Single-player games like Contra: Operation Galuga
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Contra: Operation Galuga, 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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Contra Anniversary Collection
Single-player alternative to Contra: Operation Galuga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Contra: Operation Galuga.
The Contra Anniversary Collection brings this classic Run and Gun franchise back to modern platforms and a new generation of gamers.
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Gundroid
Single-player alternative to Contra: Operation Galuga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Contra: Operation Galuga.
Protect the Earth from an alien invasion in this Run N’ Gun action spectacle. Take control of G.U.N.N.R. and battle your way through a blast from the pixelated past.
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R-Type Dimensions III
Single-player alternative to Contra: Operation Galuga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Contra: Operation Galuga.
Building on the legacy of R-Type Dimensions and R-Type Dimensions EX, Dimensions III has been completely re-envisioned with cutting-edge visuals and sounds, expanded gameplay modes, and a range of new features designed to deliver the most definitive modern edition of R-Type’s classic era.
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Viral Reload EX
Single-player alternative to Contra: Operation Galuga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Contra: Operation Galuga.
Viral Reload EX is a shoot-em-up with a dash mechanic where you shrink down to fight infections at a microscopic scale! Can you defeat the evil Kyle Kaboom before he destroys the moon?
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Hot Guns: International Missions
Single-player alternative to Contra: Operation Galuga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Contra: Operation Galuga.
Your conventional methods of operation are "shoot first then shoot again!"
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MT Force Aliens Uprising
Single-player alternative to Contra: Operation Galuga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Contra: Operation Galuga.
Dive into the heart-pounding action as MT Force, an elite government unit racing against time to unravel the mysteries of enigmatic anomalies. Rumors suggest that a mysterious scientist made contact with aliens, and now everything is out of control!
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Thunder Hoop Collection (QUByte Classics)
Single-player alternative to Contra: Operation Galuga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Contra: Operation Galuga.
Run, shoot, and destroy hordes of mutants in the definitive Thunder Hoop collection. Take on Professor Genbreak’s bio-monsters in two explosive retro platformers, for an authentic ’90s arcade experience!
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Arcade Survivors
Single-player alternative to Contra: Operation Galuga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Contra: Operation Galuga.
It's 1996. Lightning strikes the strip-mall arcade and monsters pour from every screen. Grab a Super Soaker, load your VHS bombs, and survive until dawn in this neon-soaked bullet heaven where your weapons fight for you. One more quarter. One more run.
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ALIEN WAR
Single-player alternative to Contra: Operation Galuga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Contra: Operation Galuga.
Defeat alien fighters with the ultimate surface-to-air weapon KPO9!
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DuckTales: Remastered
Single-player alternative to Contra: Operation Galuga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Contra: Operation Galuga.
DuckTales: Remastered is a beautiful hand-crafted reimagining of one of the most cherished 8-bit titles of all time. Go back to one of the golden ages of gaming, now refined with a level of detail that will please the most hardened devoted Disney or retro Capcom fan alike.
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River City Girls
Single-player alternative to Contra: Operation Galuga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Contra: Operation Galuga.
There's trouble once again in River City, and this time only the girls can save the day! Using a variety of attacks, weapons, and items, these hot-blooded heroines are ready to teach the city’s lowlifes a lesson - either solo or in 2-player co-op! It’s an old-school rumble for a new generation!
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Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
Single-player alternative to Contra: Operation Galuga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Contra: Operation Galuga.
Shantae embarks on her first full HD adventure! When a mysterious crime wave sweeps Sequin Land, it’s up to Half-Genie Hero Shantae to save the day! Use Shantae’s devastating Hair-Whip Attack to send monsters flying, or Belly Dance to transform her into more powerful forms!
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Double Dragon: Neon
Single-player alternative to Contra: Operation Galuga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Contra: Operation Galuga.
BRO-TACULAR! Legendary martial artists, Billy and Jimmy Lee return in this creative re-imagining of the classic beat ‘em up, Double Dragon Neon. Fight your way through countless henchmen including Linda and Abobo on your way to rescue the love of your life, Marian!
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Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
Single-player alternative to Contra: Operation Galuga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Contra: Operation Galuga.
Embark on an all-new adventure with Shantae, the hair-whipping belly dancing genie. After losing her magic, Shantae teams up with the nefarious pirate Risky Boots in order to save Sequin Land from a curse.
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Shantae and the Seven Sirens
Single-player alternative to Contra: Operation Galuga — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Shantae is back in an all-new tropical adventure! In her fifth outing, the Half-Genie hero gains new Fusion Magic abilities to explore a vast sunken city, makes new Half-Genie friends, and battles the Seven Sirens in her biggest, most thrilling quest yet!
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River City Girls 2
Single-player alternative to Contra: Operation Galuga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Contra: Operation Galuga.
The River City Girls are back! Misako, Kyoko, Kunio, and Riki - joined by newcomers Marian and Provie - hit the streets for an all-new beat-'em-up adventure! Team up for local or online co-op and explore a massive world packed with new abilities, enemies, locations, and more!
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Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut
Single-player alternative to Contra: Operation Galuga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Contra: Operation Galuga.
Shantae: Risky’s Revenge – Director’s Cut brings hair-whipping, belly-dancing to your PC! Play one of the most critically acclaimed handheld series of all time, now with brand new features!