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Single-player games like Skewer Squad

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Skewer Squad, 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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    Omelet You Cook — Steam game cover

    Omelet You Cook

    Single-player alternative to Skewer Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Skewer Squad.

    The cozy chaotic cooking roguelike. Assemble omelets for quirky students using ingredients from a conveyor belt. Discover wacky combinations to satisfy the ever-demanding Principal Clucker.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie11.24 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Compadrone: Land Wars — Steam game cover

    Compadrone: Land Wars

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

    In this fast-paced roguelite arena shooter with tower-defense twists, control a drone capable of wielding multiple weapons and fight hordes of alien warbots. Collect resources and XP to unlock new weapons, towers, abilities, and drones.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Orbit Run — Steam game cover

    Orbit Run

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

    Orbit Run is an arcade sci-fi game with roguelike elements, in which orbiting asteroids are your only weapons. Catch asteroids and combine them to unlock their run-altering abilities. Skillfully manoeuvre to dodge attacks and land massive asteroid strikes to defeat the ever-increasing waves of foes.

    2027ActionIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Towerful Defense: A Rogue TD — Steam game cover

    Towerful Defense: A Rogue TD

    Single-player alternative to Skewer Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Skewer Squad.

    A roguelike tower defense where you control a single tower to fight against hordes of aliens coming from all directions. Pick your tower, equip up to 4 skills, and choose from a variety of traits and unique effect items to craft powerful builds that lead you to victory.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie2.49 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Founders Save The World — Steam game cover

    Founders Save The World

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

    Save The World! Bullet-heaven roguelite where absurd founder archetypes defeat world problems through hunger, healthcare, and energy crises. Draft ridiculous weapons, evolve chaotic synergies, and save the world!

    2026ActionIndieCasual7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    星际探索 Star Exploration — Steam game cover

    星际探索 Star Exploration

    Single-player alternative to Skewer Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Skewer Squad.

    Plants vs. Planet Monsters is a sci-fi adventure game that blends survival, tower defense, and farming elements.

    StrategyAdventureCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    REBELLION PRINCESS|リベリオン プリンセス — Steam game cover

    REBELLION PRINCESS|リベリオン プリンセス

    Single-player alternative to Skewer Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Skewer Squad.

    Raise your favorite characters and have them ready to fight in the next run! Command beautiful girls to defend the castle and princess A non-reset roguelite × tower defense

    2026ActionStrategy4.79 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Genome Guardian 2 — Steam game cover

    Genome Guardian 2

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

    COMBINE WEAPONS in the microscopic shooter with macroscopic depth. BUILD YOUR NANOBOT from hundreds of parts. SURVIVE the microbial onslaught once more in this psychedelic dive to the Abyss, full of mutations, minerals, anomalies and powerup polyps. SHMUP mode turns it into a vertical shoot 'em up!

    2026ActionIndieRPG15.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Brothers — Steam game cover

    Brothers

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

    Brothers is a medieval co-op action roguelite where two knights set out from their castle, take on dangerous quests, battle through hostile forests, and grow stronger together with every run. Fight, survive, upgrade, and protect your kingdom side by side.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition — Steam game cover

    Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    Single-player alternative to Skewer Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Skewer Squad.

    Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Survivor — Steam game cover

    Survivor

    Single-player alternative to Skewer Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Skewer Squad.

    Get ready for an intense survival battle against an ever-growing horde of zombies. Play solo or co-op with friends, test your shooting skills and luck in this relentless combat and see how long you can stay alive.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →