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.
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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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PUFIWEHO
Single-player alternative to Rockjack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rockjack.
Protecting Us From Incredibly Worrisome Extremely Hostile Oddities...is what you will be doing with your football! Defend the Earth from the invading disciples of the Deranged Octopus, and learn the ultimate secret of the Universe.