Single-player games like Metal Slug Tactics
Below are 19 single-player Steam games similar to Metal Slug Tactics, 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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Star Renegades
Single-player alternative to Metal Slug Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Metal Slug Tactics.
Star Renegades is a dimension spanning rogue-lite strategy RPG. Outsmart uniquely generated adversaries, forge bonds between heroes and end the cycle!
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The Last Spell
Single-player alternative to Metal Slug Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Metal Slug Tactics.
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
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Valkyria Chronicles 4 Complete Edition
Single-player alternative to Metal Slug Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Metal Slug Tactics.
A Continent Engulfed in the Bitter Flames of War! Commander Claude Wallace and his childhood friends set out to fight in a desperate war, but bone-chilling blizzards, waves of imperial soldiers, and the godlike powers of the Valkyria stand between them and victory.
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FRONT MISSION 2: Remake
Single-player alternative to Metal Slug Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Metal Slug Tactics.
FRONT MISSION 2: Remake preserves the mature story, strategic turn-based combat, and Wanzer customization options of the original.
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Gladiator Guild Manager
Single-player alternative to Metal Slug Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Metal Slug Tactics.
A strategic autobattler sim where you build a team of gladiators, compete in arenas, plan fight tactics, and form alliances. Combine fighters, beasts, and mages, develop and equip them to optimize your well-oiled fighting machine, dominate the championships, and leave your mark on the world.
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Pathway
Single-player alternative to Metal Slug Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Metal Slug Tactics.
Explore the strange unknown with Pathway, a strategy adventure set in the 1930s great wilderness. Unravel long-forgotten mysteries of the occult, raid ancient tombs and outwit your foes in turn-based squad combat!
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Into the Breach
Single-player alternative to Metal Slug Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Metal Slug Tactics.
Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.
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Fuga: Melodies of Steel
Single-player alternative to Metal Slug Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Metal Slug Tactics.
Fuga: Melodies of Steel is an RPG where you place children, each with their own unique characteristics and skills, at different gun turrets in a tank to fight against the enemy.
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METAL SLUG DEFENSE
Single-player alternative to Metal Slug Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Metal Slug Tactics.
“METAL SLUG”, the pinnacle of 2D action-shooting on NEOGEO returns in a brand new strategy game on Steam!
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METAL SLUG 3
Single-player alternative to Metal Slug Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Metal Slug Tactics.
“METAL SLUG 3”, the masterpiece in SNK’s emblematic 2D run & gun action shooting game series, still continues to fascinate millions of fans worldwide to this day for its intricate dot-pixel graphics, and simple and intuitive game controls, heads out to the Steam gaming platform!
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METAL SLUG X
Single-player alternative to Metal Slug Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Metal Slug Tactics.
“METAL SLUG X”, one of the most highly praised titles in the series among Metal Slug fans for its refined balance and game volume, heads out to the Steam gaming platform!
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METAL SLUG
Single-player alternative to Metal Slug Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Metal Slug Tactics.
“METAL SLUG ”, the very first title in SNK’s legendary 2D run & gun action shooting game series where all began, returns to the missions on the Steam gaming platform!
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METAL SLUG 2
Single-player alternative to Metal Slug Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Metal Slug Tactics.
“METAL SLUG 2”, the 2nd entry in SNK’s emblematic 2D run & gun action shooting game returns to the battlefield on the Steam gaming platform!
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FINAL FANTASY
Single-player alternative to Metal Slug Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Metal Slug Tactics.
The original FINAL FANTASY comes to life with completely new graphics and audio! A remodeled 2D take on the first game in the world-renowned FINAL FANTASY series! Enjoy the timeless story told through charming retro graphics.
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The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
Single-player alternative to Metal Slug Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Metal Slug Tactics.
The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear. A top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating a series of mysterious attacks by an enemy more powerful than communism.
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Rogue Lords
Single-player alternative to Metal Slug Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Metal Slug Tactics.
A dark fantasy roguelike where you play as the Devil! Lead famous evil geniuses through events and turn-based fights to spread terror and corruption. Create synergies between your disciples, use your evil powers and take revenge on those miserable Demon Hunters.
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Synergy
Single-player alternative to Metal Slug Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Metal Slug Tactics.
An ecosystem City Builder in a unique world. Build your settlement, manage your workers and optimize your resources. Analyzing your environment, spreading new plants, and harvesting them are key to prosperity.
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Isbarah
Single-player alternative to Metal Slug Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Slug Tactics.
Isbarah is a cross-genre of bullet hell and platformer style, it's a hardcore 2d game and each level is a duel boss fight. Players will need to fully understand the boss patterns. It’s built on smartly managing your powers and to use them wisely to survive - everything in our game involves dodging and making smart movements.
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Wondershot
Single-player alternative to Metal Slug Tactics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Metal Slug Tactics.
Wondershot is a local multiplayer battle arena! You have only one ammo and one life to defeat your opponent. Each round, your weapon changes and the map does too. No luck, just skill !