Single-player games like Smash Hyper Drive
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Smash Hyper Drive, 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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C6: Frontlines
Single-player alternative to Smash Hyper Drive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Smash Hyper Drive.
C6: Frontlines is a bullet hell co-op roguelike where only YOU (and your friends) can bring the Azapall galaxy to peace. Wield 30+ weapons and gadgets of mass destruction to even the playing field, wave after wave, against a seemingly endless onslaught of evil!
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ISPELL
Single-player alternative to Smash Hyper Drive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Smash Hyper Drive.
ISPELL is a shoot'em up & bullet hell game where you take on the role of a nameless android who wanders through the dying worlds. Use various weapons and dodge enemy bullets, as well as challenge powerful creatures.
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Zombolion
Single-player alternative to Smash Hyper Drive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Smash Hyper Drive.
Zombolion is an arcade zombie shooter where you’re the last damn sheriff in the whole county, mowing down undead freaks, holding the line at a top-secret bunker, and trying to science-and-peace-talk your way through a full-blown viral apocalypse - if there’s anyone left to talk to.
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Arc’s Glitch Defender
Single-player alternative to Smash Hyper Drive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Smash Hyper Drive.
Save the galaxy? Boring. Dylo wants the fame. Master breakneck speeds in this ego-fueled arena shooter. Blast through the Shadows, feed your pride, and uncover the dark secret behind a 'perfect' Utopia. Speed is your weapon; hesitation is a glitch.
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Starfighter Neon
Single-player alternative to Smash Hyper Drive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Smash Hyper Drive.
You've been dropped into enemy space. Weave your Starfighter between alien spaceships, lasers, asteroids and bombs destroying as many as you can and collecting valuable coins and powerups as you go.
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Circuit Breakers
Single-player alternative to Smash Hyper Drive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Smash Hyper Drive.
Talented and ferocious weapon experts needed to eliminate a dangerous mechanical menace that threatens the existence of humanity. Up to six positions available. Benefits include traveling the world to eliminate robots.
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ULTRABUGS
Single-player alternative to Smash Hyper Drive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Smash Hyper Drive.
Vlambeer's ULTRABUGS is a fast-paced high-score game in which you fight endless space bugs that split up into MORE space bugs as you fight and defeat them.
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UBERMOSH Vol.5
Single-player alternative to Smash Hyper Drive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Smash Hyper Drive.
The fifth volume of the arcade series UBERMOSH.