Single-player games like Miner Mayhem
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Miner Mayhem, 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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Kick Ass Commandos
Single-player alternative to Miner Mayhem — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Miner Mayhem.
Lock and Load! It's time to Kick-Ass. Grab your machine gun, flamethrower, rocket launcher, and grenades. Assault the enemy base and free commandos to join your team while you destroy everything in sight. Make your way through enemy bunkers to rescue your comrades, and kill everyone you encounter!
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Tiki Man
Single-player alternative to Miner Mayhem — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Miner Mayhem.
Chop the world's tallest Tiki! 4 tropical environments and 16 Tiki Men to unlock!
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Downwell
Single-player alternative to Miner Mayhem — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Miner Mayhem.
Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.
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Timberman
Single-player alternative to Miner Mayhem — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Miner Mayhem.
Become a Timberman, chop wood and avoid the branches. Almost 30 million players could not be wrong - featured as one of the best casual games.
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Pix the Cat
Single-player alternative to Miner Mayhem — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Miner Mayhem.
Pix the Cat is a critically acclaimed intense arcade game that will challenge your reflexes and your wits, pitting you against your friends and the world in a race to the highest score!
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LUFTRAUSERS
Single-player alternative to Miner Mayhem — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Miner Mayhem.
The skies are aflame and the seas will overflow with wreckage in Vlambeer’s stylish arcade shooter LUFTRAUSERS! Take to the skies in customized fighter planes to battle battleships, submarines, and rival aces for glory, honor, and high scores.
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Bleed 2
Single-player alternative to Miner Mayhem — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Miner Mayhem.
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!
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One Finger Death Punch 2
Single-player alternative to Miner Mayhem — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Miner Mayhem.
The world's fastest brawler is back. Experience cinematic kung-fu in the most epic stickman fighter ever made. Staying true to the original, you play with only two buttons. Every press matters, do not button mash!
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Ant War: Domination
Single-player alternative to Miner Mayhem — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Miner Mayhem.
Emerge from the ant hill with a handful of ants and a dream... to conquer the world. Train your ants, manage their daily workload, and travel across the town in search of new land. Sharpen your pincers and be ready to fight everyone from beetles and slugs, to the town police and the army!
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Ghost Encounters: Deadwood - Collector's Edition
Single-player alternative to Miner Mayhem — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Miner Mayhem.
The town of Deadwood is being terrorized by the ghost of a murderous outlaw in Ghost Encounters: Deadwood - The Collector's Edition!
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Redrum: Time Lies
Single-player alternative to Miner Mayhem — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Miner Mayhem.
The twisted and evil Dr. Sigmund Fraud has been released from the asylum, and is up to his old tricks. Help Detective Ravenwood track him down and end his terrible crimes in Redrum – Time Lies. Dive into this Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game and free the souls of Dr. Fraud’s victims from their nightmares.
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Age of Castles: Warlords
Single-player alternative to Miner Mayhem — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Miner Mayhem.
War is upon us and only the mightiest kingdom will rule the realm. Build the ultimate kingdom, wage total war on your enemies, and conquer the realm!
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Hide and Secret Treasure of the Ages
Single-player alternative to Miner Mayhem — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Miner Mayhem.
The villain Jacques has stolen the Treasures of the Ages so he can harness their mystical powers in his evil plan to rule the world. You must help Will Scout and Anna Graham on their quest to defeat him and rescue the treasures!
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Zombie Apocalypse: Escape The Undead City
Single-player alternative to Miner Mayhem — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Miner Mayhem.
Battle through Zombie Apocalypse horror! Which is better - shotgun, pistol or AK-47? Blast their rotten, infected brains out and choose your favorite! Scavenge weapons and armor to pimp out your souped up zombie slaying car - then plow down the man-eating hordes to Escape the Undead City, and try not to get your guts torn out!!!