Single-player games like Insectoid Descent
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Insectoid Descent, 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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Otter Space Rescue
Single-player alternative to Insectoid Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Insectoid Descent.
Your Otter Space crew has been captured by evil robots. Save your team and fight together through endless rooms of evil robots.
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Phantast
Single-player alternative to Insectoid Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Insectoid Descent.
Help Phantast save his tribe in this atmospheric and quirky top-down shooter!
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Enemy Remains
Single-player alternative to Insectoid Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Insectoid Descent.
Atmospheric horror shooter, offering a blend of intense action and survival horror.
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Jack Big Chin: Alien Invasion
Single-player alternative to Insectoid Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Insectoid Descent.
Save humanity! Help Jack Big Chin defeat the alien invaders, in a hard action-adventure game with 3D platform elements, where you must improve your weapons and activate cannons to complete your missions.
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Pink Devil
Single-player alternative to Insectoid Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Insectoid Descent.
Join the fight against alien invaders in Pink Devil. Pilot an upgradable fighter jet through diverse environments, from oceans to deserts. Face unique bosses with distinct tactics and use weapons like machine guns, lasers, and rockets. Become the unstoppable Pink Devil and save the planet.
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Crimsonland
Single-player alternative to Insectoid Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Insectoid Descent.
Thousands of aliens, giant spiders, mutant lizards, and more are on the attack - can you survive the onslaught? Crimsonland is a top-down shooter with a touch of RPG. Unlock over 30 weapons and over 50 perks from quirky to brutal. Complete the quest and show your skills in five survival modes.
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The Hong Kong Massacre
Single-player alternative to Insectoid Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Insectoid Descent.
Blast your way through the streets of Hong Kong in a fast-paced, top-down shooter. Inspired by classic action movies, The Hong Kong Massacre places you at the center of a hard-boiled revenge story, filled with brutal, cinematic shootouts and vivid underworld locations.
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Shadowgrounds
Single-player alternative to Insectoid Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Insectoid Descent.
Shadowgrounds breathes fresh air into the action genre with explosive combat sequences, an innovative weapon upgrade system, and an intriguing storyline. The adrenaline-pumping, top-down gameplay and audiovisual fireworks set the scene for this new action experience which also includes single computer (split keyboard or joystick) co-op...