Single-player games like Top Gnome
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Top Gnome, 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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ROIDERS
Single-player alternative to Top Gnome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Top Gnome.
Become an asteroid miner and loot your way to supremacy! Fight waves of vicious aliens or battle against your friends.
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Chippy
Single-player alternative to Top Gnome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Top Gnome.
Chip destructible bosses apart pixel-by-pixel in this twin-stick bullet-hell shooter.
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Sektori
Single-player alternative to Top Gnome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Top Gnome.
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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Space War: Infinity
Single-player alternative to Top Gnome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Top Gnome.
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.
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NIDUS
Single-player alternative to Top Gnome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Top Gnome.
A symbiotic Flower and Wasp struggle to complete their lifecycle, in a challengingly twisted arcade experience. Control both characters at once in mind-bending Single Player, or team up with a friend in hectic Local Co-Op. Master the symbiotic duet, devour the swarm, and ascend the leaderboard.
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The Hong Kong Massacre
Single-player alternative to Top Gnome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Top Gnome.
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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Swarmlake
Single-player alternative to Top Gnome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Top Gnome.
Swarmlake is an ultra-intense first-person shooter ballet about fighting a record-breaking swarm.
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Akka Arrh
Single-player alternative to Top Gnome — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Top Gnome.
Akka Arrh is a modern take on a scrapped project from the 1980s, providing players with a fast-paced, addictive, arcade shooter experience and psychedelic visuals. Protect your life rings as you chain together combos and go for a high score!