Single-player games like Narcotics Ninja
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Narcotics Ninja, 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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Phantom Beasts - Redemption
Single-player alternative to Narcotics Ninja — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Narcotics Ninja.
St. Petersburg, Florida. 2059. The city is a quarantine zone and mysterious creatures make the difference in every battle. Phantom Beasts - Redemption is a free to play cyberpunk 2.5D shooter that blends creature training with explosive, gore-filled combat that makes every second a spectacle.
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Dinopunk: the Cacops adventure
Single-player alternative to Narcotics Ninja — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Narcotics Ninja.
Welcome to "Dinopunk: The Cacops Adventure"! You're an amphibious dinosaur with the power of water. Face challenges, recover your stolen egg from a ninja, and surf in championships. 2D Jurassic action awaits!
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Brave Soldier - Invasion of Cyborgs
Single-player alternative to Narcotics Ninja — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Narcotics Ninja.
Brave Soldier: Invasion Of Cyborgs is a pixel art platform game with a lot of action. Help the soldier save the world from the Cyborg Invasion! Good Luck!
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Project Sentinel - Zero Tolerance
Single-player alternative to Narcotics Ninja — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Narcotics Ninja.
Project Sentinel is a 16-bit inspired run-and-gun platformer that blends arcade action with dystopian law enforcement. Intimidate suspects into compliance with a cybernetic roar, make arrests, rescue civilians, or enforce order through overwhelming firepower.
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HUNTDOWN
Single-player alternative to Narcotics Ninja — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Narcotics Ninja.
In the mayhem-filled streets of the future where criminal gangs rule and cops fear to tread, only the bounty hunters can free the city from the corrupt fist of felony. Lay waste to the criminal underworld and make a killing in this hard boiled action comedy arcade shooter.
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Ain't No Surprise
Single-player alternative to Narcotics Ninja — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Narcotics Ninja.
As a temporarily microscopic person in a shrinking robot sphere, swing with your grappling hook up your lead singer's colossal body and invade different parts of his body to shoot the spiders infesting him, in this bold mix of 3d Physics Platformer and 2d Shoot'em'up.
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Metal Voyager
Single-player alternative to Narcotics Ninja — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Narcotics Ninja.
A side-scrolling heavy metal guitar shooter. Blast your enemies with pure metal energy from your astral guitar as the backing track rages in the night. Featuring a fleet of surreal hand drawn space monsters and an arsenal of cosmic items to whomp them with. It's your one way ticket to midnight!
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Freedom! Do or Die
Single-player alternative to Narcotics Ninja — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Narcotics Ninja.
When terrorism threatens the world there is no need to send a bunch of iconic movie heroes back from the '80s. One under-funded over-powered mercenary is all that's needed to save the world in this epic run 'n' gun destruction-fest of a homage to Broforce!