Single-player games like Miner Wars Arena
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Miner Wars Arena, 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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Alien Hallway
Single-player alternative to Miner Wars Arena — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Miner Wars Arena.
Players measure stamina with a never-ending stream of green creatures within the borders of a special military mission.
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Ion Assault
Single-player alternative to Miner Wars Arena — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Miner Wars Arena.
In ION ASSAULT players wield thousands of Ion Particles to blast, fry and disrupt anything on screen as you see fit! GAMEPLAY WITH A TWIST: By centering its gameplay around its unique fluid and particle physics system, ION ASSAULT adds a twist to arcade style space shooters!
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Hammerfight
Single-player alternative to Miner Wars Arena — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Miner Wars Arena.
Hammerfight is about 2D battles of flying machines equipped with various slashing, piercing and blunt weaponry.A unique combat system is based on realistic physics simulation, and it ties the movements of the rider to the movements of your mouse. As you wave the mouse, your rider swings his warhammer, smashing the foe into the wall!
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Infested Planet
Single-player alternative to Miner Wars Arena — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Miner Wars Arena.
Command a team of 5 elite soldiers against an alien horde of 100,000. Surrounded on all sides, you must outmaneuver and outsmart the enemy.
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Serious Sam II
Single-player alternative to Miner Wars Arena — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Miner Wars Arena.
Serious Sam II is a shot of adrenaline to the hearts of first-person shooter fans across the world. This is serious!
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Retrovirus
Single-player alternative to Miner Wars Arena — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Miner Wars Arena.
Retrovirus is a six degrees of freedom shooter which sends players into the depths of a computer on a search and destroy mission against an invasive virus. Retrovirus is being created by Cadenza Interactive, the indie studio behind the popular tower defense game Sol Survivor.
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Survivor Squad
Single-player alternative to Miner Wars Arena — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Miner Wars Arena.
Survivor Squad is a Strategy Action game where you control a Squad of up to four survivors and guide them through a highly randomized world looking for supplies to aid you on your journey.
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Shank 2
Single-player alternative to Miner Wars Arena — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Miner Wars Arena.
The fan-favorite 2D brawler is back as ex-mob hit man Shank returns to action in Shank 2. With those closest to him under attack, Shank is once again forced on the offensive. Now he must put his trusty arsenal of handguns, shotguns, automatic weapons, chainsaws, machetes, grenades, plus all-new weaponry and moves to use in order to...
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Space Engineers
Single-player alternative to Miner Wars Arena — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Miner Wars Arena.
Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.
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Medieval Engineers
Single-player alternative to Miner Wars Arena — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Miner Wars Arena.
Medieval Engineers is a sandbox game about engineering, construction and the maintenance of architectural works and mechanical equipment using medieval technology. Players build castles; construct mechanical devices and underground mining. There is an entire planet to explore!
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Space Engineers 2
Single-player alternative to Miner Wars Arena — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Miner Wars Arena.
Space Engineers 2 is a sandbox about engineering and colonization where you build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible world. Begin the story of Miro and Ivan Sokol, expand humanity’s foothold in the Almagest system, and fight to survive.
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Miner Wars 2081
Single-player alternative to Miner Wars Arena — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Miner Wars Arena.
Operate an advanced mining ship in a fully destructible and open-world environment!