Single-player games like Burning Skies
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Burning Skies, 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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Gunblade Ranger
Single-player alternative to Burning Skies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Burning Skies.
An action shooting Roguelite focused on relentless attacks and brutal executions. Fight through the wasteland, execute enemies to restore ammo, collect weapons and mutations, and create your own killing build. Local 2 player co-op supported.
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SteelGuard
Single-player alternative to Burning Skies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Burning Skies.
Pilot customizable mechs in an epic battle against hordes of enemiesor dive into intense PvP battles where precision aiming can turn the tide, or let your mech's auto-firing system handle the heat of combat. With rogue-lite elements, each run offers a unique challenge and opportunity for growth.
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Rogue Space Convoy
Single-player alternative to Burning Skies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Burning Skies.
Rogue Space Convoy is a roguelite space action shooter where you pilot a fighter, build a convoy, and choose branching encounters across five hostile passages. Disable enemy cruisers, salvage upgrades, and keep the Ark alive long enough to reach the gate.
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Space Slinger
Single-player alternative to Burning Skies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Burning Skies.
Space Slinger is an arcade roguelike about a traveler and his recoil-packed gun where you shoot to move. Unlock unique weapons and broken builds as you conquer space one enemy at a time.
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Irradiant Skies
Single-player alternative to Burning Skies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Burning Skies.
Irradiant Skies is an arcade roguelite blending brick-breaking and bullet-parrying combat. Reflect enemy attacks, chain powerful upgrades, and master unique ships as you ascend through waves of enemies.
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Destropolis 2
Single-player alternative to Burning Skies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Burning Skies.
Hordes of red cube enemies. Bullets, lasers and nukes. Cities to raze to the ground.
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LOOPFANG
Single-player alternative to Burning Skies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Burning Skies.
A snake roguelite where your body is your arsenal. Collect weapon segments, fuse matching neighbors into higher tiers, and reorder them until they react with each other. Then close a loop with your own tail: everything trapped inside dies.
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Talas
Single-player alternative to Burning Skies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Burning Skies.
Shoot your way across deep space. Shred through waves of enemies, unravel the secrets hiding beneath the surface, and explore the endless synergies in this retro-inspired action roguelike.
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Rock 'N' Roll Defense
Single-player alternative to Burning Skies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Burning Skies.
Rocked by an explosive soundtrack, choose your band, place your equipments and defend the Rock 'N' Roll from everyone and everything who try to pull it down, on a totally hardcore tower defense!
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Razortron 2000
Single-player alternative to Burning Skies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Burning Skies.
RAZORTRON 2000 is a retro top-down endless racing game. Try to beat your highscore, unlock new cars and climb your way to the top of the leaderboards on this love letter to coin eater arcade machines era!
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Planes, Bullets and Vodka
Single-player alternative to Burning Skies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Burning Skies.
Fly through danger filled procedurally generated tunnels, avoiding thousands of enemies, on this throwback to the golden age of arcade games.
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Cyberhunt
Single-player alternative to Burning Skies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Burning Skies.
Cyberhunt is a retro procedurally generated twin stick shooter, that takes you back to the sweet to the sweet arcade machines era!
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Polygoneer
Single-player alternative to Burning Skies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Burning Skies.
Test your reflexes in POLYGONEER, defend yourself from prolygonal shapes taht comes from everywhere, just hitting is not enough you need to match the right color shot to the polygon too! Are you ready for the challenge?
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Blackout Z: Slaughterhouse Edition
Single-player alternative to Burning Skies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Burning Skies.
Blackout Z' is a super fast top-down view shooter where you face ZOMBIES, SAWS and the DARK. Do you have what it takes to have what it takes to survive the zombie apocalypse with only your gun and an old flashlight?
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Road Scars: Origins
Single-player alternative to Burning Skies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Burning Skies.
Ride day and night, taking on risky jobs for the Road Baron, avoiding traffic and other bikers on endless dangerous roads, all of that while you blast some original punk rock music!
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Bighead Runner
Single-player alternative to Burning Skies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Burning Skies.
Bighead Runner is an arcade endless runner that challenges you to collect coins and conquer the leaderboards! Dash, jump, and slide through procedurally generated stages, striving to beat your best score and unlock awesome skins.