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Single-player games like Bullet Brain

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Bullet Brain, 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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    Negative Time — Steam game cover

    Negative Time

    Single-player alternative to Bullet Brain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Bullet Brain.

    Negative Time is a top-down shooter with bullet hell and roguelike elements where each time you get hit, you are sent further and further back in time, until you are sent into the past they tried so hard to erase. Maybe in there lies the key to your escape?

    2026ActionIndie3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Formilion — Steam game cover

    Formilion

    Single-player alternative to Bullet Brain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Bullet Brain.

    Kill till you get through. Formilion is a top-down arcade blood shooter about a searching a person.

    2024ActionIndie0.67 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dodgeball Burglar — Steam game cover

    Dodgeball Burglar

    Single-player alternative to Bullet Brain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Bullet Brain.

    You and your dodgeball against the world. Dodgeball Burglar is a thrilling top down Action Drama. One-hit knockouts, stylish setpieces and fierce opponets deliver intense and addicting Dodgeball Action.

    ActionIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Suit for Hire — Steam game cover

    Suit for Hire

    Single-player alternative to Bullet Brain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Bullet Brain.

    Suit for Hire is a challenging action shooter, tactically blend weapons and martial arts together to unleash beautifully crafted violence.

    2025ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    64.0 — Steam game cover

    64.0

    Single-player alternative to Bullet Brain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Bullet Brain.

    64.0 is a minimal fast-paced arcade game, where you shoot the squares that have the same color as the background.

    2017ActionIndie2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    APE OUT — Steam game cover

    APE OUT

    Single-player alternative to Bullet Brain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Bullet Brain.

    APE OUT is a wildly intense and colorfully stylized smash ‘em up about primal escape, rhythmic violence, and frenetic jazz.

    2019ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    CICADAMATA" — Steam game cover

    CICADAMATA"

    Single-player alternative to Bullet Brain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Bullet Brain.

    + follow the white rabbit + hop, skip, and jump to become one with joyeuse, until you are no longer you +

    2026ActionIndie8.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Intravenous — Steam game cover

    Intravenous

    Single-player alternative to Bullet Brain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Bullet Brain.

    Teeth-clenching stealth, followed by tactical hardcore gunplay for those not looking for a quiet way in. Intravenous redefines challenging stealth-action and will keep you on the edge of your seat!

    2021ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →