Single-player games like Rockjack
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Rockjack, 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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Invaders from the Third Dimension
Single-player alternative to Rockjack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rockjack.
A retro space shooter with a twist - now you can rotate your ship and aim diagonally at enemies, adding a whole new dimension to the shoot 'em up genre.
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METEOR COMMANDER
Single-player alternative to Rockjack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Rockjack.
Retro-inspired arcade-style shooter. Save humanity from incoming waves of flaming hot meteors, alien ships hell-bent on destroying humanity, and the strangeness of space by shooting, blasting and nuking incoming waves of meteors and enemies.
- 3
Alien Breed: Impact
Single-player alternative to Rockjack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Rockjack.
Experience the explosive science fiction arcade-shooter that resurrects a much revered franchise in an epic single player and co-op multiplayer campaign.
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Slalomancers
Single-player alternative to Rockjack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rockjack.
Slalomancers is a 1-button multiplayer space shooter that's easy to learn and hard to master! Weave your way around bullets and blast enemy ships to smithereens!
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Arcadia
Single-player alternative to Rockjack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Rockjack.
In this highly addictive top-down arcade shoot-em-up from 1982, originally for the ZX Spectrum, defend yourself from wave upon wave of deadly alien combatants using your Ion Thrust Drive and dual Plasma Disruptors.
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Dwarf Star
Single-player alternative to Rockjack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rockjack.
Dwarf Star: 16 bit inspired game where mercenary go shoot shoot on evil alien guys who were accidentally fabricated by the government. Top down space shooter with a mission based structure. However, you can do these missions in plenty of different orders with different amounts of upgrades.
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Arcade Classics
Single-player alternative to Rockjack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rockjack.
Collection of a few arcade classics, remade with a fresh and friendly looking art style and a beautiful soundtrack.
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Alien Siege: Earth
Single-player alternative to Rockjack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rockjack.
Top-down arcade space shooter with retro pixel-art style. Fight waves of alien invaders across world landmarks, buy upgrades between battles, collect power ups, participate in events & missions, defeat epic bosses, and more.