Single-player games like Locust Hunter
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Locust Hunter, 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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ALPHA STORM
Single-player alternative to Locust Hunter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Locust Hunter.
The simulation`s AI system has gone sentient, the exits are sealed, and the "training" is designed to keep you trapped forever. ALPHA STORM is a high-speed, third-person arcade shooter where you must lead Rico and his squad to escape a digital prison before the simulation deletes you for good.
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Project Tower
Single-player alternative to Locust Hunter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Locust Hunter.
Dive in Project Tower, a third-person shooter mixing intense bullet hell combat with a unique morphing ability. Imprisoned by the "Hiks", fight to the top of their deadly tower for freedom. Will you outsmart them and make your way out ?
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Rustborn - Outland Threat
Single-player alternative to Locust Hunter — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
You’re a cowboy abducted by aliens who accidentally ends up with a biomechanical arm. Run, climb, and shoot like crazy to survive hordes of deadly robots in this third-person bullet-hell shooter. Conquer the mothership and find your way back home!
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Strike Suit Zero
Single-player alternative to Locust Hunter — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Pilot the mecha Strike Suit across massive fleet battles where your dogfighting skills decide Earth's fate. Fast, frantic space combat with capital ship destruction, multiple endings, and a universe that's anything but empty. This is space combat reborn.
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NOMAD Revisited
Single-player alternative to Locust Hunter — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
In 1985 N.O.M.A.D. pushed the boundaries of what the 8-bit computers of the day could achieve with both their graphics and their gameplay. A fast-paced, all-out action shoot ’em up, this retro classic still retains a fan base to this day.
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Astrodogs
Single-player alternative to Locust Hunter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Locust Hunter.
Astrodogs is an on-rails arcade action game featuring a cast of space dogs that have to save the galaxy from WOOFER, a corporation that controls everything. Also ran by dogs.
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Astebreed: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Locust Hunter — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Climb into the cockpit of an otherworldly war machine and fly into battle against a horrifying alien race bent on eradicating humanity to preserve their own civilization.
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Thunder Wolves
Single-player alternative to Locust Hunter — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
When this “wolf pack” strikes, you hear the thunder roll. The Thunder Wolves attack from the air. They are mercenaries, and the best helicopter pilots in the world. Every one of them is ready for action at all times—and ready to fight evil, wherever it lurks.