Single-player games like Penetrator
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Penetrator, 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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NOMAD Revisited
Single-player alternative to Penetrator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Penetrator.
In 1985 N.O.M.A.D. pushed the boundaries of what the 8-bit computers of the day could achieve with both their graphics and their gameplay. A fast-paced, all-out action shoot ’em up, this retro classic still retains a fan base to this day.
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Airstrife: Assault of the Aviators
Single-player alternative to Penetrator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Penetrator.
Use Aileron Rolling or Evading your enemies' attacks while having a realistic damage system. Use different planes with upgradable parts and numerous weapons you can mount to your planes to destroy your enemies. Fly solo or play with your friends and enjoy local coop. A modern re-invented classic.
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Neon Infinity
Single-player alternative to Penetrator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Penetrator.
80's neon drenched, couch co-op, endless high score fest, space arcade shooter!
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BallisticNG
Single-player alternative to Penetrator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Penetrator.
BallisticNG is a high speed, all thrills anti-gravity combat racer and open modding environment developed as a tribute to old school classics such as Wipeout, Rollcage and Jet Moto.
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Desert Child
Single-player alternative to Penetrator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Penetrator.
You are a hungry, young hoverbike racer who needs to get off Earth before it E-X-P-L-O-D-E-S. Hunt bounties, throw races, and do whatever you can to get to Mars and win the Grand Prix.
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PowBall Renaissance
Single-player alternative to Penetrator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Penetrator.
A demanding, run‑based precision brick‑breaker with permadeath, resource management, and 330+ handcrafted levels. Harvest Alchemite and trade strategically between levels. No saves, no retries - just pure skull. Play solo or up to 3‑player local co‑op.
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Super Intergalactic Gang
Single-player alternative to Penetrator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Penetrator.
Super Intergalactic Gang is a classic arcade shoot-em-up with a new twist. Slow time to dodge waves of bullets, charge up shots into super attacks, and even punch your enemies to death! The game is a fresh new take on a genre that is an oldie but a goodie.
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Thundering Skies
Single-player alternative to Penetrator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Penetrator.
A shoot'em up inspired by the 16-bit classics of the genre.
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Krush Kill ‘N Destroy 2: Krossfire
Single-player alternative to Penetrator — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Krush Kill 'N Destroy 2: Krossfire is a fast and furious post-apocalyptic real-time strategy game where you have to be quick or be dead. Play as one of three unique factions in the struggle to seek out and conquer oil fields to fuel your army.
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The Dame Was Loaded
Single-player alternative to Penetrator — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
An adventure set in the world of a 1940s private eye. Dames are trouble, but trouble is your business. In a sleazy world of corrupt officials, stolen diamonds, lust and murder, you must solve the case and stay alive.
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Radical Rex
Single-player alternative to Penetrator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Penetrator.
Radical Rex is a fire-breathing Tyrannosaurus on a skateboard who has to save the dinosaur race under the spell of an evil creature.
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Nightshade
Single-player alternative to Penetrator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Penetrator.
The shadows of doom grow long as the ancient Egyptian villain Sutekh envelops Metro City with a wave of crime. But Sutekh's seedy underworld is about to be infiltrated by a superhero unlike the world has even seen. A superhero who can melt into the darkness like a phantom.
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Power Punch II
Single-player alternative to Penetrator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Penetrator.
It's the year 2006. You're Mark "Tough Guy" Tyler and you've just defended your your Heavyweight title from the 9th consecutive time. After demolishing the best boxers on the planet. It's now time to face-off with the best in the Universe.
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Alien Earth
Single-player alternative to Penetrator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Penetrator.
The evil Raksha have taken over the Earth. They hunt humans for sport - and you're next! Can the hunted become the hunter....?
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DethKarz
Single-player alternative to Penetrator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Penetrator.
You're one of the elite racers chosen to compete at exotic locations around the world and beyond. Strap yourself into a fusion-powered racing machine for an explosive and exhilarating futuristic racing experience.
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Bop'N Wrestle
Single-player alternative to Penetrator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Penetrator.
Grapple your way to the top as Gorgeous Greg in this colorful classic, hailed as one of the first great pro wrestling games. BOP'N WRESTLE puts you in the ring with 10 of the meanest, baddest, biggest, toughest, ugliest pro wrestlers ever to fly off a turnbuckle!