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Single-player games like Tachyon Project

Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Tachyon Project, 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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    Shwip — Steam game cover

    Shwip

    Single-player alternative to Tachyon Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tachyon Project.

    Dominate global leaderboards as you face an unrelenting geometric force. Shwip blends twin-stick arcade action with tight controls, jaw-dropping pixel destruction, and devastating weapons and abilities. Evade, outlast, and play with style in four game modes, both solo and local multiplayer.

    2021ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Exterminate Zombies: Get Paid — Steam game cover

    Exterminate Zombies: Get Paid

    Single-player alternative to Tachyon Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tachyon Project.

    Exterminate zombies in style with up to 4 players in this action packed co-op top-down shooter.

    2022ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Beat Hazard — Steam game cover

    Beat Hazard

    Single-player alternative to Tachyon Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tachyon Project.

    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.

    2010ActionIndieCasual9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bleed 2 — Steam game cover

    Bleed 2

    Single-player alternative to Tachyon Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tachyon Project.

    Bleed 2 is a relentless arcade action game featuring air-dodging, bullet-reflecting, and tons of bosses. Now with randomly-generated levels and daily challenges, too!

    2017ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Crimsonland — Steam game cover

    Crimsonland

    Single-player alternative to Tachyon Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tachyon Project.

    Thousands of aliens, giant spiders, mutant lizards, and more are on the attack - can you survive the onslaught? Crimsonland is a top-down shooter with a touch of RPG. Unlock over 30 weapons and over 50 perks from quirky to brutal. Complete the quest and show your skills in five survival modes.

    2014ActionIndieRPG13.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Assault Android Cactus+ — Steam game cover

    Assault Android Cactus+

    Single-player alternative to Tachyon Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tachyon Project.

    Assault Android Cactus is an intense arcade style twin stick shooter - pick from one of nine unique synthetic heroines and blast your way through overwhelming robots hordes to save the ship from its own workforce. Supports single player and local co-op game modes.

    2015ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Renegade Ops — Steam game cover

    Renegade Ops

    Single-player alternative to Tachyon Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Tachyon Project.

    Blast your way through enemy lines to defeat Inferno, a madman intent on global domination. Destruction just got awesome.

    2011Action3.39 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    #KILLALLZOMBIES — Steam game cover

    #KILLALLZOMBIES

    Single-player alternative to Tachyon Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tachyon Project.

    #KILLALLZOMBIES is an insane twin-stick zombie shooter with Twitch streaming interactions, where you survive hordes of zombies on a dynamically changing arena and spectators may affect gameplay via special Twitch chat commands.

    2016ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Super Toy Cars — Steam game cover

    Super Toy Cars

    Single-player alternative to Tachyon Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Tachyon Project.

    Super Toy Cars is a tabletop arcade combat racing game featuring fast and cool looking cars, impressive tracks made of everyday objects and a bunch of power-ups that will let you destroy your opposition.

    2014IndieRacing9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lightfish — Steam game cover

    Lightfish

    Single-player alternative to Tachyon Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tachyon Project.

    LightFish is a highly addictive arcade game, where the user controls a small fish who lives in the abyssal deeps of the ocean... surrounded by deadly creatures.

    2011ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Spheroids — Steam game cover

    Spheroids

    Single-player alternative to Tachyon Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tachyon Project.

    Spheroids is a 2D sidescroller that mixes mechanics from classic platformers such as Super Mario Bros or Umihara Kawase with 'combat' sections inspired in Pang! (or Buster Brothers), within a comical science-fiction setting inspired by films and series such as Futurama, Rick & Morty, Ghostbusters, Back to the Future or Spaceballs.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Legendary Eleven: Epic Football — Steam game cover

    Legendary Eleven: Epic Football

    Single-player alternative to Tachyon Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Tachyon Project.

    Legendary Eleven is an ​epic arcade football game inspired by the golden age of football spanning the 70's to the 90's. Choose from 36 teams full of glorious haircuts, moustaches and legends in short shorts. Lead them to glory and win the World Cup!

    2019SportsIndie14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Super Toy Cars 2 — Steam game cover

    Super Toy Cars 2

    Single-player alternative to Tachyon Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Tachyon Project.

    Super Toy Cars 2 is a fast paced arcade racing game where you control miniature cars that speed across amazing tracks made of supersized everyday objects. Race, fight, crash, jump, play with the objects around the track, alone or with friends. Provoke mayhem with your little toy car!

    2020SportsIndieRacing14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Super Toy Cars Offroad — Steam game cover

    Super Toy Cars Offroad

    Single-player alternative to Tachyon Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Tachyon Project.

    Super Toy Cars Offroad brings the series off the beaten track and into the mud, sand, snow, and more! Find your own way in this fast-paced arcade racing game where you control miniature offroad cars that speed through amazing tracks populated with supersized everyday objects.

    2022SportsIndieRacing19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →