Single-player games like Cardiac Powder
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Cardiac Powder, 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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The Hong Kong Massacre
Single-player alternative to Cardiac Powder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cardiac Powder.
Blast your way through the streets of Hong Kong in a fast-paced, top-down shooter. Inspired by classic action movies, The Hong Kong Massacre places you at the center of a hard-boiled revenge story, filled with brutal, cinematic shootouts and vivid underworld locations.
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Mr. Fast
Single-player alternative to Cardiac Powder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cardiac Powder.
Mr. Fast is a top-down shooting game with a bullet time twist! Enemy's time moves more slowly than yours. You're fast enough and you can kill others with one shot.
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RUINER
Single-player alternative to Cardiac Powder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cardiac Powder.
RUINER is a brutal action shooter set in the year 2091 in the cyber metropolis Rengkok. A wired psychopath lashes out against a corrupt system to uncover the truth and retrieve his kidnapped brother under the guidance of a secretive hacker friend.
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GARAGE: Bad Trip
Single-player alternative to Cardiac Powder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cardiac Powder.
Drug dealer Butch slays hordes of living dead to save a girl. Garage is a bloody topdown shooter inspired by VHS era B-movies.
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12 is Better Than 6
Single-player alternative to Cardiac Powder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cardiac Powder.
12 is Better Than 6 is a dynamic top-down shooter with stealth elements, presented in a Wild West theme. The story puts you in the shoes of escaped slave fleeing to the United States in 1873.
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Suit for Hire
Single-player alternative to Cardiac Powder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cardiac Powder.
Suit for Hire is a challenging action shooter, tactically blend weapons and martial arts together to unleash beautifully crafted violence.
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Esse Proxy
Single-player alternative to Cardiac Powder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cardiac Powder.
Slick, stylish and brutal, 3D Cyberpunk Shooter. Located in a dystopian future, you'll experience the intertwined stories of three different characters, each with their own abilities, playstyles, strengths and weaknesses. Kill or die, learn and repeat before you unveil the secrets of Esse Proxy.
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APE OUT
Single-player alternative to Cardiac Powder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cardiac Powder.
APE OUT is a wildly intense and colorfully stylized smash ‘em up about primal escape, rhythmic violence, and frenetic jazz.
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Roll On Dice
Single-player alternative to Cardiac Powder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cardiac Powder.
Roll On Dice is a puzzle game where you have to roll on other dice! Learn your own dice, to determine if your top face number will be superior or equal to the one that you are rolling on, otherwise you will break your own…