Single-player games like After Wave: Downfall
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to After Wave: Downfall, 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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Boing Bang Adventure
Single-player alternative to After Wave: Downfall — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with After Wave: Downfall.
Boing Bang Adventure is a 2D arcade game in the style of the classic arcade game "Pang" Face almost 50 levels, in 8 different world in single player or in local co-op!
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Hellcrackers
Single-player alternative to After Wave: Downfall — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with After Wave: Downfall.
Hellcrackers is a survivors-like you can play solo or with up to 8 friends locally. Fight waves of monsters, and buy upgrades from the coins you collect! If you are a few coins short you can always accept curses for some extra cash!
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Alien Hominid HD
Single-player alternative to After Wave: Downfall — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with After Wave: Downfall.
The 2D side-scrolling shooter from The Behemoth is back! With your mighty blaster and a group of mysterious kids by your side, destroy the agency and reclaim your spaceship!
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Ninjin: Clash of Carrots
Single-player alternative to After Wave: Downfall — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with After Wave: Downfall.
Ninjin: Clash of Carrots is an anime-inspired beat-em-up with varied enemies and deep customization. Play as the rabbit Ninjin, or Akai, the ninja fox, and fight to retrieve the carrots stolen by Shogun Moe! Redeem carrots for weapons, upgrades and more! Supports 2-player online or local co-op.
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Contra: Operation Galuga
Single-player alternative to After Wave: Downfall — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with After Wave: Downfall.
The legendary Contra series returns! This reimagining of the classic run-'n'-gun action game from the ‘80s features new stages, new enemies, new play mechanics, and co-op combat for up to 4 players!
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G-Darius HD
Single-player alternative to After Wave: Downfall — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with After Wave: Downfall.
You will see the creation of new lives... Capture enemies and fire them back at their allies as enormous beams of energy in this horizontally scrolling shooting game, featuring 5 versions of G-Darius with new features, enhancements, and Steam exclusive extras!
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Guns, Gore & Cannoli
Single-player alternative to After Wave: Downfall — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with After Wave: Downfall.
Guns, Gore & Cannoli - An over-the-top, comical and fast-paced action game with hand-drawn graphics set in the Roaring Twenties. An all-you-can-shoot fest where you embody Vinnie, a mobster with a mission in a city controlled by gangsters and plagued by zombies. Featuring up to 4-man local co-op.
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Arcade Mayhem Juanito
Single-player alternative to After Wave: Downfall — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with After Wave: Downfall.
Arcade Mayhem Juanito is a retro experience about arcade-hopping. Teleport into different video games, play with unique mechanics inspired by well-known arcade games, face stunningly animated bosses and join the fight against the clonocell invasion.
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Dyna Bomb
Single-player alternative to After Wave: Downfall — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with After Wave: Downfall.
Strap on your jetpack and prepare for chaos! Dyna Bomb has intuitive arcade action game play, with a blast of humor, Enjoy!
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Ghost Sweeper
Single-player alternative to After Wave: Downfall — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with After Wave: Downfall.
Ghost Sweeper features fun stylized cartoon graphics and game-play that mixes action and puzzles, with a variety of items to help you along the way. Use your agility and speed to tackle your enemy or plan the perfect strategy to avoid confrontation, it is up to you!
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DAMN!
Single-player alternative to After Wave: Downfall — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with After Wave: Downfall.
DAMN the machines! DAMN the machines! Nobody knows who put a virus in the Lab.34 LAN, but now the smartest robots produced in the lab have started an uprising against their creators! Scientists and technicians are trapped inside and surely face certain death, can you help them?