Single-player games like Dimension Drive
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Dimension Drive, 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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Waking Knightmare
Single-player alternative to Dimension Drive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dimension Drive.
Become a Dream Walker in this high Adrenaline Knightmare! Push yourself to the limits on Single Player for a high score or challenge your friends in a battle with your Knightmares on your side. The choice is yours...
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Heliocide
Single-player alternative to Dimension Drive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dimension Drive.
Heliocide is a relentless top-down scrolling action! Arm your shields, lasers, guns, bombs and missiles to defend the solar system from a massive invasion!
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Chronicle: Unit Eight
Single-player alternative to Dimension Drive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dimension Drive.
Experience intense arcade-style shooter with bullet hell mechanics and rogue-like elements. Use destructible bullets to defeat waves of enemies and bosses. Can you emerge victorious in this thrilling challenge and take down the Space Pirate?
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Steinstern: Spacewar
Single-player alternative to Dimension Drive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dimension Drive.
The top-down shooter with loot and infinite progression. Find your way through randomly generated mazes. Level up your ship, find new weapons and upgrade them. Try to keep up with increasingly tough enemies!
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Shwip
Single-player alternative to Dimension Drive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dimension Drive.
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.
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Exterminate Zombies: Get Paid
Single-player alternative to Dimension Drive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dimension Drive.
Exterminate zombies in style with up to 4 players in this action packed co-op top-down shooter.
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Sky Force Reloaded
Single-player alternative to Dimension Drive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dimension Drive.
Sky Force Reloaded is a classic shoot ‘em up experience packed in gorgeous visuals and excellent gameplay. Enjoy flashy explosions, beautiful scenery and massive bosses in single player or local cooperative modes.
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Chippy
Single-player alternative to Dimension Drive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dimension Drive.
Chip destructible bosses apart pixel-by-pixel in this twin-stick bullet-hell shooter.
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Ikaruga
Single-player alternative to Dimension Drive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dimension Drive.
Shoot! Dodge! and... Get Hit!? "Ikaruga" is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay. Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets! Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!
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Xenon Valkyrie
Single-player alternative to Dimension Drive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dimension Drive.
Xenon Valkyrie is a rogue-like with many RPG elements in which you will have to get to the deepest part of a moon and finish the plans of a wicked witch. You will be able to get many weapons randomly as you fight in a world that is created every time you play.
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R-Type Final 2
Single-player alternative to Dimension Drive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dimension Drive.
R-Type has returned! The legendary side-scroller is back and better than ever with beautifully rendered 3D graphics, exhilarating shoot-'em-up gameplay, and a multitude of stages, ships, and weapons that will allow you to conduct a symphony of destruction upon your foes.
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Xeno
Single-player alternative to Dimension Drive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dimension Drive.
Xeno is a 2D platform game - we move left and right and jump in the game, we can shoot and, in some cases, sneak to eliminate enemies from hiding. The game will also feature the use of the environment, such as exoskeletons or vehicles of all types, and puzzles.
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TYPE
Single-player alternative to Dimension Drive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dimension Drive.
A fast-paced roguelike typing game with command abilities and high skill ceiling
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AK-xolotl: Together
Single-player alternative to Dimension Drive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dimension Drive.
The cutest, deadliest top-down roguelike shooter featuring AK-wielding Axolotls. Blast your way through the animal kingdom with an arsenal of kick-ass guns, mighty power-ups and even raise an army of trigger-happy baby axolotls. 🔫🔫 Double the firepower! Local co-op update now live!
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Aeon Drive
Single-player alternative to Dimension Drive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dimension Drive.
Rush through the cyberpunk landscapes of Neo Barcelona in Aeon Drive, an action-platformer with a speedrunning twist! Whether solo or in up to 4 player co-op, sprint and dash through many areas of the neon-infused city - and use your time and space-bending abilities to get ahead.
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Altered Alma
Single-player alternative to Dimension Drive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dimension Drive.
Altered Alma combines the beloved classic Metroidvania formula with RPG elements, dating sim features, a slick pixel-art presentation, and a gripping story. Whether you want to beat up bad guys, find love, or just explore the beautiful cyberpunk cityscape, Neo Barcelona awaits!