Single-player games like Intake
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Intake, 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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Beat Hazard
Single-player alternative to Intake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Intake.
Experience your music collection like never before with this intense music driven arcade shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.
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Thumper
Single-player alternative to Intake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Intake.
Thumper is rhythm violence: classic rhythm-action, blistering speed, and brutal physicality. You are a space beetle. Brave the hellish void and confront a maniacal giant head from the future.
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HYPER DEMON
Single-player alternative to Intake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Intake.
HYPER DEMON is an FPS like no other. a pearl of lightning. a dream from the future. a drop of poison. a swan song. The faster you slay demons, the harder the game and the higher your score. There is an end. Will it see you?
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WAVESHAPER
Single-player alternative to Intake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Intake.
WAVESHAPER is a minimalist score attack game in which you attempt to stop the 2D vector menace, one obstacle at a time.
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Sektori
Single-player alternative to Intake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Intake.
Sektori is an intense, fast paced twin-stick shooter infused with hard hitting techno music. A game where the high-adrenaline gameplay, visuals, and music come together to transport you into another state of consciousness.
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Syder Arcade
Single-player alternative to Intake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Intake.
Killing zombies never gets old, but sometimes you just need a break. Get back to some serious old-school gaming with Syder Arcade! Syder Arcade is a love letter to Amiga games of the ‘90s, no coins, no upgrade grinding, just your tenacity and a motherload of alien invaders.
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Nex Machina
Single-player alternative to Intake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Intake.
Nex Machina is an intense arcade style twin-stick shooter from Housemarque. Taking hints from both Robotron and Smash TV, Nex Machina focuses on pure action, voxel destruction and competition in the distant, cablepunk themed future.
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Ikaruga
Single-player alternative to Intake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Intake.
Shoot! Dodge! and... Get Hit!? "Ikaruga" is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay. Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets! Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!
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Splice
Single-player alternative to Intake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Intake.
Splice is an experimental and artistic puzzler. Immerse yourself in its microbial world and start splicing! Every level ("strand") consists of a number of cells that you will need to rearrange into a target structure in several moves ("splices").
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Auditorium
Single-player alternative to Intake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Intake.
Turn light into sound in this multi-award winning game from the creators of Fractal!
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Fractal: Make Blooms Not War
Single-player alternative to Intake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Intake.
Push, Combo, and Chain your way through a pulsing technicolor dreamscape all the while expanding your consciousness at 130 BPM.