Single-player games like Cortex Command
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Cortex Command, 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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Revenge of the Titans
Single-player alternative to Cortex Command — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Cortex Command.
The ultimate mash-up of Real-time Strategy and Tower Defense!
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BUTCHER
Single-player alternative to Cortex Command — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cortex Command.
BUTCHER is a fast-paced, blood-soaked 2D shooter where carnage is the only way forward. Become a ruthless cyborg tasked with eradicating humanity, leaving nothing but blood, guts, and destruction in your wake. There's no such thing as too much violence in this grim, retro-styled gorefest.
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Oxygen Not Included
Single-player alternative to Cortex Command — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cortex Command.
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
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They Bleed Pixels
Single-player alternative to Cortex Command — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cortex Command.
They Bleed Pixels is a fiendishly difficult action platformer inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and classic horror.
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King Arthur's Gold
Single-player alternative to Cortex Command — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cortex Command.
Would you enjoy building CASTLES, traps and siege machines in MULTIPLAYER? And then undermine your opponents castle and collapse it with 2D PHYSICS & DESTRUCTION?
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Valfaris
Single-player alternative to Cortex Command — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cortex Command.
Set in a far corner of space, Valfaris is a heavy metal infused 2D action-platformer and the next game from the team behind Unity Awards finalist, Slain: Back From Hell. Brutal combat. Deadly enemies. Stunning pixel art. Savage soundtrack. Get ready to rip the galaxy a new wormhole.
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Noita
Single-player alternative to Cortex Command — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cortex Command.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
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Super Cyborg
Single-player alternative to Cortex Command — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cortex Command.
Super Cyborg is an old school non-stop hardcore run'n'gun action game! You are an elite battle cyborg who is sent in to investigate a series of anomalies on a mysterious island. The merciless alien known as the 'Xirxul life form' has been awakened by unwitting scientists and now: all humanity is in danger!
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Planetoid Pioneers
Single-player alternative to Cortex Command — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cortex Command.
Explore deep circular worlds in this Physicsvania with couch Co-Op combat, crafting, and ridiculous physics fails! Also bring your own game ideas to life with the powerful engine and integrated game development tools. Each Planetoid is a whole separate game mode that you can fully edit and easily share!
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Planetoid Pioneers Online
Single-player alternative to Cortex Command — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cortex Command.
Extreme 2D physics action with detailed destruction of vehicles, robots, creatures, and your own Pioneer - now over ONLINE multiplayer! Quickly jump into a dozen different game modes hosted on free servers worldwide to battle, cooperate, race, and survive with/against other Pioneers all over the globe!