Single-player games like Akka Arrh
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Akka Arrh, 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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Plasma Sky
Single-player alternative to Akka Arrh — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Akka Arrh.
This week, every pilot on Earth flies the same new seeded run: identical enemies, identical drops, pure skill. Flow through alien formations, arm your wingmen, and power up when you can. Out-score your friends in Plasma Sky, an arcade shmup with over 100 handcrafted levels. Blast into the neon sky!
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Shooting Blaster Big Bang Boom
Single-player alternative to Akka Arrh — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Akka Arrh.
Are you gonna shoot? YES! Are you gonna blast? YES! Are you gonna make a big bang? YES! Are you gonna make a big boom? YES! So what do you get? Shooting Blaster Big Bang Boom! Come have some fun, it's Good Time time!
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Nova Swarm
Single-player alternative to Akka Arrh — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Akka Arrh.
Pick a ship, dive into readable bullet chaos, take down huge angry bosses, grab the bonus core you probably should have left alone, and chase one cleaner run in Nova Swarm.
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Space War: Infinity
Single-player alternative to Akka Arrh — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Akka Arrh.
Vertical semi-procedural shmup with upgrades, real-time enemy waves, and infinite replayability. Level up your ship, unlock 20+ weapons, defeat 5 bosses, and survive endless bullet-hell combat.
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Heliocide
Single-player alternative to Akka Arrh — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Akka Arrh.
Heliocide is a relentless top-down scrolling action! Arm your shields, lasers, guns, bombs and missiles to defend the solar system from a massive invasion!
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Blast'N Bounty
Single-player alternative to Akka Arrh — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Akka Arrh.
Blast’N Bounty is a vertical scrolling shoot’em up featuring 8 stages players can tackle in the order of their choosing. Cruise through a crazy solar system in a mix of pixel art and low poly 3D with action that’s easy to learn but tough to master!
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VectaGuard
Single-player alternative to Akka Arrh — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Akka Arrh.
Arcade-inspired shmup action where neon vector caverns explode with modern visuals, dynamic music, weapon upgrades and intense score chasing.
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GUNPIG: Firepower For Hire
Single-player alternative to Akka Arrh — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Akka Arrh.
Sci-fi top-down twin-stick shooter with 9 weapons, 3 alts and secret hidden collectibles!
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POLYBIUS
Single-player alternative to Akka Arrh — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Akka Arrh.
POLYBIUS is a fast, trippy tunnel shooter playable on a normal screen or in VR. 50 levels of blissful trance shooting action are set to a blistering soundtrack. The PS4 version was EDGE Magazine's VR GOTY in 2017, and the PC version of the game was even used as the basis for a NIN music video.
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Tempest 4000
Single-player alternative to Akka Arrh — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Tempest 4000™ is a visually stunning, action-packed tube shooter based on the classic hit arcade game, Tempest™.
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Minotaur Arcade Volume 1
Single-player alternative to Akka Arrh — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Akka Arrh.
Minotaur Arcade brings you arcade-style games with a modern twist, playable in 2D or in VR for that 80s Tron "inside an arcade game" feeling. Vol. 1 consists of two Llamasoft classics - "Gridrunner" as the arcade game that might have been, and "GoatUp" as a light-hearted platformer that will have you baaing...
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Moose Life
Single-player alternative to Akka Arrh — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Akka Arrh.
Moose Life is a trippy, psychedelic trance shooter. Created in the style of a 1980s arcade game, Moose Life offers you an exhilarating ride into the trance zone. Spectacular shooty action and a top techno soundtrack will raise your mood. If you have VR, immerse yourself for greater satisfaction.
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I, Robot
Single-player alternative to Akka Arrh — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Akka Arrh.
Jeff Minter is back with another unique take on a 1980s Atari arcade game: I, Robot. Reimagined in Minter’s signature assault of colors, shapes and sounds, this new take on the eclectic arcade title is built from the ground up with new challenges, new twists, and a whole lot of llamas.