Single-player games like Blast Em!
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Blast Em!, 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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PARA♰BELLUM ~ 魔弹帕菈
Single-player alternative to Blast Em! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Blast Em!.
Necromancer's army is gathering! But he can't afford Necronomicon Prime so his army can only use free medieval equipment set... We believe that one battle sister can solve them well. Go Forth, Sister Para, Blast your enemy in this survivor-like shooter game!
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Promethium
Single-player alternative to Blast Em! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Blast Em!.
Inspired by classic Commodore 64 and arcade games, Promethium is a hard-as-nails retro inspired side-scrolling shoot-em-up that takes place over numerous levels that get harder and harder. If you’re after a nice calm casual game this isn’t it!
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Downwell
Single-player alternative to Blast Em! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Blast Em!.
Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.
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Ikaruga
Single-player alternative to Blast Em! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Blast Em!.
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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LUFTRAUSERS
Single-player alternative to Blast Em! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Blast Em!.
The skies are aflame and the seas will overflow with wreckage in Vlambeer’s stylish arcade shooter LUFTRAUSERS! Take to the skies in customized fighter planes to battle battleships, submarines, and rival aces for glory, honor, and high scores.
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Blazing Chrome
Single-player alternative to Blast Em! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Blast Em!.
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
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Jamestown
Single-player alternative to Blast Em! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Blast Em!.
Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. It features all the intensity, depth, and lovingly handcrafted pixels of a classic arcade shooter, with a modern twist: deeply-integrated cooperative gameplay.
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Syder Arcade
Single-player alternative to Blast Em! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Blast Em!.
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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Super Hexagon
Single-player alternative to Blast Em! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Blast Em!.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
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Space Invaders Extreme
Single-player alternative to Blast Em! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Blast Em!.
The critically acclaimed update to the Space Invaders franchise has arrived to invade Steam with greatly improved graphics and audio! Packed with pulsing, vibrant visuals enhanced further by interactive sound. The invaders have evolved, the question is: can you keep up?
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Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Blast Em! — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
42 Civilizations, 229 Campaign Missions, Singleplayer, Co-Op, Multiplayer, In-Game Editor, Mods, Cross-play...It is good to be the king.
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DEFENDER 3D
Single-player alternative to Blast Em! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Blast Em!.
The 80s classic side-scroller meets the modern PC Gamer.. DEFENDER 3D lets you choose a spaceship to suit your play style and blast your way through ever increasing waves of alien invaders and bosses. A quick and easy learning curve with seriously addictive gameplay.
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Space Aliens Invaders
Single-player alternative to Blast Em! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Blast Em!.
modernized old time classic alien shooter game
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Phoenix 2
Single-player alternative to Blast Em! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Blast Em!.
A fast-paced shoot 'em up where skill matters. Master over 100 ships, unleash powerful special abilities, and blast through waves of Invaders. Play a new mission every day and climb the world-wide leaderboards.
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Containment Protocol
Single-player alternative to Blast Em! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Blast Em!.
A top-secret military research facility has gone dark. Their last communication only had two words in it: “Containment Protocol” Your task is to infiltrate the facility using a prototype remote control drone and work out what has happened to the facility and more importantly - what has happened to the weapon.
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Caretaker Retribution
Single-player alternative to Blast Em! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Blast Em!.
The stars are going out. A team is sent to find out why. They discover the cause and try to stop it. They don’t make it out alive. Caretaker Retribution is a 6DOF shooter for PC and Mac that also works on HTC Vive and Oculus Rift.
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Caretaker Sacrifice
Single-player alternative to Blast Em! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Blast Em!.
An epic sci-fi 6DOF adventure, puzzle and shooter featuring the voice of David Hewlett (Stargate). At the end of time, struggle through a hostile alien machine to solve the ultimate mystery and fulfil your final mission.
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The Alpha Device
Single-player alternative to Blast Em! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Blast Em!.
Beyond space, beyond reason... beyond humanity. Discover a gripping tale of a dystopian future narrated by David Hewlett, star of the Academy Award-winning The Shape Of Water.