Single-player games like Shmadow
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Shmadow, 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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Assault Android Cactus+
Single-player alternative to Shmadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shmadow.
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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Shwip
Single-player alternative to Shmadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shmadow.
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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DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours
Single-player alternative to Shmadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shmadow.
DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours is the latest installment in Taito's DARIUS series of arcade-style shooting games. Blast hordes of alien sea-monsters, and blaze your own trail through branching environments.
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Galacide
Single-player alternative to Shmadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shmadow.
Command destructive spaceships to obliterate hordes of enemy vessels, while quickly solving puzzles to weave through networks of vibrantly colorful, adversarial machines!
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Watchlist
Single-player alternative to Shmadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shmadow.
Accused of committing a crime affecting the nation's security, you are now tasked with tracking down various undesirables in order to redeem yourself in the eyes of the powers that be. Blast through procedurally generated levels and complete the Watchlist in this retro arcade shooter!
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Nex Machina
Single-player alternative to Shmadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shmadow.
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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Ultratron
Single-player alternative to Shmadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shmadow.
Experience the addictive gameplay of old-school arcade favourites, updated and improved for the 21st century! Unique retro-futuristic sound and graphics, player responsive difficulty, and a subtle system of tactics combined with classic gameplay make Ultratron a fun and hypnotic arcade blast.
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Jamestown
Single-player alternative to Shmadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shmadow.
Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. It features all the intensity, depth, and lovingly handcrafted pixels of a classic arcade shooter, with a modern twist: deeply-integrated cooperative gameplay.