Single-player games like Close Order
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Close Order, 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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Crimzon Clover WORLD IGNITION
Single-player alternative to Close Order — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Close Order.
Prepare yourself for an insatiable rain of bullets, bombs, and beams in Crimzon Clover. From Japanese indie developer Yotsubane, this retro top-down shooter is a wild ride you won't want to miss out on.
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Syder Arcade
Single-player alternative to Close Order — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Close Order.
Killing zombies never gets old, but sometimes you just need a break. Get back to some serious old-school gaming with Syder Arcade! Syder Arcade is a love letter to Amiga games of the ‘90s, no coins, no upgrade grinding, just your tenacity and a motherload of alien invaders.
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Pixel Galaxy
Single-player alternative to Close Order — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Close Order.
A non-shooting shoot 'em up where you must grow, make friends, and survive together.
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Drifting Lands
Single-player alternative to Close Order — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Close Order.
Drifting Lands is an hybrid of classical horizontal shoot'em'up with a lot of strong gameplay elements coming straight from the action-RPG genre. If you want an original diablo-like game or you want a different kind of shoot'em'up, you're in the right place!
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Waves
Single-player alternative to Close Order — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Close Order.
Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!
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Super Hydorah
Single-player alternative to Close Order — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Close Order.
Super Hydorah is a nonlinear horizontal shoot’ em up designed to offer a challenging experience, sublimating the richness of traditional shmup classics. Face the menace of the Meroptians aboard the Delta Lance, alone or with your friends in this game with direct action and nostalgic art.
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Nex Machina
Single-player alternative to Close Order — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Close Order.
Nex Machina is an intense arcade style twin-stick shooter from Housemarque. Taking hints from both Robotron and Smash TV, Nex Machina focuses on pure action, voxel destruction and competition in the distant, cablepunk themed future.
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Beat Hazard
Single-player alternative to Close Order — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Close Order.
Experience your music collection like never before with this intense music driven arcade shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.
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Evangeline™
Single-player alternative to Close Order — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Close Order.
Evangeline™ is a short first person experience (FPX) where color guides you through the world. At the end, you have to ask yourself one simple question: If you could make one last call to a loved one, what would you say?
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You Can Pet The Dog VR
Single-player alternative to Close Order — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Close Order.
Fulfill the ultimate fantasy: going outside and petting a dog. In You Can Pet The Dog VR, players can pet and play with an adorable dog in a beautiful environment inspired by the upcoming game DOGGONE.