Single-player games like PARTICLE MACE
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to PARTICLE MACE, 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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Revolution Ace
Single-player alternative to PARTICLE MACE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PARTICLE MACE.
A deep, tactical shoot'em up. With every takedown, you’ll earn cash and xp to upgrade your ship and unlock new abilities. Online and local co-op. Unique versus mode. Realistic physics and water simulation.
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Jamestown
Single-player alternative to PARTICLE MACE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PARTICLE MACE.
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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Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
Single-player alternative to PARTICLE MACE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PARTICLE MACE.
Explore a neon galaxy in your very own battleship in this 1- to 4-player couch co-op adventure.
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TowerFall Ascension
Single-player alternative to PARTICLE MACE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PARTICLE MACE.
TowerFall Ascension is the definitive version of the hit archery combat game. Inspired by classics from the golden age of couch multiplayer, it's a 4-player local party game centering around hilarious, intense versus matches. The core mechanics are simple and accessible, but hard to master and combat is fierce.
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Cobalt
Single-player alternative to PARTICLE MACE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PARTICLE MACE.
Forget everything you’ve learned about combat. Cobalt’s slo-mo mechanic lets you perform moves that other games can’t comprehend. Discover the secrets of a distant colony in a cosmic campaign, take on challenges and rule the leaderboards, or face off against others in local and online multiplayer.
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Beat Hazard
Single-player alternative to PARTICLE MACE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PARTICLE MACE.
Experience your music collection like never before with this intense music driven arcade shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.
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Move or Die
Single-player alternative to PARTICLE MACE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PARTICLE MACE.
Move or Die is an absurdly fast-paced 4-player local and online party game where the mechanics change every 20 seconds! It's THE friendship-ruining game.
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Nex Machina
Single-player alternative to PARTICLE MACE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PARTICLE MACE.
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.