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Single-player games like Super Mutant Alien Assault

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Super Mutant Alien Assault, 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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    Nuclear Throne — Steam game cover

    Nuclear Throne

    Single-player alternative to Super Mutant Alien Assault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Super Mutant Alien Assault.

    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?

    2015ActionIndieRPG11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Crimson Glaive Sigma — Steam game cover

    Crimson Glaive Sigma

    Single-player alternative to Super Mutant Alien Assault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Super Mutant Alien Assault.

    Enjoy this 2D metroidvania-like bullet hell platformer. Jump, dodge and traverse using your jet pack. Find weapons and abilities. Fight bosses and escape an old space station drifting through the cosmos. You are alone, with nothing but a space suit and a gun. Just keep going! Persevere and triumph!

    2021ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Caverns of Mars: Recharged — Steam game cover

    Caverns of Mars: Recharged

    Single-player alternative to Super Mutant Alien Assault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Super Mutant Alien Assault.

    Race through caverns while blasting away enemies and terrain to reach the depths of Mars in this reimagining of the 1981 classic.

    2023Action9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Star Devil — Steam game cover

    Star Devil

    Single-player alternative to Super Mutant Alien Assault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Super Mutant Alien Assault.

    Star Devil is a Sci-fi Station Survival Roguelike Game with dynamic alien infection. Playable in both single player and split-screen co-op.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Space Dragons — Steam game cover

    Space Dragons

    Single-player alternative to Super Mutant Alien Assault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Super Mutant Alien Assault.

    Choose your spaceship and defeat the alien threat that comes from the Moon. Blast your way crushing, ripping apart and exploding hostile aliens that are taking control of powerful weapons and military technology from Earth. Find the entity that controls the threat and make it explode into blood.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Star Legion — Steam game cover

    Star Legion

    Single-player alternative to Super Mutant Alien Assault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Super Mutant Alien Assault.

    Star Legion is a local co-op top-down shooter where you battle rogue machines in intense missions. Craft gear, survive hostile incursions, and reclaim sectors to spread the glory of the intergalactic Roman Empire.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hell is Other Demons — Steam game cover

    Hell is Other Demons

    Single-player alternative to Super Mutant Alien Assault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Super Mutant Alien Assault.

    Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.

    2019ActionIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Overdriven Reloaded — Steam game cover

    Overdriven Reloaded

    Single-player alternative to Super Mutant Alien Assault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Super Mutant Alien Assault.

    Shoot' Em Up, Vertical Fast & Fun !The Overdriven Ship is back :More better, more intense, and more beautiful !

    2016ActionIndie7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Super Crate Box — Steam game cover

    Super Crate Box

    Single-player alternative to Super Mutant Alien Assault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Super Mutant Alien Assault.

    Vlambeer's SUPER CRATE BOX is coming to bring back the glory of the golden arcade age, when all that really mattered was getting on that high score list. Grab your baseball cap and loosen your pants, it's time to fight endless hordes of enemies and collect every weapon crate you can.

    2012ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    TowerFall Ascension — Steam game cover

    TowerFall Ascension

    Single-player alternative to Super Mutant Alien Assault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Super Mutant Alien Assault.

    TowerFall Ascension is the definitive version of the hit archery combat game. Inspired by classics from the golden age of couch multiplayer, it's a 4-player local party game centering around hilarious, intense versus matches. The core mechanics are simple and accessible, but hard to master and combat is fierce.

    2014ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →