Single-player games like CRYPTARK
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to CRYPTARK, 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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GUNHEAD
Single-player alternative to CRYPTARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CRYPTARK.
Gunhead is a fast paced strategic roguelike FPS where you take the role of a pirate mech with a gun for a head, looting derelict spaceships filled with monstrous drones made out of bone and steel. Sequel to the 2d roguelite Cryptark.
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MOTHERGUNSHIP
Single-player alternative to CRYPTARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CRYPTARK.
MOTHERGUNSHIP is a bullet-hell FPS where you craft your own guns, fight gigantic bosses, and defeat a robotic alien armada that conquered Earth. Face off against overwhelming odds in brutal, non-stop combats where thinking on your feet is the only way to survive.
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Neon Chrome
Single-player alternative to CRYPTARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CRYPTARK.
A masterful combination of top-down shooter and endless replayability with procedural levels. Blast your way through walls & enemies with guns and cybernetic abilities. Install perks from cyber chambers and upgrade your character stats after each death. Can you stop the Overseer?
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Heat Signature
Single-player alternative to CRYPTARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with CRYPTARK.
Heat Signature is a game from the developers of Gunpoint where you break into spaceships, make terrible mistakes, and think of clever ways out of them. You take a mission, fly to the target ship, sneak inside, and make clever use of your gadgets to distract, ambush and take out the crew.
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Nuclear Throne
Single-player alternative to CRYPTARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CRYPTARK.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
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Duskers
Single-player alternative to CRYPTARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with CRYPTARK.
Pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard.
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NeuroVoider
Single-player alternative to CRYPTARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CRYPTARK.
NeuroVoider is a twin-stick shooter RPG set in a cyber futuristic world about brains shooting around evil robots with nuclear rocket launchers. Battle through the horde of vigilant robots, boost your character with the smoking remains of your victims, and defeat the master NeuroVoider.
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GALAK-Z
Single-player alternative to CRYPTARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CRYPTARK.
Brand New features!! The Void DLC offers endless gameplay, Online Leaderboards, and a Daily Challenge that allows players to compete worldwide for the top score. Anime inspired 2D space combat simulation at its best! GALAK-Z is a modern, A.I.
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Wytchwood
Single-player alternative to CRYPTARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with CRYPTARK.
Wytchwood is a crafting adventure game set in a land of gothic fables and fairytales. As the old witch of the woods, explore a strange countryside, collect magic ingredients, brew sorcerous spells, and pass judgement upon a capricious cast of characters.
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Apotheon
Single-player alternative to CRYPTARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CRYPTARK.
Apotheon is a heroic action game set within the vibrant world of Ancient Greek Mythology. Ascend Mount Olympus, wrestle the divine powers from the Pantheon of Gods, and save mankind.
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Capsized
Single-player alternative to CRYPTARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CRYPTARK.
Capsized is a fast paced 2D platformer focused on intense action and exploration. As a intrepid space traveler, your ship has crash landed on a mysterious alien planet. You must navigate through the perilous environment and fight off blood-thirsty creatures to save your crewmates and escape with your lives!
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DuneCrawl
Single-player alternative to CRYPTARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CRYPTARK.
DuneCrawl is an open world action-adventure game, where you take to the sandy seas atop a gigantic crustacean festooned with black powder cannons. Play as a solo Crab Keeper, or with a crew of up to three other friends in local and online coop.
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Maximum Override
Single-player alternative to CRYPTARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CRYPTARK.
Maximum Override is a chaotic city destruction game where the machines come alive. Wreak havoc in a fully destructible randomly generated city with anything you can find.
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Autocraft
Single-player alternative to CRYPTARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with CRYPTARK.
Create, Collect, and Crash in Autocraft, a physics destruction sandbox. Create your own cars, rockets, tanks, planes, boats, and more.
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Modbox
Single-player alternative to CRYPTARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CRYPTARK.
Modbox is a multiplayer game creation sandbox for Desktop+VR