Single-player games like PixelJunk Monsters 3
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to PixelJunk Monsters 3, 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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Project Zarya
Single-player alternative to PixelJunk Monsters 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with PixelJunk Monsters 3.
Project Zarya is an open-world adventure set in post-apocalyptic Russia, where every day is a fight for survival. Explore, gather resources, build shelters, craft equipment, and battle the infected alone or with friends.
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Fortress Merge
Single-player alternative to PixelJunk Monsters 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with PixelJunk Monsters 3.
Merge buildings, upgrade your defenses, and protect your fortress from endless waves of zombies. Plan each move carefully, adapt your strategy, and survive as long as you can.
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Tiny Chef
Single-player alternative to PixelJunk Monsters 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with PixelJunk Monsters 3.
A co-op restaurant management sim for 1-4 players. Chop, fry and plate orders against a ticking clock, then spend the takings between shifts on new appliances, conveyor automation, knocked-down walls and a second restaurant across town.
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Paddle Legends
Single-player alternative to PixelJunk Monsters 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with PixelJunk Monsters 3.
Paddle Legends is a challenging, arcade-inspired roguelite with RPG elements. Use your paddle to block projectiles and send them back at your enemy to score and deal damage. Grab upgrades, unlock new paddles, and acquire permanent boosts to create fun new builds as you fight tougher enemies!
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Formic Fortress
Single-player alternative to PixelJunk Monsters 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with PixelJunk Monsters 3.
Formic Fortress is a local co-op tower defense party game with rogue-like elements. Scavenge and throw blocks to build your anthill and fend off waves of nasty bugs! Protect your queen, survive the swarm, and unleash the dormant strength of your ammo through powerful upgrades resetting every run.
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Quadrix
Single-player alternative to PixelJunk Monsters 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with PixelJunk Monsters 3.
Rule the board with chaotic card synergies in a high-tempo block-placement roguelite. Bend physics, reverse board collapses, and chain game-breaking combos. Dominate online PvP, Co-op, and a 100-level Campaign. Draw your cards. Break the game.
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JOVA
Single-player alternative to PixelJunk Monsters 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with PixelJunk Monsters 3.
A cozy, bright cascade puzzler. Line up three or more Jovials to clear them, chain the cascades, then bank the meter to trigger HYPER for ultra combos! Play cozy solo across two modes and a 50-level ladder, or go head-to-head in local or online versus against a friend or one of your 10 AI rivals.
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Dicevaders
Single-player alternative to PixelJunk Monsters 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with PixelJunk Monsters 3.
Dicevaders is a dice-based roguelike deckbuilder about leading the ultimate alien invasion. Set in the StarVaders universe, draft and manipulate the dice row, build an unstoppable army, and unleash adrenaline pumping combos through powerful synergies and strategic play.
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PixelJunk™ Nom Nom Galaxy
Single-player alternative to PixelJunk Monsters 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with PixelJunk Monsters 3.
Welcome to SoupCo, Astroworker! In Nom Nom Galaxy, construct and automate gigantic soup factories on unexplored planets throughout the universe, harvest flora and fauna to turn them into artisanal soups, and rocket your product into the gullets of the galaxy!
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PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate
Single-player alternative to PixelJunk Monsters 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Tikiman the Forest Defender is in trouble. Hordes of monsters are sweeping through his realm, hoping to chow down on his offspring – and it’s up to you to defend them. By placing weapon towers at strategic points around the landscape, you can destroy the invaders and save the little ones.
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PixelJunk™ Eden
Single-player alternative to PixelJunk Monsters 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with PixelJunk Monsters 3.
Swing, climb, and jump your way through massive “gardens” of vibrant other-worldly plant-life in this truly organic platformer.
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PixelJunk™ Monsters 2
Single-player alternative to PixelJunk Monsters 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
PixelJunk™ Monsters is back with the simple, yet highly strategic real-time tower defense gameplay gameplay of the original title, now with updated graphics and brand new multiplayer modes!
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PixelJunk™ Shooter
Single-player alternative to PixelJunk Monsters 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
In PixelJunk™ Shooter, you must pilot your spacecraft through a range of cavernous environments in a bid to save the scientists trapped underground. Making your way through the game will rely on your keen sense of observation and the ability to manipulate your surroundings.
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PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate
Single-player alternative to PixelJunk Monsters 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
CAN YOU SAVE THE SCIENTISTS ON APOXUS PRIME?PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate is a twin-stick shooter with equal elements of action and puzzle solving.
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Dead Hungry
Single-player alternative to PixelJunk Monsters 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with PixelJunk Monsters 3.
Dead Hungry is a fast-paced VR game developed by Q-Games, creators of the PixelJunk series. Restore zombies to human form by loading up huge hamburgers and hurling them to the grateful undead. Your weapons of choice are burgers, pizza, fries--and anything else you can pick up!
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PixelJunk™ Eden 2
Single-player alternative to PixelJunk Monsters 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with PixelJunk Monsters 3.
Return to the gardens of light and sound in this hypnotic platforming adventure from the award-winning PixelJunk series.