Single-player games like Protect Your Humans
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Protect Your Humans, 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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Riders 2491
Single-player alternative to Protect Your Humans — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Protect Your Humans.
Riders 2491 is an action shoot'em up game that pays homage to the classics of 90’s arcades with modern visuals.
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Hostile Lands
Single-player alternative to Protect Your Humans — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Protect Your Humans.
Hostile Lands is a 2D top-down, roguelite shooter where a crash landing is mistaken for an act of war. LOOT tons of unique guns. ENHANCE your skills. RESCUE surviving crew members and ESCAPE...if you can.
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BULLET PARTY
Single-player alternative to Protect Your Humans — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Protect Your Humans.
The party co-op shoot ’em up! Become the king of the night club! Go alone or group your friends! Shoot the party crashers down!
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CounterAttack: Uprising
Single-player alternative to Protect Your Humans — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Protect Your Humans.
CounterAttack: Uprising is a side scrolling space shooter (shmup). Team up or fight solo, 1 - 4 player local or up to 8 players online coop, unlock upgrades, use powerful ultimate abilities, enhance your ship the way you want, and save the Earth from annihilation.
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Assault Android Cactus+
Single-player alternative to Protect Your Humans — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Protect Your Humans.
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.
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Tinker Racers
Single-player alternative to Protect Your Humans — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Tinker Racers is a Survival Racing Party Game. Drive mini RC cars through tracks built around the house with common, everyday items. Forget the finishing line and just try to stay in sight! Up to four friends can join forces or compete with each other on local multiplayer!
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Wee Tanks!
Single-player alternative to Protect Your Humans — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Protect Your Humans.
Explosions. Tanks. Bosses. And more explosions. Crazy fun with your friends. Hundreds of maps. Boom.
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HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed
Single-player alternative to Protect Your Humans — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Protect Your Humans.
Hypercharge is a first and third-person shooter action figure game you've always dreamed of! Grab your friends, complete objectives, defend the Hypercore against waves of weaponized toys, and defeat Major Evil together in the story campaign!
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SquareMan
Single-player alternative to Protect Your Humans — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Protect Your Humans.
Reminiscent of Jump King and Celeste. Henry (SquareMan) has fallen off a Cliff and into a the Caverns of Squared. Attain Willpower and escape via the bridge atop the mountain in this very punishing 2D Precision Platformer. Beware the Spikes and Slopes.