Single-player games like Redux: Dark Matters
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Redux: Dark Matters, 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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Gunhound EX
Single-player alternative to Redux: Dark Matters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Redux: Dark Matters.
Gear up and get ready for war! Take on hectic 2D action shooting stages with your deadly Gunhound mech.
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RefRain - prism memories -
Single-player alternative to Redux: Dark Matters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Redux: Dark Matters.
RefRain - prism memories - is an empowering, cyberpunk, bullet-hell shoot-’em-up that focuses on fast-paced, offensive gameplay. “Dive” into a hazardous digital world, cycle through 3 different attack modes, and delete the opposition with superior firepower.
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Hellsinker.
Single-player alternative to Redux: Dark Matters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Redux: Dark Matters.
A legendary SHMUP influential to the best makers in the genre, Hellsinker is now available on steam in its most advanced form! Gameplay, story, graphics, and even music all united into one cohesive and highly dimensional Shoot-em-up!
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Downwell
Single-player alternative to Redux: Dark Matters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Redux: Dark Matters.
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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R-Type Final 2
Single-player alternative to Redux: Dark Matters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Redux: Dark Matters.
R-Type has returned! The legendary side-scroller is back and better than ever with beautifully rendered 3D graphics, exhilarating shoot-'em-up gameplay, and a multitude of stages, ships, and weapons that will allow you to conduct a symphony of destruction upon your foes.
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Ion Assault
Single-player alternative to Redux: Dark Matters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Redux: Dark Matters.
In ION ASSAULT players wield thousands of Ion Particles to blast, fry and disrupt anything on screen as you see fit! GAMEPLAY WITH A TWIST: By centering its gameplay around its unique fluid and particle physics system, ION ASSAULT adds a twist to arcade style space shooters!
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Devil Engine
Single-player alternative to Redux: Dark Matters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Redux: Dark Matters.
A last ditch effort to destroy what was once to be our savior. A final mission to eliminate a disastrous future. A single ship against Earth’s entire military. The Andraste is the only hope to defeat...the Devil Engine.
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Super Galaxy Squadron EX Turbo
Single-player alternative to Redux: Dark Matters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Redux: Dark Matters.
Super Galaxy Squadron is a fast-paced vertical shooter designed for human beings as well as SHMUP veterans. Featuring multiple game modes, a challenging but merciful difficulty curve, forgiving health system, and SEVENTEEN playable ships.
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The Haunted: Hells Reach
Single-player alternative to Redux: Dark Matters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Redux: Dark Matters.
Winner of 2010′s Make Something Unreal contest, The Haunted: Hells Reach is a fast-paced horror game where your goal is to liberate cursed places and survive the assault of Hell.
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Leona's Tricky Adventures
Single-player alternative to Redux: Dark Matters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Redux: Dark Matters.
Accompany Leona in a clever puzzle adventure to save the inhabitants of a strange but lovely world. Featuring fresh puzzle mechanics, wonderful retro graphics, lots of exploration and an excellent soundtrack by legendary game composer Chris Huelsbeck.