Single-player games like Shmandala
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Shmandala, 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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BSG: Big Space Guns
Single-player alternative to Shmandala — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shmandala.
BSG: Big Space Guns is a coop bullet hell roguelike where you step on giant buttons to activate cannons while you dodge bullets.
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Beats Of Fury
Single-player alternative to Shmandala — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shmandala.
Shoot to the beat in this rhythm bullet hell where every shot creates music. Turn any YouTube song into a bullet hell epic battle.
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Beat Hazard
Single-player alternative to Shmandala — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shmandala.
Experience your music collection like never before with this intense music driven arcade shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.
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ONE BTN BOSSES
Single-player alternative to Shmandala — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shmandala.
It's One Button Bosses, it's all in the name. You have one button. There are big bosses to beat. Push, tap, and bash in the handcrafted campaign or in the roguelike rifts.
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Everhood
Single-player alternative to Shmandala — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shmandala.
An UNCONVENTIONAL ADVENTURE RPG that takes place in an inexpressible world filled with amusing musical battles and strange delightful encounters. To put it simply: You are in for a ride.🍄
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Waves
Single-player alternative to Shmandala — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shmandala.
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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LUFTRAUSERS
Single-player alternative to Shmandala — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shmandala.
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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Hotline Miami
Single-player alternative to Shmandala — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shmandala.
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.