Single-player games like Vermitron
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Vermitron, 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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SANDRIPPER
Single-player alternative to Vermitron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vermitron.
Tear across the desert, obliterating wave after wave with your nuclear missile powered dual-wielding hover tank. A tight, punchy wave survival sandbox with ludicrous weaponry, exhilarating rocket-tank combat, and daily leaderboards!
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XenoFeud
Single-player alternative to Vermitron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vermitron.
XenoFeud is an insane top-down twin-stick arcade alien shooter, where you must survive hordes of alien intruders while defending a mysterious object in space.
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Trash Pit
Single-player alternative to Vermitron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vermitron.
A frantic twin stick shooter where you and your enemies are only ever one hit from death. Mow down relentless waves of robots, collect upgrades and claw your way to the highest score you can.
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Drunken Robot Pornography
Single-player alternative to Vermitron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vermitron.
Bullet-hell, boss-battle, first-person shooter, with giant-robots, martinis and jetpacks. YES. Drink the cocktails. Fight the titans. Make your own Titans. Drink your friend's cocktails.
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Yet Another Zombie Defense HD
Single-player alternative to Vermitron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vermitron.
Top-down zombie shooter with tower defense elements featuring up to 4 players local and online co-op. Build your base by day, defend it by night, put your skills to the test to stay alive as long as possible! Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive?
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Genome Guardian 2
Single-player alternative to Vermitron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vermitron.
COMBINE WEAPONS in the microscopic shooter with macroscopic depth. BUILD YOUR NANOBOT from hundreds of parts. SURVIVE the microbial onslaught once more in this psychedelic dive to the Abyss, full of mutations, minerals, anomalies and powerup polyps. SHMUP mode turns it into a vertical shoot 'em up!
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Armed to the Gears
Single-player alternative to Vermitron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vermitron.
Control a fully armed Mech and fight through cyberpunk cities, military bases and industrial ruins. Capture and defend territories, build turrets and structures, and wage war against powerful enemies!
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State of Anarchy: Master of Mayhem
Single-player alternative to Vermitron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vermitron.
Prepare for bullet hell action and crazy driving! Your town is on fire, anarchy reigns the streets, aliens rampage in the sky! Grab your gun and join the fun!
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Donuts'n'Justice
Single-player alternative to Vermitron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vermitron.
Donuts 'N' Justice is a fast-paced 2d horizontal shoot-'em-up wherein you take the role of one of two Super Cops in the 1980s to defend their city against gangs, violence and corruption.
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Obludia
Single-player alternative to Vermitron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vermitron.
Fight your way through 50 levels full of thrilling action with hordes of challenging enemies and tough bosses! Obludia is an old-school arcade arena action inspired by classics such as Robotron or Smash-TV with RPG elements.
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Jet Set Knights
Single-player alternative to Vermitron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vermitron.
Jet Set Knights is an old-school arcade action platformer inspired by classics from the golden age such as Mario Bros, Snow Bros or newest Super Crate Box. If You love retro 2D platformers mixed with tower defense and RPG elements, Jet Set Knight is for You!
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Gunman Tales
Single-player alternative to Vermitron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vermitron.
Gunman Tales is an old-school action adventure game for 1-4 players set in the wild west and inspired by the legendary game from Amiga Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight and Cabal
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Numgeon
Single-player alternative to Vermitron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vermitron.
Numgeon is tiny, retro styled, highly-addictive and fast paced casual clicker RPG. Click your way through the darkest dungeons with your mighty heroes! Slay the monsters, collect gold and gain new upgrades as you progress.
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They Came From the Sky
Single-player alternative to Vermitron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vermitron.
They Came From the Sky is tiny, retro styled, highly-addictive and fast paced arcade game wherein you take the role of one of the Flying Saucers in the 1950s with one and only one Mission: Make a delicious juicy Human Smoothie!
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Animal Up!
Single-player alternative to Vermitron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vermitron.
Animal Up! is a tiny, retro styled, highly-addictive, and fast paced arcade game.Take the role of a rescue team on a mission to Save All the Cute Animals from the Flood!
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Meow'n'Dash
Single-player alternative to Vermitron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vermitron.
Meow 'n' Dash is a tiny, highly-addictive and fast paced arcade game. Play as one of the adorable kittens and clear stages by turning all the yarn balls to the same color by pushing them against each other.