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Single-player games like Planetoid Pioneers

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Planetoid Pioneers, 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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    Planetoid Pioneers Online — Steam game cover

    Planetoid Pioneers Online

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

    Extreme 2D physics action with detailed destruction of vehicles, robots, creatures, and your own Pioneer - now over ONLINE multiplayer! Quickly jump into a dozen different game modes hosted on free servers worldwide to battle, cooperate, race, and survive with/against other Pioneers all over the globe!

    2019ActionSportsIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    OmOchim — Steam game cover

    OmOchim

    Single-player alternative to Planetoid Pioneers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Racing with Planetoid Pioneers.

    Build machines, contraptions and playgrounds out of everyday objects in a physics sandbox driven by visual programming. Overcome obstacles, save the city, create worlds. Every goal has a dozen answers. Every crash, collapse and explosion is just the next idea.

    ActionStrategySimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cyber Volleyball — Steam game cover

    Cyber Volleyball

    Single-player alternative to Planetoid Pioneers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Planetoid Pioneers.

    Cyber Volleyball is a side-scrolling 2D volleyball game with realistic physics and character progression. Players serve, spike, block and dig under strict three-hit rules. It features over a dozen characters with unique AI skills, adventure mode, online multiplayer, and nine upgradeable attributes.

    ActionSportsStrategySingle-playerSimilar games →
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    TACTICAL BANDITS — Steam game cover

    TACTICAL BANDITS

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

    Dive headfirst into the chaos of a ravaged world, where survival means mastering the art of combat and outsmarting your foes. In this hardcore arcade action game, TACTICAL BANDITS, the remnants of civilization teeter on the brink, and it's up to you to chart a path through the desolation.

    2024ActionIndieCasual11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wulverblade — Steam game cover

    Wulverblade

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

    Defeat the Ninth Legion of the Roman army in this side-scrolling, arcade-inspired beat 'em up set in Roman-era Britain.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gears 5 — Steam game cover

    Gears 5

    Single-player alternative to Planetoid Pioneers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Planetoid Pioneers.

    From one of gaming’s most acclaimed sagas, Gears is bigger than ever. With all-out war descending, Kait Diaz breaks away to uncover her connection to the enemy and discovers the true danger to Sera – herself.

    2019ActionAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Road Redemption — Steam game cover

    Road Redemption

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

    Road Redemption lets you lead a biker gang on an epic journey across the country in this driving combat road rage adventure. Huge campaign, dozens of weapons, full 4-player co-op splitscreen.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    STAB STAB STAB! — Steam game cover

    STAB STAB STAB!

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

    STAB STAB STAB is a physics-based couch-multiplayer arena stabbing game for up to 8 players. Stab your friends until they pop in versus mode, or team up to defend yourselves against an unending horde of cronenbirds!

    2019ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cortex Command — Steam game cover

    Cortex Command

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

    Choose between different factions, with their own set of expendable soldiers, mechas, and weapons. Protect your brain, mine gold, and destroy the enemy cortex in his bunker complex!

    2012ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series — Steam game cover

    Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series

    Single-player alternative to Planetoid Pioneers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Planetoid Pioneers.

    Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.

    2015AdventureDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →