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Single-player games like Awesomenauts

Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Awesomenauts, 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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    Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine — Steam game cover

    Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine

    Single-player alternative to Awesomenauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Awesomenauts.

    Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is a single player or co-op heist game. Assemble a crack team of thieves, case the joint, and pull off the perfect heist.

    2013ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Space Viking Raiders — Steam game cover

    Space Viking Raiders

    Single-player alternative to Awesomenauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Awesomenauts.

    Co-op action role-playing comedy in a sci-fi multiverse. 3-5 hour campaign, 1-4 players online! Badass abilities will have you wreck havoc with physics and mass destruction. The best vikings use their limited energy to efficiently wipe out hordes of enemies. PvE MOBA-style hack-and-cast!

    2019ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cobalt — Steam game cover

    Cobalt

    Single-player alternative to Awesomenauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Awesomenauts.

    Forget everything you’ve learned about combat. Cobalt’s slo-mo mechanic lets you perform moves that other games can’t comprehend. Discover the secrets of a distant colony in a cosmic campaign, take on challenges and rule the leaderboards, or face off against others in local and online multiplayer.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    AirMech — Steam game cover

    AirMech

    Single-player alternative to Awesomenauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Awesomenauts.

    AirMech® Strike is a fast paced Action-RTS game that can be played solo, coop, or competitively online. Earn Kudos and Experience in battle and unlock a wide collection of AirMechs and Units while you practice the perfect strategy to emerge victorious!

    2018ActionStrategyIndieFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Broforce — Steam game cover

    Broforce

    Single-player alternative to Awesomenauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Awesomenauts.

    Broforce is an action-packed side-scrolling run ‘n’ gun ode to freedom, putting you in control of an under-funded, overpowered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Worbital — Steam game cover

    Worbital

    Single-player alternative to Awesomenauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Awesomenauts.

    With the shifting gravity on your side, aim your cannons, blast your enemies and enjoy the fireworks. Worbital is a real-time strategic artillery game in space, peppered with a heavy dose of cosmic chaos. The goal: be the last civilization standing!

    2019ActionStrategyIndie12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    BattleBlock Theater® — Steam game cover

    BattleBlock Theater®

    Single-player alternative to Awesomenauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Awesomenauts.

    Welcome to BattleBlock Theater! You’ve got no where to go but up...on stage. Play single player or co-op to free your friends and save Hatty Hattington! Jump, solve and battle your way through a mysterious theater inhabited by highly technological felines.

    2014ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Spelunky 2 — Steam game cover

    Spelunky 2

    Single-player alternative to Awesomenauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Awesomenauts.

    Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a roguelike classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new. Meet the next generation of explorers as they find themselves on the Moon, searching for treasure and missing family.

    2020ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DeadLock — Steam game cover

    DeadLock

    Single-player alternative to Awesomenauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Awesomenauts.

    In DeadLock, the player must connect the processor and the resources it needs in the appropriate order to prevent 'DeadLock' from occurring. More and more targets need to be scheduled, and new kinds of resources emerge. It's up to the player to efficiently schedule without generating 'Deadlock'.

    2021StrategyIndie2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Battlerite — Steam game cover

    Battlerite

    Single-player alternative to Awesomenauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Awesomenauts.

    BATTLERITE​ ​is​ ​an​ ​action-packed​ ​team​ ​arena​ ​brawler.​ ​Experience​ ​the​ ​unique​ ​combination​ ​of​ top-down​ ​shooter​ meets​ ​fast-paced​ ​fighting​ ​game and challenge ​friends​ ​and​ foes​ ​in​ ​a​ ​battle​ ​of reaction. The Arena awaits!

    2017ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Legendary Heroes — Steam game cover

    Legendary Heroes

    Single-player alternative to Awesomenauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Awesomenauts.

    Legendary Heroes is a real-time RPG/strategy game with MOBA elements. Protect your towers and crush your opponents!

    2022ActionStrategyRPG1.24 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Blightbound — Steam game cover

    Blightbound

    Single-player alternative to Awesomenauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Awesomenauts.

    Blightbound is a multiplayer dungeon crawler that tasks three heroes to venture down from their mountain refuge to face the abominations of the Blight - a mysterious and corrupting fog that enshrouds the land.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Swords and Soldiers HD — Steam game cover

    Swords and Soldiers HD

    Single-player alternative to Awesomenauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Awesomenauts.

    Rewrite history as you take control of the brutal Vikings, the devious Aztecs or the crafty Chinese in their global quest to win the favour of the Gods! Swords & Soldiers is a side-scrolling strategy game that lets you control an entire army and lets you wield devastating magical abilities.

    2010ActionStrategyIndie5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Swords and Soldiers 2 Shawarmageddon — Steam game cover

    Swords and Soldiers 2 Shawarmageddon

    Single-player alternative to Awesomenauts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Awesomenauts.

    Take command of mighty Vikings, sly Persians or brutish Demons! Destroy your opponent’s base while defending your own in this action-packed side-scrolling RTS!

    2018ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →