Single-player games like Pulstar
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Pulstar, 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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Rainbow Laser Disco Dungeon
Single-player alternative to Pulstar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pulstar.
It is the year 2084. Earth is ruled by evil robots. All music has been outlawed. Dancing is strictly forbidden. Still, in the underground, the beat goes on. Rainbow Laser Disco Dungeon: Half twin stick shooter, half rhythm game, half dungeon crawler. 150% groovy!
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Cerberus: Orbital watch
Single-player alternative to Pulstar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pulstar.
Get ready for classic top down space shooter gameplay! In near future scientists detected allien signals, you need to find out their nature.
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Xatrom Command
Single-player alternative to Pulstar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pulstar.
Team up and shoot down waves of invading aliens. Single player or multiplayer top-down shooting action
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DEFLEKT
Single-player alternative to Pulstar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pulstar.
Deflect, don't dodge. DEFLEKT is a neon arena shooter where every bullet fired at you is a weapon you can steal - catch it and send it back. Fight through 15 handcrafted arenas and 15 unique bosses, solo or in local co-op and versus, with three switchable soundtracks that match your mood.
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Nex Machina
Single-player alternative to Pulstar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pulstar.
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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Bartlow's Dread Machine
Single-player alternative to Pulstar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Pulstar.
An artifact from the past returns in Bartlow's Dread Machine, a game from the dawn of the Electric Age. Dread Machine is a dual stick arcade shooter with single player and couch co-op modes, six scintillating game worlds and a cast of improbable monsters and characters.
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Assault Android Cactus+
Single-player alternative to Pulstar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pulstar.
Assault Android Cactus is an intense arcade style twin stick shooter - pick from one of nine unique synthetic heroines and blast your way through overwhelming robots hordes to save the ship from its own workforce. Supports single player and local co-op game modes.
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Alien Breed: Impact
Single-player alternative to Pulstar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Pulstar.
Experience the explosive science fiction arcade-shooter that resurrects a much revered franchise in an epic single player and co-op multiplayer campaign.