Play as one-of-four pulp inspired heroes as they fight swarms of terrifying robots with an arsenal of Cold War era weapons and experimental technology.
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DAEMON X MACHINA
Single-player alternative to Iron Brigade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Iron Brigade.
Pilot your fully customizable Arsenal mech and join your fellow mercenaries in defending humanity from the corrupted machines and gigantic robots in this post-apocalyptic action game!
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Monday Night Combat
Single-player alternative to Iron Brigade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Iron Brigade.
Monday Night Combat is a class-based, third-person shooter… and the most popular lethal sport of the future!
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Sanctum 2
Single-player alternative to Iron Brigade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Iron Brigade.
Sanctum 2 is the sequel to the world’s first Tower Defense/FPS hybrid game. Pick from four unique character classes and embark on a mission to protect the oxygen-producing Cores from hordes of deadly aliens who are threatened by their existence.
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HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed
Single-player alternative to Iron Brigade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Iron Brigade.
Hypercharge is a first and third-person shooter action figure game you've always dreamed of! Grab your friends, complete objectives, defend the Hypercore against waves of weaponized toys, and defeat Major Evil together in the story campaign!
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Psychonauts 2
Single-player alternative to Iron Brigade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Iron Brigade.
Combining quirky missions and mysterious conspiracies, Psychonauts 2 is a platform-adventure game with cinematic style and tons of customizable psychic powers.
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Psychonauts
Single-player alternative to Iron Brigade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Iron Brigade.
A Psychic Odyssey Through the Minds of Misfits, Monsters, and Madmen. This classic action/adventure platformer from acclaimed developers Double Fine Productions follows the story of a young psychic named Razputin.
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Brutal Legend
Single-player alternative to Iron Brigade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Iron Brigade.
Brütal Legend is an action-adventure that marries visceral action combat with open-world freedom. Set in a universe somewhere between Lord of the Rings and Spinal Tap, it’s a fresh take on the action/driving genre, which in this case is full of imitation cover bands, demons intent on enslaving humanity and Heavy metal tunes.
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Grim Fandango Remastered
Single-player alternative to Iron Brigade — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
One of the most acclaimed adventure games of all time is now back, better than ever. Grim Fandango Remastered has the all the beautiful art and engaging story fans remember, but has also been remastered to look, sound, and control even better than the award-winning original release.
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Broken Age
Single-player alternative to Iron Brigade — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A family friendly, hand-animated, puzzle-filled adventure game with an all-star cast, including Elijah Wood, Jack Black and Masasa Moyo. Funded by a record breaking crowdfunding campaign and designed by industry legend Tim Schafer, Broken Age is a timeless coming-of-age story.
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Day of the Tentacle Remastered
Single-player alternative to Iron Brigade — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Originally released by LucasArts in 1993 as a sequel to Ron Gilbert’s ground breaking Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle is back in a remastered edition that features all new hand-drawn, high resolution artwork, with remastered audio, music and sound effects.
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Spacebase DF-9
Single-player alternative to Iron Brigade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Iron Brigade.
In Spacebase DF-9, you'll build a home among the stars for a motley population of humans and aliens as they go about their daily lives. Mine asteroids, discover derelicts, and deal with the tribulations of galactic resettlement in Earth's distant future.
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Costume Quest
Single-player alternative to Iron Brigade — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A Halloween adventure from Tim Schafer's Double Fine Productions.