Single-player games like PERMUTER
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to PERMUTER, 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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LINOVICTUS
Single-player alternative to PERMUTER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PERMUTER.
Fight through waves of enemies across shifting arenas, buy upgrades between stages, invest in new ships, research permanent upgrades between runs, and compete on the global leaderboards in this blood-pumping twin stick shooter.
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Doctor Nanobot
Single-player alternative to PERMUTER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PERMUTER.
Small robot, big battles! Doctor Nanobot is a retro style arcade shooter where you take on bacteria, viruses and more using a variety of high tech medical weaponry!
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Twin Ruin
Single-player alternative to PERMUTER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PERMUTER.
Switch bullet hell into bullet heaven. Jump into a world filled with enemies and powerups, race to harvest all the power you can before the area is consumed by a engulfing fire storm. Try Survival and try and last 3 mins, and top the leaderboard.
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![GunDeck[100] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/2614790/2218885ce9ffa13643dafaee21450afad7e9287a/header.jpg?t=1759986058)
GunDeck[100]
Single-player alternative to PERMUTER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PERMUTER.
GunDeck[100] is a lightning-fast twin-stick shooter where you’ll build your arsenal from randomly-dealt cards. Weapons fire in a rainbow of elements with unique effects. Dart and dodge to survive the fireworks unleashed against you, and retaliate with your own display! Can YOU survive to wave 100?
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ROGUELINE
Single-player alternative to PERMUTER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PERMUTER.
TwIn-stick RogueLike Shoot'em up Action!
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Atomicrops
Single-player alternative to PERMUTER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PERMUTER.
A twin-stick, bullet-hell, roguelite where you must cultivate and defend the last farm in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Farm mutated crops, upgrade your weapons, marry townsfolk, and kill every mutant creature that tries to invade your homestead! Yee-haw!
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Windowkill
Single-player alternative to PERMUTER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PERMUTER.
Windowkill is a twin-stick shooter, but the game window itself is constantly closing in on you. Shoot the window edges to push it around your screen as you fight and dodge enemies and bosses in their own windows.
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Hive Jump 2: Survivors
Single-player alternative to PERMUTER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PERMUTER.
Become an agent of vengeance in this bullet-heaven action roguelite! You are the lone survivor of your squad, on an alien planet with just your weapon, a jetpack, and the courage to keep fighting. Kill off alien swarms and transform their valuable guts into explosive upgrades and vital utilities.