Single-player games like Starship Scramble
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Starship Scramble, 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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Sky Survivors
Single-player alternative to Starship Scramble — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Starship Scramble.
Sky Survivors is an arena shooter roguelite. Choose from a variety of skills, unlock unique characters and weapons. Build «stairway to heaven» — a sky tower, each floor of which gives your character a unique bonus. Create your own overpowered build to survive against hordes of monsters!
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Striving for Light: Survival
Single-player alternative to Starship Scramble — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Starship Scramble.
Striving for Light: Survival brings the exploration of infinite expanding skill trees to the arena survival roguelite genre. Unlock new characters, weapons, skills and maps, slay hordes of monsters and take on massive boss fights.
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God Of Weapons
Single-player alternative to Starship Scramble — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Starship Scramble.
Embark on a thrilling journey in God of Weapons, an action roguelike where you must ascend the tower of Zhor to reclaim the last light for the world. To survive the monster onslaught on each tower's level, you'll need to obtain and carefully organize weapons and accessories in your inventory.
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Brotato
Single-player alternative to Starship Scramble — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Starship Scramble.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
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Genome Guardian
Single-player alternative to Starship Scramble — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Starship Scramble.
COMBINE WEAPONS in the microscopic roguelite turret shooter with macroscopic depth. Survive 6 modes using an astounding array of turrets, perks, mutations and power-ups on this psychedelic journey to the heart of the abyss. Shmup Mode turns it into a vertical shoot 'em up!
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Kitty's Last Adventure
Single-player alternative to Starship Scramble — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Starship Scramble.
Cute Survivor where you play as Kitty the cat aboard her flying cat-saucer🛸 created by her distraught human.
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Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok
Single-player alternative to Starship Scramble — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Starship Scramble.
Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok, is a challenging Norse inspired roguelite-survivor game, where you’ll have to survive hordes of creatures that come your way.
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Endless waves survival
Single-player alternative to Starship Scramble — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Starship Scramble.
Endless Waves Survival is an adrenaline-fueled endless survival game. Fight a continuous onslaught of enemies and claim upgrades and new abilities as you level up. How long will you survive the next run?