Single-player games like Space Bandit
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Space Bandit, 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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CIPHER 61
Single-player alternative to Space Bandit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Space Bandit.
CIPHER 61 is a fast-paced, action-packed top-down-shooter, with tons of temporary and permanent upgrades. Can you make it through all 61 rooms?
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Cosmo Riders
Single-player alternative to Space Bandit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Space Bandit.
Physics based roguelite bullet-hell-and-heaven horde-survivor action game. Research and upgrade spaceship. Traverse procedurally generated galaxies with ability to alter its conditions and effects.
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Blacksea Odyssey
Single-player alternative to Space Bandit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Space Bandit.
Enter the Blacksea Odyssey, a violent top-down rogue-lite space shoot ‘em up RPG brimming with colossal creatures and runic technologies. Explore dangerous, interstellar spacescapes as you hunt enormous space-behemoths with a harpoon and rune-infused spears.
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Survivor Mercs
Single-player alternative to Space Bandit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Space Bandit.
Purge the billionaires' robot army with your Merc squad! Fast-paced twin-stick action, frantic horde survival, tactical squad-building & tons of loot! Exploit game-breaking synergies to beat the M.E.G.A. Corp. bosses in ever-changing operations. Lock, load, and loot, Commander!
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REPLIKATOR
Single-player alternative to Space Bandit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Space Bandit.
In this twin stick roguelite shooter, you play as one of the galactic mercenaries, explore a mysterious scientific complex and uncover the secret of the REPLIKATOR project.
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SYNTHETIK 2
Single-player alternative to Space Bandit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Space Bandit.
SYNTHETIK 2 is a unrelenting tactical-shooter rogue-lite. Play alone or with friends. Loot powerful tech. Experience the next level in gun-play. Upgrade your androids to rival the machine gods!
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HyperParasite
Single-player alternative to Space Bandit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Space Bandit.
A rogue-lite twin-stick shooter/brawler that never plays the same twice. Collect and control 60 different characters as the body-snatching alien Parasite with a grudge against humanity. Fight to the top of the food chain: possess the President, push the Big Red Button and one-up the human race.
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Danger Scavenger
Single-player alternative to Space Bandit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Space Bandit.
Danger Scavenger is fast-paced action, cyberpunk-themed, roguelite skyline crawler. Blow up, cut, shoot enemy robots on the roofs of skyscrapers. Choose your way to higher levels, loot, buy stuff, upgrade yourself, fight against greedy corporations, be a rebel!
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Hotline Miami
Single-player alternative to Space Bandit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Space Bandit.
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
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DJ till Dawn
Single-player alternative to Space Bandit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Space Bandit.
Struck by DJnesia, you must rebuild your sound from scratch in a rhythm roguelite where you battle wild crowds with DJ finger guns, sick beats, and overpowered music gear.