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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 — Steam game cover

    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?

    2026ActionIndie3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wild Island — Steam game cover

    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.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Salt VS Pepper — Steam game cover

    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!

    ActionIndieCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bazookat — Steam game cover

    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!

    2027ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Raining Lead — Steam game cover

    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.

    ActionSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Hong Kong Massacre — Steam game cover

    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.

    2019ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Peace Data — Steam game cover

    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.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Flame Over — Steam game cover

    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!

    2015ActionIndie11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bloodless — Steam game cover

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →