Single-player games like Frenzy
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Frenzy, 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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N.O.M.A.D. (CPC/Spectrum)
Single-player alternative to Frenzy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Frenzy.
In this innovative top-down shooter from 1985, pilot the Nemesis Organisation Mobile Attack Droid (N.O.M.A.D.) through the heavily armoured homeworld of galactic supervillain Cyrus T. Gross, solving tricky puzzles, dodging deadly hazards, and shooting fiendish enemies.
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Electrocop
Single-player alternative to Frenzy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Frenzy.
In this unique 3d shooter, originally released in 1991 for the Atari Lynx handheld console, take on the role of a high-tech cop tasked with rescuing the President's daughter, who was kidnapped by an evil robot, before she is killed.
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Spacey Vade
Single-player alternative to Frenzy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Frenzy.
Synth-wave styled physics based 2D puzzle shooter filled with nods to the golden era of classic arcade games. Think upside down Peggle crossed with Space Invaders and enemies crafted from the blended remains 70's, and 80’s gaming.
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Defendor
Single-player alternative to Frenzy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Frenzy.
Defendor is a throwback to the fast paced arcade games of the 80s.A retro style, arcade shooter where you upgrade your base to increase the capabilities of your ship, unlock new weapons, ships and cause more mayhem.Defend your base until everyone makes it into the escape ship.
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Arcadia
Single-player alternative to Frenzy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Frenzy.
In this highly addictive top-down arcade shoot-em-up from 1982, originally for the ZX Spectrum, defend yourself from wave upon wave of deadly alien combatants using your Ion Thrust Drive and dual Plasma Disruptors.
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Netherspace
Single-player alternative to Frenzy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Frenzy.
A sci-fi shoot'em'up game with heavy focus on upgrades experimentation, featuring two unlikely heroes that must work perfectly together, despite their share of secrets, to surpass their limits and succeed in eliminating a threat that might destroy both Earth and Andraxia if left unchecked.
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Ultra Mission™
Single-player alternative to Frenzy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Frenzy.
Embark on a dangerous investigation in Ultra Mission™, the latest game by Gumbo Machine™. As an agent of the Stellar Exchange Commission, you must traverse the 20 dizzying levels within Otto Labs, each littered with powerful automatons and questionable experiments. This is going to be a blast!
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2nd Shot
Single-player alternative to Frenzy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Frenzy.
In the vast depths of space, lies a man with a dark past. Setting himself apart from that old life, and seeking justice against wrongdoing instead of being the cause of it, Captain Righteous uses the Freedom Fighter, his trusty space fighter to search for and combat the evil Captain Buster!
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The Great Escape
Single-player alternative to Frenzy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Frenzy.
Captured, but not defeated, you are being held in the notorious Heldentod camp. This small, converted castle in the middle of nowhere will be your home for the rest of the war—unless you can escape to rejoin the Allied Armies.
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Where Time Stood Still
Single-player alternative to Frenzy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Frenzy.
Your plane has ditched on a mountain plateau somewhere in deepest Tibet. You and your companions are alive but recovery from the impact is short lived; a large shape is moving towards you. As it gets closer you rub your eyes in disbelief: a Dinosaur! Where are you?... and when?
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Last Rites
Single-player alternative to Frenzy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Frenzy.
"We are food, but not for long." The Zombie apocalypse has come, and your squad is the last line of defense. Command a Special Forces unit with high-tech weaponry in this mission-based FPS with sprawling indoor and outdoor environments.
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Central Intelligence
Single-player alternative to Frenzy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Frenzy.
Central Intelligence is the ultimate test of your strategic skills. In this CIA-style mission you can operate in three areas, Propaganda, Military, and Political, to achieve your objectives.
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ELF
Single-player alternative to Frenzy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Frenzy.
The brave elf Cornelius must set out on a quest to save his true love from the clutches of Necrilous the Not Very Nice. Many villainous creatures, devious puzzles, traps, and tricky platforming challenges stand between Cornelius and his beloved, but they will be no match for him and his magic ring!
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Sleepwalker
Single-player alternative to Frenzy — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Lee sleepwalks on city rooftops, through the local zoo, down into a cavernous crypt, and across an active construction site! It’s up to Lee’s loyal dog Ralph to watch over him, neutralize hazards, and safely guide him home to his bed without waking him up in this hilarious puzzle platformer.
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Pushover
Single-player alternative to Frenzy — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
G.I.Ant is extremely clever, and highly trained in tactical maneuvers. What's more, he is extraordinarily strong, and super smart. His latest mission is to gain access to the crazy world of Captain Rat's Treasure Caves. Straight forward, huh?...... NOT!
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Motor Mash
Single-player alternative to Frenzy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Frenzy.
Get Into the Mash! And Get into the 3D Cartoon Madness, 12 different cars and drivers in a fast, varied, style and weapons, lots of weapons!