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Single-player games like BroodStar

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to BroodStar, 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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    Tri-Star — Steam game cover

    Tri-Star

    Single-player alternative to BroodStar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with BroodStar.

    Tri-Star is an endless horizontal-scrolling space shooter featuring Roguelike and Roguelite elements. Blast through waves of enemies and battle against arduous bosses. Form a squadron of three unique ships from an expanding roster and equip them with upgrades as you engage in a battle for survival.

    2021Action9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Blast'N Bounty — Steam game cover

    Blast'N Bounty

    Single-player alternative to BroodStar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BroodStar.

    Blast’N Bounty is a vertical scrolling shoot’em up featuring 8 stages players can tackle in the order of their choosing. Cruise through a crazy solar system in a mix of pixel art and low poly 3D with action that’s easy to learn but tough to master!

    ActionIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Space War: Infinity — Steam game cover

    Space War: Infinity

    Single-player alternative to BroodStar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BroodStar.

    Vertical semi-procedural shmup with upgrades, real-time enemy waves, and infinite replayability. Level up your ship, unlock 20+ weapons, defeat 5 bosses, and survive endless bullet-hell combat.

    2019ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Void Scrappers — Steam game cover

    Void Scrappers

    Single-player alternative to BroodStar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with BroodStar.

    Blast hordes of alien ships into junk. Collect the scrap to upgrade your ship into an unstoppable force of destruction. Unlock new characters and weapons and upgrade your stats between runs.

    2022Action3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Steredenn: Binary Stars — Steam game cover

    Steredenn: Binary Stars

    Single-player alternative to BroodStar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BroodStar.

    Steredenn is a frenetic and chaotic space shooter, carved in big beautiful pixels, with insane boss battles. Embark in your ship and engage the fight against dreadful space pirates in a never-ending combat for your survival.

    2015ActionIndie12.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Akka Arrh — Steam game cover

    Akka Arrh

    Single-player alternative to BroodStar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with BroodStar.

    Akka Arrh is a modern take on a scrapped project from the 1980s, providing players with a fast-paced, addictive, arcade shooter experience and psychedelic visuals. Protect your life rings as you chain together combos and go for a high score!

    2023Action19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stellar Interface — Steam game cover

    Stellar Interface

    Single-player alternative to BroodStar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BroodStar.

    Run through the universe in this rogue-like-ish space-shooter. Discover the numerous perks/consumables and their synergistic effects. Explore the randomly-generated galaxy to find merchants, unlock spacecrafts, collect Cartridges and checkmark your kills of the various galactic overlords.

    2016ActionIndieCasual12.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Peace Data — Steam game cover

    Peace Data

    Single-player alternative to BroodStar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BroodStar.

    Peace Data — hard "Roguelike" game, in which you have to play for Bitard, saving Rusland from the tyranny of the authorities that destroyed the opposition and led the country to ruin, making slaves of citizens.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Monolith — Steam game cover

    Monolith

    Single-player alternative to BroodStar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with BroodStar.

    A classical science fiction point and click adventure which takes you into a deep story and murky atmosphere, while solving logical puzzles. Accompany Tessa Carter and her talking robot as she finds out about herself and searches for a way to survive.

    2023IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Space Invaders Extreme — Steam game cover

    Space Invaders Extreme

    Single-player alternative to BroodStar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with BroodStar.

    The critically acclaimed update to the Space Invaders franchise has arrived to invade Steam with greatly improved graphics and audio! Packed with pulsing, vibrant visuals enhanced further by interactive sound. The invaders have evolved, the question is: can you keep up?

    2018Action4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Space Aliens Invaders — Steam game cover

    Space Aliens Invaders

    Single-player alternative to BroodStar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BroodStar.

    modernized old time classic alien shooter game

    2020ActionIndie3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →