Single-player games like Jet Gunner
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Jet Gunner, 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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Blazing Chrome
Single-player alternative to Jet Gunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Gunner.
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
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Oniken: Unstoppable Edition
Single-player alternative to Jet Gunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Gunner.
When a global war nearly decimated humankind, an evil military organization called Oniken takes advantage of the situation to dominate and oppress the few remaining survivors. Even though any resistance to this organization seemed hopeless, a small rebel movement organizes strikes against Oniken.
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Volgarr the Viking
Single-player alternative to Jet Gunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Gunner.
Return to the Golden Age of arcades with a hardcore action platformer that pulls no punches! Possesses all the hallmarks of true classics like Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts (SNES), Rastan Saga (Arcade), Castlevania (NES) and more with precise controls, high challenge, and meticulous design.
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Kero Blaster
Single-player alternative to Jet Gunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Gunner.
C&F Inc. teleporters are going offline all over the place, and it's up to an intrepid frog employee to fix the situation.
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Gravity Circuit
Single-player alternative to Jet Gunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Gunner.
Gravity Circuit is a flashy action packed 2D platformer in the spirit of console classics. Follow Kai, a lone operative war hero who harnesses the mysterious powers of the Gravity Circuit, on an adventure in a futuristic world inhabited by sentient robots.
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Super House of Dead Ninjas
Single-player alternative to Jet Gunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Gunner.
Super House of Dead Ninjas is an action arcade game with roguelite elements. Race against a 30 second timer as you descend floor after foe-filled floor and attempt to unlock the secrets of this deadly tower!Play as the fearsome Crimson Ninja, wielding an arsenal of deadly ninja weapons and attacks.
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Cuphead
Single-player alternative to Jet Gunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Gunner.
Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game heavily focused on boss battles. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e. traditional hand drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings.
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Downwell
Single-player alternative to Jet Gunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Gunner.
Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.
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METAL SLUG
Single-player alternative to Jet Gunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Jet Gunner.
“METAL SLUG ”, the very first title in SNK’s legendary 2D run & gun action shooting game series where all began, returns to the missions on the Steam gaming platform!
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Shatterland
Single-player alternative to Jet Gunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Gunner.
Shatterland is a co-op zombie/Alien survival game with base-building and exploration. Loot resources, craft weapons, build with friends, and fight through a devastated world filled with the undead, hostile survivors, and military secrets.
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Mega Man Legacy Collection
Single-player alternative to Jet Gunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Jet Gunner.
Mega Man Legacy Collection is a celebration of the 8-bit history of Capcom’s iconic Blue Bomber featuring faithful reproductions of the series’ origins with the original six Mega Man games.
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Mega Man X Legacy Collection
Single-player alternative to Jet Gunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Jet Gunner.
Mega Man X Legacy Collection includes the legendary 16-bit titles and the series’ exciting foray into the 32-bit era: Mega Man X, Mega Man X2, Mega Man X3, and Mega Man X4. Test your skills in the new X Challenge mode, which pits players against two deadly bosses at once.
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CONTRAL
Single-player alternative to Jet Gunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Jet Gunner.
Control two characters simultaneously with your keyboard and mouse! Use your left hand to guide the robot toward the goal while your right hand creates platforms to pave the way forward. Master a unique single-player, dual-control action puzzle experience.
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Alien Splatter Redux
Single-player alternative to Jet Gunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Gunner.
"BLAH BLAH BLAH 8-bit, BLAH BLAH BLAH, blow stuff up. BLAH BLAH BLAH, retro." BLOWING INTO THE CARTRIDGE NOT REQUIRED!
- 15
Crypt Stalker
Single-player alternative to Jet Gunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Gunner.
Whip your way through nostalgia fuelled kinky demon slaying. From hidden desert temples to floating ruins, this will take you back to the golden days of gaming, where there was only 4 buttons on a controller and VHS ruled the world.
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I Want To Be Human
Single-player alternative to Jet Gunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Gunner.
A vampire girl, a hat boy and an adventure packed with tonnes of exploding body parts – go on a bloodthirsty rampage of death and destruction in a quest to become human again!
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Fist Slash: Of Ultimate Fury
Single-player alternative to Jet Gunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Gunner.
Part man, part blade, all badass – help Fist Slash defeat the evil Dr. X and recover the mystical mirror shards before they're used to wreak ultimate destruction on the world!
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Jet Gunner: Refueled
Single-player alternative to Jet Gunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Gunner.
Jet Gunner is reloaded, remade and refueled for a new explosive 8-bit adventure. Relive the past glory days where VHS was king, phones didn't have screens and you'd have to blow into a cartridge to get your gaming fix.