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Single-player games like Hexagonal Explods

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Hexagonal Explods, 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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    Proto Trigger — Steam game cover

    Proto Trigger

    Single-player alternative to Hexagonal Explods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Hexagonal Explods.

    An arcade shoot'em up with unique power-infusion gameplay. Face down an unknown army alone or with a friend in online or local co-op. Navigate the cosmos to save the remants of humanity, or join them in extinction!

    2026ActionSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    EON Trooper — Steam game cover

    EON Trooper

    Single-player alternative to Hexagonal Explods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Hexagonal Explods.

    Lead an elite squad on a hostile alien planet! Recruit and command up to 4 NPC soldiers with unique powers to complete missions and overcome waves of enemies. Level up and dominate the battlefield with strategy and teamwork. Get ready for action!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Magic Fairy Fun Blast — Steam game cover

    Magic Fairy Fun Blast

    Single-player alternative to Hexagonal Explods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Hexagonal Explods.

    Magic Fairy Fun Blast is a challenging and fast paced arcade style bullet hell arena wave based shooter. You are a fairy that just wants to have fun but your version of fun is different than the rest of the world.

    2026Action7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Behelade — Steam game cover

    Behelade

    Single-player alternative to Hexagonal Explods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Hexagonal Explods.

    Fight your way through this challenging Bullet Hell Shoot ‘Em Up, consisting of 5 stages full of beautiful, intricate patterns and bosses. Wield the magic sword “Behelade” to find out what is behind the mysterious power that made the forest creatures go on a mad Danmaku rampage!

    2026ActionIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Autonomous Anarchy — Steam game cover

    Autonomous Anarchy

    Single-player alternative to Hexagonal Explods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Hexagonal Explods.

    A retro twin-stick bullet-hell where you fight hordes of enemies, collect powerful weapons and upgrades, and go head to head with menacing mechanical bosses. Take on the hordes solo or with a friend in local co-op!

    2026ActionIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Crisis Wing — Steam game cover

    Crisis Wing

    Single-player alternative to Hexagonal Explods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Hexagonal Explods.

    Crisis Wing is 90's style vertically scrolling arcade shooter. Master 7 intense vertical stages, and take down massive bosses. Play solo or with a friend in local co-op. Get ready for pure, high-octane action.

    2020ActionIndie7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bot Vice — Steam game cover

    Bot Vice

    Single-player alternative to Hexagonal Explods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Hexagonal Explods.

    Show off your skills & reflexes in this frantic gallery shooter action arcade, filled with bullets, bots and explosions! You play as Erin Saver, carrying out her personal vendetta against the criminal Wildbots.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Space War: Infinity — Steam game cover

    Space War: Infinity

    Single-player alternative to Hexagonal Explods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Hexagonal Explods.

    Vertical semi-procedural shmup with upgrades, real-time enemy waves, and infinite replayability. Level up your ship, unlock 20+ weapons, defeat 5 bosses, and survive endless bullet-hell combat.

    2019ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fast Cubes — Steam game cover

    Fast Cubes

    Single-player alternative to Hexagonal Explods — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Fast Cubes is a puzzle game with time limits. Your objective is to place the cubes in their respective slots. Pass through portals, avoid spikes and find keys to achieve your objective. You'll need to think and to act to win this game.

    2020IndieCasual0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Greedy Bubble — Steam game cover

    Greedy Bubble

    Single-player alternative to Hexagonal Explods — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    A brutally difficult arcade game about a cute and greedy bubble that's trapped inside a cave. Can you guide it out while collecting as many coins as you can?

    2021Casual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →