Single-player games like NeverAwake
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to NeverAwake, 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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Cycle Chaser H-5
Single-player alternative to NeverAwake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NeverAwake.
BURN BRIGHT!! YOU ARE THE PERPETUAL MOTION MACHINE!!
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Battle Princess Overdrive
Single-player alternative to NeverAwake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NeverAwake.
Blast your way through time in Battle Princess Overdrive! Unleash hell as Madelyn and Sofia to crush a mad scientist whose insane time experiments triggered an undead apocalypse across all of history - and the future! Lock, load, and shred colossal bosses to bring your timeline back to normal!
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GoobnBalloonsDX
Single-player alternative to NeverAwake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NeverAwake.
Fight off waves of evil balloons and save the galaxy - solo or co-op! Travel between worlds in an extensive story mode, save your friends, and recruit them to challenge dastardly bosses in this arcade shoot ‘em up adventure!
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ZOE Begone!
Single-player alternative to NeverAwake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with NeverAwake.
A frenetic hand-drawn bullet hell shooter, blending run-and-gun mechanics with classic shmup action in looping arenas. Inspired by drawn-on-film animation of the 1930's - shoot, dash and pound your way through the Animator's creations.
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GeminiArms
Single-player alternative to NeverAwake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NeverAwake.
GeminiArms is a side scrolling 2D shoot'em up.
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Habroxia
Single-player alternative to NeverAwake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NeverAwake.
Blast your way through a myriad of extra-terrestrial incursions in this arcade-style scrolling shooter! Pilot the ship Habroxia through 15 levels featuring intense boss fights, rescue missions, shifting perspectives, and untold surprises.
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Waves
Single-player alternative to NeverAwake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NeverAwake.
Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!
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Pengame
Single-player alternative to NeverAwake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NeverAwake.
Play as the stickman you drew in your school notebook to defeat the ultimate evil: the TEACHER!
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Magical Princess
Single-player alternative to NeverAwake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with NeverAwake.
Raise your daughter while she attends a magical academy. Choose which classes she attends, jobs she does, training she undergoes, and more in a character raising sim packed full of story and over 50 endings to reach. How she grows up to be the world's cutest princess depends on you!
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VRITRA COMPLETE EDITION
Single-player alternative to NeverAwake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NeverAwake.
A challenge from ancient times delivered to gamers. That excitement from the past has returned. The complete version of VRITRA, the 2D fantasy shooting game, is out now!
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NeverAwake FLASHBACK
Single-player alternative to NeverAwake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NeverAwake.
The side story to the nightmare shooter NeverAwake is here! Why is this young girl being tormented by nightmares once again? Dive into a roguelite reimagination of the original with all-new features!