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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Sektori
Single-player alternative to Nex Machina — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nex Machina.
Sektori is an intense, fast paced twin-stick shooter infused with hard hitting techno music. A game where the high-adrenaline gameplay, visuals, and music come together to transport you into another state of consciousness.
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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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God's Trigger
Single-player alternative to Nex Machina — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nex Machina.
Slay enemies with speed and precision in an over-the-top show of blood and explosions. Play solo or with others, make split-second decisions, dodge bullets, and use weapons and abilities to inflict violence in the most graphic way possible.
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Geometry Wars™ 3: Dimensions Evolved
Single-player alternative to Nex Machina — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nex Machina.
Experience the full evolution of the award-winning Geometry Wars franchise and battle through waves of enemies on 3D grids in this frenetic arcade shooter!
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Waves
Single-player alternative to Nex Machina — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nex Machina.
Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!
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Nuclear Throne
Single-player alternative to Nex Machina — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nex Machina.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
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Renegade Ops
Single-player alternative to Nex Machina — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nex Machina.
Blast your way through enemy lines to defeat Inferno, a madman intent on global domination. Destruction just got awesome.
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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.