Single-player games like Enemy Mind
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Enemy Mind, 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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Syder Arcade
Single-player alternative to Enemy Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Enemy Mind.
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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Earthion
Single-player alternative to Enemy Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Enemy Mind.
Earthion is a side-scrolling space shooter developed natively for 16-bit systems. Guide space fighter pilot Azusa Takanashi in her fight to repel the alien invaders and save planet Earth.
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DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours
Single-player alternative to Enemy Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Enemy Mind.
DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours is the latest installment in Taito's DARIUS series of arcade-style shooting games. Blast hordes of alien sea-monsters, and blaze your own trail through branching environments.
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Starr Mazer: DSP
Single-player alternative to Enemy Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Enemy Mind.
The UNFP's been kicked in the teeth by a G'ell invasion force and their last and only hope is a planetary outpost and its fleet of experimental DSP MkI Forward Assault Fighters and anyone marshal enough to strap into one and forcefully accept some apologies.
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R-Type Dimensions EX
Single-player alternative to Enemy Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Enemy Mind.
R-Type and R-Type II, the legendary coin-op space shooters, are now together on Steam!
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DRAINUS
Single-player alternative to Enemy Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Enemy Mind.
This is a side-scrolling shooting game in which you take control of the "Drainus", the Kharlal Empire's most cutting-edge fighter with the ability to absorb energy bullets, and take down the enemy ships zipping through space.
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Jamestown
Single-player alternative to Enemy Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Enemy Mind.
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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Ikaruga
Single-player alternative to Enemy Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Enemy Mind.
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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Until You Fall
Single-player alternative to Enemy Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Enemy Mind.
Fantasy and synthwave collide in this physically active VR sword fighting game. Grow stronger as you battle through an awesome neon environment and strike down magic-infused monstrosities in this hack-and-slash roguelite. Fight. Fall. Rise Again.
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I Expect You To Die
Single-player alternative to Enemy Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Test your problem-solving skills in this virtual reality escape-the-room puzzle game. Play as a secret agent armed with telekinetic abilities on a mission to stop Zoraxis, an evil corporation with plans for world domination.
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I Expect You To Die 2: The Spy and the Liar
Single-player alternative to Enemy Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Become an elite super spy ready for espionage, explosives, and gadgets galore. This popular escape-the-room VR franchise is back with more ingenious puzzles, cunning villains, and dangerous locales.
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I Expect You To Die 3: Cog in the Machine
Single-player alternative to Enemy Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Enemy Mind.
Outwit your most cunning adversary to date in the latest installment of this popular, spy-themed VR puzzle series. Wield new gadgets, visit action-packed locales, and wear custom disguises as you dive back into the world of espionage in this escape room game.
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Orion Trail
Single-player alternative to Enemy Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Enemy Mind.
Dare to travel the absurd and dangerous Orion Trail, where only the luckiest, bravest, and most stubborn captains will make it all the way to the end. Become famously incredible or incredibly dead in this single player choose-your-own-space-adventure!
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Water Bears VR
Single-player alternative to Enemy Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Enemy Mind.
Free trapped water bears by rerouting, remixing, and redirecting water flows in a sunny 3D island environment. This charming VR game will have the entire family giggling as they solve puzzles and frolic with these loveable creatures.