Single-player games like Laser Hell
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Laser Hell, 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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Glyphica: Typing Survival
Single-player alternative to Laser Hell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Laser Hell.
Weaponize your WPM. Glyphica: Typing Survival is a single-player roguelite horde survival typing game that lets you mow down hordes of enemies in a minimalistic arena using your finger dexterity, your choice of weapons loadout, and sheer determination.
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Ball-it Hell
Single-player alternative to Laser Hell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Laser Hell.
Dodge! Strike back! This is a fast-paced barrage arcade game. Move the character to dodge bullets. Pick the right time to strike bullets back and destroy enemies to get gold coins. Unlock more characters and powerful skills. Keep challenging yourself to get higher scores and rankings.
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Waves
Single-player alternative to Laser Hell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Laser Hell.
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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Assault Android Cactus+
Single-player alternative to Laser Hell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Laser Hell.
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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Nuclear Throne
Single-player alternative to Laser Hell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Laser Hell.
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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Soundodger+
Single-player alternative to Laser Hell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Laser Hell.
Dodge the music and dance through a mesmerizing ballet of choreographed bullets, each synced to music from over a dozen international artists. Push your creativity and skills with the fully-featured Level Editor and never run out of things to dodge.
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Ikaruga
Single-player alternative to Laser Hell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Laser Hell.
Shoot! Dodge! and... Get Hit!? "Ikaruga" is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay. Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets! Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!
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LUFTRAUSERS
Single-player alternative to Laser Hell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Laser Hell.
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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Plav Light
Single-player alternative to Laser Hell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Laser Hell.
Plav Light is a game about Plavs who are stranded on an island where a new virus has appeared. Will they be able to survive sleepless nights, fighting off an endless horde of incoming monsters, and make it off the island?
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Esordie
Single-player alternative to Laser Hell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Laser Hell.
You have to escape from the complex... You don't have many attempts...