Single-player games like Pentasma
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Pentasma, 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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Offendron Warrior
Single-player alternative to Pentasma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pentasma.
Offendron Warrior is a retro arcade that combines shooting and defense. Your objective is saving Offendron civilians in the planets from the group of enemies, who are trying to spread a virus that turns Offendrons into mindless killing machines and eventually destroy the whole planet.
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Syder Arcade
Single-player alternative to Pentasma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pentasma.
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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Hell is Other Demons
Single-player alternative to Pentasma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pentasma.
Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.
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Jets'n'Guns Gold
Single-player alternative to Pentasma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pentasma.
Jets'n'Guns is a heavy piece of ground shaking rock blasting action with graphics and special effects that will blow you eyes out! Enjoy yourself in almost-insane action adventure of saving the universe from the deadly threat of more than 270 unique monsters in the campaign of 43 levels.
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LUFTRAUSERS
Single-player alternative to Pentasma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pentasma.
The skies are aflame and the seas will overflow with wreckage in Vlambeer’s stylish arcade shooter LUFTRAUSERS! Take to the skies in customized fighter planes to battle battleships, submarines, and rival aces for glory, honor, and high scores.
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Downwell
Single-player alternative to Pentasma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pentasma.
Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.
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Blazing Chrome
Single-player alternative to Pentasma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pentasma.
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
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Project Warlock
Single-player alternative to Pentasma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pentasma.
Project Warlock is a first-person shooter that fans of Doom, Hexen, and Wolfenstein cannot miss. It serves you an exploding cocktail of bullets, spells, and monsters. Battle through 60 levels of non-stop action, packed with bloodthirsty enemies and challenging bosses.
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Golden Hornet
Single-player alternative to Pentasma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pentasma.
Golden Hornet is a retro style twin-stick shooter. Become a pilot of the multipurpose helicopter 'Golden Hornet' — rescue hostages and destroy enemy outposts.
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Frantic Dimension
Single-player alternative to Pentasma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pentasma.
Frantic Dimension is a retro twin-stick shooter inspired by the earliest twin-sticks, 'Space Dungeon' and 'Robotron 2084'. Never stop moving and shooting... or you'll die.
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Rolling Bird
Single-player alternative to Pentasma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pentasma.
Rolling Bird is a retro arcade shooter, heavily inspired by Namco's 1986 classic 'Rolling Thunder'.
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Steel Alcimus
Single-player alternative to Pentasma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pentasma.
Steel Alcimus is a top-down helicopter shooter. Complete various tasks with your ally aircraft; such as saving the carrier, taking down the buildings, carrying objects, etc.
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Hornet Virus: Steel Alcimus II
Single-player alternative to Pentasma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pentasma.
Hornet Virus: Steel Alcimus II is a sequel of Steel Alcimus inspired by various 1980-1990s' 3D computer games. Pilot the deadliest helicopter in this action-packed 3D game. Destroy the targets, rescue the hostages, and capture the enemy buildings to save the world!
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Xentron Attack
Single-player alternative to Pentasma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pentasma.
Xentron Attack is a multi-directional shooter. The evil alien forces called Xentron have invaded your galaxy and spreading dangerous meteors and missiles in the space. Fight with smart enemies who calculates your movements. Turn your ship precisely and use the borderless space wisely.
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Devileader
Single-player alternative to Pentasma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pentasma.
Devileader, a fearsome space demon who once have destroyed countless planets of the solar system is about to be resurrected by his minions and fanatics, who want to bring chaos to the universe. Pilot the agile space interceptor Deviship and survive the terror of this demon lord.