Single-player games like My Nuclear Octopus
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to My Nuclear Octopus, 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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Nevultra
Single-player alternative to My Nuclear Octopus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with My Nuclear Octopus.
Nevultra is an exciting shoot'em up that will take you back to the 8bit/16bit era. The protagonist, Nina, needs your help to reach her destination in deep space.
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Holua's Arcades
Single-player alternative to My Nuclear Octopus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with My Nuclear Octopus.
Master the golden age of the arcade! Holua’s Arcades packs four pixel-perfect challenges into one digital cabinet. Dominate a brutal 90s beat 'em up, survive a cosmic bullet hell, execute a stealthy ninja heist, and conquer a co-op precision platformer. Climb the global leaderboards today!
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Nova Swarm
Single-player alternative to My Nuclear Octopus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with My Nuclear Octopus.
Pick a ship, dive into readable bullet chaos, take down huge angry bosses, grab the bonus core you probably should have left alone, and chase one cleaner run in Nova Swarm.
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Space Moth: Lunar Edition
Single-player alternative to My Nuclear Octopus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with My Nuclear Octopus.
1CC Games’ first shoot ’em up returns with totally overhauled visuals, all-new enemies and attacks, a deeper scoring system, remixed soundtrack and fresh player powers. Space Moth: Lunar Edition is the ultimate version of the beloved cult classic.
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Galactoids - Galactic Invaders
Single-player alternative to My Nuclear Octopus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with My Nuclear Octopus.
Battle swarms of Galactic Invaders in this action-packed retro-inspired arcade shoot em up. May the Nerd be with you.
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Black Widow: Recharged
Single-player alternative to My Nuclear Octopus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with My Nuclear Octopus.
Defend your spider web from an onslaught of bugs in this frenetic revival of the cult classic twin-stick shooter, all while jamming to an infectious original score by Megan McDuffee. Play solo or tag in a friend for local co-op across 30 unique challenges or the endless arcade mode.
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Centipede: Recharged
Single-player alternative to My Nuclear Octopus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with My Nuclear Octopus.
Blast bugs and chase high scores in this glorious revival of an old-school classic, all while jamming to a heart-pounding original score by Megan McDuffee. Play solo or tag in a friend for local co-op across 30 unique challenges or the endless arcade mode.
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RagingBlasters
Single-player alternative to My Nuclear Octopus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with My Nuclear Octopus.
Raging Blasters is a vertical scroll shmup featuring high speed scrolling and the exhilaration of destruction.
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Axe Throw VR
Single-player alternative to My Nuclear Octopus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with My Nuclear Octopus.
You've got a VR headset and some cool motion controllers, but what can you really do with them? Throw some virtual axes! In Axe Throw, a virtual axe throwing range becomes your playground.. or you can see how long you can fend off a zombie apocalypse in survival mode!
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Paper Jam!
Single-player alternative to My Nuclear Octopus — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
If you love word games and VR, you'll love playing Paper Jam! Can you make enough words before the timer runs out? Can you solve anagrams to unlock the story of the robots in career mode? How about a quick game, just for the high score?
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RC Rush
Single-player alternative to My Nuclear Octopus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with My Nuclear Octopus.
RC Rush is an exciting arcade racing game featuring radio controlled trucks. Unlock trucks in grand prix cups, win races in campaign mode to unlock campaign events, compete in head to head battles to unlock even more trucks and level up your way to becoming the ultimate RC champion!
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Jack Dragon and the Stone of Peace
Single-player alternative to My Nuclear Octopus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with My Nuclear Octopus.
Jack Dragon is a retro game love letter to 80 and 90s arcade games. Avoid nasties, jump on platforms, glide around the screen and collect gems! Sounds easy, right?
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Die for the Economy!
Single-player alternative to My Nuclear Octopus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with My Nuclear Octopus.
Blast evil robots in a retro psychedelic maze of an office, as you bring down the security servers and make your way home. Die for the Economy! is a retro arcade survival game featuring beautiful, chunky pixel art graphics with a psychedelic slant harking back to the old 8-bit game systems.
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MNOZ - My Nuclear Octopus 2
Single-player alternative to My Nuclear Octopus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with My Nuclear Octopus.
Everyone's favourite nuclear octopus is back to save the world once again, in MNOZ, the explosive sequel to the hit game My Nuclear Octopus. MNOZ is a psychedelic retro arcade game for fans of pure out-and-out arcade blasters - an overload of sight and sound. Chase those high scores!