Single-player games like Pond Scum
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Pond Scum, 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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Pink Devil
Single-player alternative to Pond Scum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pond Scum.
Join the fight against alien invaders in Pink Devil. Pilot an upgradable fighter jet through diverse environments, from oceans to deserts. Face unique bosses with distinct tactics and use weapons like machine guns, lasers, and rockets. Become the unstoppable Pink Devil and save the planet.
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Chaotic World
Single-player alternative to Pond Scum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pond Scum.
Chaotic World is a top-down PvE arena shooter where your objective is to clear waves of different and unique enemies until you destroy them all. Set across colorful maps, you will have the opportunity to make yourself stronger by leveling up and finding loot on your way to the last wave!
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The Last Stand at Camp Zombie
Single-player alternative to Pond Scum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pond Scum.
Face hungry zombies and explore the hidden secrets of the campsite while working together with a friend in local multiplayer. The tension is high and every bullet counts - will you be able to survive until you escape?
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Get To The Sus Bus
Single-player alternative to Pond Scum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pond Scum.
You will zoom past hordes of zombies, kill the ones you need to, and find keys to unlock passageways in this retro top-down shooter.
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Cube Shooter
Single-player alternative to Pond Scum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pond Scum.
Cube Shooter is a top down arena shooter where players need to dodge and shoot back to pass each level. Shoot your way through levels of 'cube' like enemies who have their own unique abilities to stop you passing each level.
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Square & Circles
Single-player alternative to Pond Scum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pond Scum.
Play as the cute, surviving square, and destroy the dictatorship of the circles. Shoot, run, explode - do everything but defeat the circles and stay alive. Can you save your friends and your beloved? It all depends on you!
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Very Hard Game
Single-player alternative to Pond Scum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pond Scum.
A rage game where you have to make it through 100 rooms whilst not touching the walls & avoiding various hazards in your way.
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Time Bandit
Single-player alternative to Pond Scum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Pond Scum.
In this unique top-down shooter with text adventure elements from the 1980s, take on the role of a time traveller seeking wealth and adventure across a number of different eras of time. Play with 1 or 2 players. Players can choose to work together, or against each other!