Single-player games like Appulse
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Appulse, 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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SANDRIPPER
Single-player alternative to Appulse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Appulse.
Tear across the desert, obliterating wave after wave with your nuclear missile powered dual-wielding hover tank. A tight, punchy wave survival sandbox with ludicrous weaponry, exhilarating rocket-tank combat, and daily leaderboards!
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Nebula Strike
Single-player alternative to Appulse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Appulse.
Nebula Strike is a space-themed 2.5D top-down twin-stick shooter game.
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A.V.E.N.A.
Single-player alternative to Appulse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Appulse.
Pilot disposable combat drones through the Primal Portal in a sci-fi action roguelike. Customize your drone, fight through various missions, recover research data and alien technology to enhance your drone setup for the next session.
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Planet Killer
Single-player alternative to Appulse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Appulse.
A physics-driven sci-fi destruction roguelite. Orbit hostile worlds, unleash devastating weapons, and carve real craters into fully simulated planets while escalating planetary defenses fight back.
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Skyborn:IronWings
Single-player alternative to Appulse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Appulse.
A reimagined 3D arcade shooter that transforms the classic vertical scrolling formula with full spatial depth, immersive air-to-ground combat, and intense bullet hell action.
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Clive vs Hives 2
Single-player alternative to Appulse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Appulse.
Blast aliens to pieces and start a rebellion in this fast paced pixel art top down shooter where sprinting kills.
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Sky of Destruction
Single-player alternative to Appulse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Appulse.
Sky of Destruction is a top-down shooter created by a team of two people. Combine aircrafts in your combat fleet, which will help you during the mission. Your goal is to destroy the enemy aircraft carrier or buildings, breaking through the enemy air armada. Explosions and total destruction!
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Starbase Gunship
Single-player alternative to Appulse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Appulse.
Starbase Gunship places you in the seat of a weapons officer on a state-of-the-art Gunship as you defend a remote outpost from an Alien invasion fleet. With access to laser cannons, missiles, miniguns and nuclear warheads, you are the last line of defense between humanity and the alien invaders.