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Single-player games like RANDOMAX

Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to RANDOMAX, 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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    Hate Me Not — Steam game cover

    Hate Me Not

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

    A roguelike twin-stick shooter, where you defend the same thing that tries to hurt you. Venture into the side of darkness to defeat enemies before they reach the Yin-Yang. Switch to the side of light to gather energy and upgrades, before the time runs out and the next wave of monsters spawn.

    2024ActionIndie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Versus Purgatory — Steam game cover

    Versus Purgatory

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

    Versus Purgatory is a micro-roguelike shoot-em-up with mind-bending gameplay in which you delve into a dungeon, controlling two characters at the same time.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    [REDACTED] — Steam game cover

    [REDACTED]

    Single-player alternative to RANDOMAX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with RANDOMAX.

    Get ready to massacre monsters, race your rivals, and combat corpses of your fellow guards as you race to escape Black Iron Prison in the critically acclaimed roguelike, [REDACTED].

    2024Action24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Turnip Boy Robs a Bank — Steam game cover

    Turnip Boy Robs a Bank

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

    Turnip Boy is back! This time he’s teaming up with the fearsome Pickled Gang to plan and execute the weirdest heist of all time. Shake down hostages, steal precious valuables, battle the fuzz, and use wacky tools bought off the dark web to move further into the vaults of the Botanical Bank.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Crackpet Show — Steam game cover

    The Crackpet Show

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

    The Crackpet Show is an action-packed rogue-lite shoot’em-up about mutated animals that fight in a bizarre TV show, crushing their opponents with a variety of weapons. Choose your beastie, gear ‘em up, and go kill your enemies in the name of fame and sweet sponsorship deals!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Time Wasters — Steam game cover

    Time Wasters

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

    Time Wasters is a space shooter bullet heaven roguelite. Equip and upgrade weapons, destroy swarms of enemies, and collect Time & Space Cubes to bend the timeline to your advantage.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Westale: Peelgrimage — Steam game cover

    Westale: Peelgrimage

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

    Westale: Peelgrimage is an ink-style survivor-like game. Player can evolve their characters in the game, use marvelous magical treasures, experience the mysterious 72 transformations, and synthesize artifacts. Let's get into this Journey-to-the-West world and experience addictive combat.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Peace Data — Steam game cover

    Peace Data

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

    Peace Data — hard "Roguelike" game, in which you have to play for Bitard, saving Rusland from the tyranny of the authorities that destroyed the opposition and led the country to ruin, making slaves of citizens.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    GIGANTIC ARMY — Steam game cover

    GIGANTIC ARMY

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

    Side-scrolling mech-shooting bad-assery is BACK!GIGANTIC ARMY is a heartfelt homage to 16-bit era mech shooters such as Cybernator / Assault Suits Valken, Metal Warriors, and Front Mission: Gun Hazard, developed by the studio behind the acclaimed shooter SATAZIUS.

    2014ActionIndie2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SATAZIUS — Steam game cover

    SATAZIUS

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

    The year is 2051. Location: SATAZIUS, a long-abandoned planet. The cruiser Agano was on patrol when it was attacked and stricken by a confederacy of space pirates that had established a base on SATAZIUS. The pirates attacked the Agano intending to steal the assault ship ‘Trafalgar’ that was stowed aboard the Agano, but the Trafalgar made...

    2011ActionIndie2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Supercharged Robot VULKAISER — Steam game cover

    Supercharged Robot VULKAISER

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

    70s giant robot anime-inspired side-scrolling shooting from the creators of SATAZIUS and GIGANTIC ARMY!

    2015ActionIndie2.49 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    WITCH-BOT MEGLILO — Steam game cover

    WITCH-BOT MEGLILO

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

    Stop time and project yourself through space with “Time-stop warp” magic, pass through physical obstacles, dodge incoming bullets and shoot down your enemies! A satisfying shooter, filled with dark humor!

    2016ActionIndie2.39 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    WOLFLAME — Steam game cover

    WOLFLAME

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

    Brought to you by the makers of GIGANTIC ARMY, Supercharged Robot VULKAISER, and SATAZIUS, WOLFLAME is a return to the form of glorious 2D vertical vertical shooters like Raiden, Raptor, and Twin Cobra.

    2016ActionIndie2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ARMED SEVEN — Steam game cover

    ARMED SEVEN

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

    The year is 1989. 12 years have passed since the Gogoh Army’s invasion of Earth. Exposure to alien technology during the war enabled Earth’s own technologies to take massive leaps forward. International conflict that was previously rife in the history of mankind fell to an all-time low, and the Earth Federation was established as a...

    2015ActionIndie2.49 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    STEEL STRIDER — Steam game cover

    STEEL STRIDER

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

    STEEL STRIDER is the follow up to the acclaimed GIGANTIC ARMY and pays homage to the great run and gun games such as Turrican and Super Contra, but adds mouse / dual analogue stick-operated weapons!

    2015ActionIndie2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ZANGEKI WARP — Steam game cover

    ZANGEKI WARP

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

    Take control of the hyperdimensional fighter craft ‘ZanFighter’ and use its advanced warp functions to defeat an army of space beasts controlled by an evil scientist!

    2017ActionIndie2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →