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Single-player games like Humans Must Answer

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Humans Must Answer, 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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    Jets'n'Guns Gold — Steam game cover

    Jets'n'Guns Gold

    Single-player alternative to Humans Must Answer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Humans Must Answer.

    Jets'n'Guns is a heavy piece of ground shaking rock blasting action with graphics and special effects that will blow you eyes out! Enjoy yourself in almost-insane action adventure of saving the universe from the deadly threat of more than 270 unique monsters in the campaign of 43 levels.

    2014ActionIndie7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Space Foes — Steam game cover

    Space Foes

    Single-player alternative to Humans Must Answer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Humans Must Answer.

    A space shooter inspired by old school games. You set the order of the levels, get new weapons and upgrades. Each stage has a boss and a sub-boss with unique skills and challenges.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    FORTRESS DEFENDER — Steam game cover

    FORTRESS DEFENDER

    Single-player alternative to Humans Must Answer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Humans Must Answer.

    This game, "FORTRESS DEFENDER", is a side-scrolling power-up shooting game with an 80's flavor. Defeat the enemies that appear one after another, dodge their attacks, and aim for the boss that lurks in the depths of the stage. There are a total of eight stages with various tricks and bosses.

    2021ActionIndie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SATAZIUS — Steam game cover

    SATAZIUS

    Single-player alternative to Humans Must Answer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Humans Must Answer.

    The year is 2051. Location: SATAZIUS, a long-abandoned planet. The cruiser Agano was on patrol when it was attacked and stricken by a confederacy of space pirates that had established a base on SATAZIUS. The pirates attacked the Agano intending to steal the assault ship ‘Trafalgar’ that was stowed aboard the Agano, but the Trafalgar made...

    2011ActionIndie2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Offendron Warrior — Steam game cover

    Offendron Warrior

    Single-player alternative to Humans Must Answer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Humans Must Answer.

    Offendron Warrior is a retro arcade that combines shooting and defense. Your objective is saving Offendron civilians in the planets from the group of enemies, who are trying to spread a virus that turns Offendrons into mindless killing machines and eventually destroy the whole planet.

    2018ActionIndieFree To Play0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Solar Wind — Steam game cover

    Solar Wind

    Single-player alternative to Humans Must Answer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Humans Must Answer.

    Blast your way through a galaxy of planets in this fast paced, side scrolling shoot 'em up. Fight in deep space, fly through asteroid belts, and battle across moons as you take on the alien menace.

    2018ActionIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Syder Arcade — Steam game cover

    Syder Arcade

    Single-player alternative to Humans Must Answer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Humans Must Answer.

    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.

    2013ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cyberpunk 3776 — Steam game cover

    Cyberpunk 3776

    Single-player alternative to Humans Must Answer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Humans Must Answer.

    Cyberpunk 3776 harkens back to the glory days of arcade shoot-em-ups. It all begins on a postapocalyptic earth and proceeds into space. Your journey will be a metaphor about life and death, a road that every person has to walk down alone. The only choices you get while on your path to the inevitable end: keep your head up high or forfeit.

    2015ActionIndie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Nemesis — Steam game cover

    Nemesis

    Single-player alternative to Humans Must Answer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Humans Must Answer.

    Experience the excitement that we felt on discovering arcade wonders like Asteroids. A dose of nostalgia plus choice modern magic mixed with your VR kit, standing or room scale, modern capabilities and lovingly crafted eye popping fast game play.

    2018ActionIndie3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Type — Steam game cover

    Type

    Single-player alternative to Humans Must Answer — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Type, Type and just Type.

    2018Casual0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Jets'n'Guns 2 — Steam game cover

    Jets'n'Guns 2

    Single-player alternative to Humans Must Answer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Humans Must Answer.

    Jets'n'Guns 2 is a side-scrolling space shooter with insane levels of action and destruction. Travel the galaxies and unleash an arsenal of the deadliest weapons and devices to save the universe from its inevitable doom.

    2020ActionIndie15.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →