Single-player games like Laser Guy
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Laser Guy, 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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Negative Time
Single-player alternative to Laser Guy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Laser Guy.
Negative Time is a top-down shooter with bullet hell and roguelike elements where each time you get hit, you are sent further and further back in time, until you are sent into the past they tried so hard to erase. Maybe in there lies the key to your escape?
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Wild Island
Single-player alternative to Laser Guy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Laser Guy.
You are stranded on a mysterious island, trying to escape. A sandbox where you stack items, craft synergies, and turn simple weapons into pure power. Experiment with runes, accessories, and pets. Discover the island’s mysteries and rebuild your sanctuary to uncover what the island truly wants.
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Salt VS Pepper
Single-player alternative to Laser Guy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Laser Guy.
Salt VS Pepper is a twin-stick shooter where you switch between black and white every 3 seconds, leaving behind an evil clone every time you switch! Use guns, walls, bowling balls, and anything in between as a weapon!
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Bazookat
Single-player alternative to Laser Guy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Laser Guy.
A 2D Precision Platformer, focused on using a bazooka to rocket jump to solve puzzles! Enjoy blowing stuff up, and reaching new heights!
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Raining Lead
Single-player alternative to Laser Guy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Laser Guy.
Twin-stick shooter meets action roguelike in a quest to burn corporate stocks. Mega Giga Corp takes your city. Their stock keeps climbing but you're the correction they didn't hedge against - A constructor of machines ready to burst their bubble. Destroy, loot, upgrade, repeat and lead the revolt.
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The Hong Kong Massacre
Single-player alternative to Laser Guy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Laser Guy.
Blast your way through the streets of Hong Kong in a fast-paced, top-down shooter. Inspired by classic action movies, The Hong Kong Massacre places you at the center of a hard-boiled revenge story, filled with brutal, cinematic shootouts and vivid underworld locations.
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Peace Data
Single-player alternative to Laser Guy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Laser Guy.
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.
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Flame Over
Single-player alternative to Laser Guy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Laser Guy.
Blending top down "squirt em-up" action and "Pyroguelike" game mechanics, Flame Over features fast-paced fire-fighting thrills, randomly generated levels, 4 different game zones and dastardly hazards at every turn!
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Bloodless
Single-player alternative to Laser Guy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Laser Guy.
Stylish, action-adventure game featuring counter-based, non-lethal combat centered around ronin Tomoe's signature dash-counter mechanic, fighting with nothing but her bare fists to disarm her former allies, the samurai army of Shogun Akechi.