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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Operation STEEL
Single-player alternative to BroodStar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BroodStar.
Operation STEEL is a roguelike shoot-em-up rendered in hand-drawn art. Blow up loads of enemies, destroy huge bosses, find weapons, and upgrade your load-out between levels. Combat the electronic legion across 20+ procedurally generated levels!
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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.
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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.
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Nova Drift
Single-player alternative to BroodStar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BroodStar.
Nova Drift distills the mechanical depth and strategy of an ARPG into classic arcade space combat. Control an endlessly evolving bio-mechanical ship, face legions of strange and deadly foes, and ride the wake of a dying star across the void.
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Project Starship X
Single-player alternative to BroodStar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BroodStar.
The Rogue-Lite shooter where you CRASH-KILL comical abominations! Pilot your spaceship as Swagthulhu in this original and wacky "Lovecraftian Parody"!
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Switch 'N' Shoot
Single-player alternative to BroodStar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BroodStar.
Endless arcade action with just ONE button - Switch directions whenever you shoot!
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Ziggurat
Single-player alternative to BroodStar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BroodStar.
Dungeon-Crawling First Person Shooting at its finest! Fast-paced combat! Dozens of perks, spells and enemies! Level ups! Random Dungeons! Traps! Badass bosses! Carrots!
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Gunlocked
Single-player alternative to BroodStar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BroodStar.
A twin stick shooter without the twin stick, Gunlocked is a sci-fi action roguelike about careful positioning and upgrade selection. Manage unique targeting systems across multiple weapons and upgrades, as you battle legions of alien ships, and then do it all over again!
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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.
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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?
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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