Single-player games like Nex Machina
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Nex Machina, 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 Nex Machina — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nex Machina.
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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Circuit Breakers
Single-player alternative to Nex Machina — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nex Machina.
Talented and ferocious weapon experts needed to eliminate a dangerous mechanical menace that threatens the existence of humanity. Up to six positions available. Benefits include traveling the world to eliminate robots.
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Destropolis
Single-player alternative to Nex Machina — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nex Machina.
Destropolis is a top-down shooter game with a fully destructible environment, hundreds of enemies and nuclear explosions. Fight a countless swarm of enemies. Tear them to pieces with bullets, lasers and explosions. Destroy as many of them as you can before they overwhelm you...
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Chippy
Single-player alternative to Nex Machina — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nex Machina.
Chip destructible bosses apart pixel-by-pixel in this twin-stick bullet-hell shooter.
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Danger Scavenger
Single-player alternative to Nex Machina — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nex Machina.
Danger Scavenger is fast-paced action, cyberpunk-themed, roguelite skyline crawler. Blow up, cut, shoot enemy robots on the roofs of skyscrapers. Choose your way to higher levels, loot, buy stuff, upgrade yourself, fight against greedy corporations, be a rebel!
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Neon Chrome
Single-player alternative to Nex Machina — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nex Machina.
A masterful combination of top-down shooter and endless replayability with procedural levels. Blast your way through walls & enemies with guns and cybernetic abilities. Install perks from cyber chambers and upgrade your character stats after each death. Can you stop the Overseer?
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Never Not Shooting
Single-player alternative to Nex Machina — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nex Machina.
Grab up to 3 friends and defend the sun from swarms of enemies in this local coop twin stick shooter. Siphon energy from the sun and shoot as many attackers as you can to claim the high score before it explodes! Fight over experience and upgrade your ship to keep up with the ever-mounting pressure.
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Mega City Force
Single-player alternative to Nex Machina — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nex Machina.
Retrowave Action Roguelike featuring tough agents battling crime to the electrifying music of artists like Droid Bishop, Timecop1983, and more! Choose your agent and dive into hardcore action against enemies and bosses, utilizing a vast arsenal and special abilities that will define your playstyle
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Returnal™
Single-player alternative to Nex Machina — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nex Machina.
BREAK THE CYCLE Fight to survive as this award-winning third-person shooter brings Selene’s story to PC. Take on roguelike challenges. Engage enemies in bullet hell-fuelled clashes. Share your journey through Returnal™ with another player.
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Outland
Single-player alternative to Nex Machina — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nex Machina.
Outland is a fast-paced, dynamic platformer where the player uses powers of light and dark in an epic journey to save the world from forces of chaos.