Single-player games like Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon, 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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EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair
Single-player alternative to Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon.
It's a fight for the future of the planet between the Ravagers, a merciless swarm of alien invaders, and the Earth Defense Force (EDF) in this third-person shooter.Play as four different classes in over 80 missions with a range of 800 weapons at your disposal.Co-op play supported.
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EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5
Single-player alternative to Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon.
Stand and fight for humanity. This arcade shooter takes place in the year 2022, as the Earth Defense Force fends off an all-out attack by unknown life forms. Become an EDF soldier, battle against endless hordes of immense enemies, and restore peace to the earth.
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Lost Planet® 2
Single-player alternative to Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon.
Lost Planet 2, the sequel to Lost Planet™: Extreme Condition, the landmark third-person shooter that sold over 2.3 million units worldwide, is now available on Steam!
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Lost Planet™: Extreme Condition
Single-player alternative to Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon.
Driven to the brink of extinction on ice-covered wastelands, humankind fights to survive. Battle to survive against gargantuan alien Akrid and treacherous Snow Pirates on the vast and frozen landscape of EDN III.
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Iron Brigade
Single-player alternative to Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon.
Join The Mobile Trench Brigade and protect humanity from the evil Monovision menace!
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Strike Suit Zero
Single-player alternative to Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon.
Pilot the mecha Strike Suit across massive fleet battles where your dogfighting skills decide Earth's fate. Fast, frantic space combat with capital ship destruction, multiple endings, and a universe that's anything but empty. This is space combat reborn.
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EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: IRON RAIN
Single-player alternative to Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon.
Save the world without hope. Year 2040. An action TPS where you will become one of the EDF soldiers and fight against the invaders from outer space which ruined the world. In the world settings which differs from the original "EARTH DEFENSE FORCE" series, more than 50 missions in five difficulties await for your challenge.
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Vanquish
Single-player alternative to Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon.
PlatinumGames’ revolutionary sci-fi action shooter slide-boosts onto PC. Battle legions of future-tech enemies using a vast arsenal of weapons, including all DLC. Fully unlocked framerate and gorgeous HD resolutions up to 4K. The definitive way to play: war has accelerated.
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Saints Row
Single-player alternative to Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon.
Welcome to Santo Ileso, a vibrant fictional city in the American Southwest. In a world rife with crime, where lawless factions fight for power, a group of young friends embark on their own criminal venture, as they rise to the top in their bid to become Self Made.
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EARTH DEFENSE FORCE: WORLD BROTHERS
Single-player alternative to Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon.
A new EDF adventure begins! Only this time, the action unfolds in a parallel world where the Earth is made of digital blocks. This world has befallen into chaos, as the once peaceful square Earth has been shattered into pieces. Shape aside, it is an Earth nonetheless which needs to be defended.