Single-player games like Hardcore Soldier
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Hardcore Soldier, 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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MOONMAN: THE GAME
Single-player alternative to Hardcore Soldier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hardcore Soldier.
MOON MAN: THE GAME is a 2d platformer shooter. In this game you will find many different worlds and weapons to use. The game is inspired by a certain someone.
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Lober Lobe
Single-player alternative to Hardcore Soldier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hardcore Soldier.
Shoot psychic orbs, collect useful thoughts, upgrade your Probe with speed, maneuverability, satellites, resistance and suppress negative thoughts in this Brain centric, procedurally generated bullet hell shoot 'em up.
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Parkour Legends
Single-player alternative to Hardcore Soldier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hardcore Soldier.
Complete time-trial courses in this fast-paced side-scrolling parkour platformer. Gain speed boosts and build momentum as you vault over obstacles, slide under objects, run on walls, and rebound over impossible gaps. Collect hard-to-reach gear. Style your runner. Climb leaderboards. Become a legend!
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Contra: Operation Galuga
Single-player alternative to Hardcore Soldier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Hardcore Soldier.
The legendary Contra series returns! This reimagining of the classic run-'n'-gun action game from the ‘80s features new stages, new enemies, new play mechanics, and co-op combat for up to 4 players!
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Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit
Single-player alternative to Hardcore Soldier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Hardcore Soldier.
The Angry Video Game Nerd is back in 8-bits! Battle through frantic platforming levels, defeat classic AVGN bosses, and save all of gaming, or test your skills in Endless Challenge mode!
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Elsie
Single-player alternative to Hardcore Soldier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hardcore Soldier.
Elsie is a technicolour, hyperkinetic, rogue-like action-platformer filled with procedurally generated levels, an army of robots to blast through, and a wide scope of items & weaponry to make each run unique. Master countless magitek weapons and abilities in order to embrace the chaos.
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Lilac 0
Single-player alternative to Hardcore Soldier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hardcore Soldier.
The machine world of Molybdion has fallen into disarray. As Nidhogg eats the root of the planet, unending wars rage on the surface! Slice your way through hordes of metallic foes in five frantic levels, defeat fearsome bosses, and dodge countless bullets in this vintage vertical shoot 'em up.
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Fury Unleashed
Single-player alternative to Hardcore Soldier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hardcore Soldier.
Shoot your way through the pages of an ever-changing comic book in this fast-paced roguelike. Play solo, in local or online co-op, expand your weaponry, and upgrade your hero with each run. All that to find out why has your creator lost his faith in you and to prove him wrong.
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Victim
Single-player alternative to Hardcore Soldier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Hardcore Soldier.
A game like none other. Victim invites you into the world of The Ominous Oppression. A desolate landscape of horrors and mental anguish. A place where only the mentally strong can survive and overcome the seemingly endless relentless trials of perpetuating devastation.
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First Odium
Single-player alternative to Hardcore Soldier — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A psychological Turn Based Combat RPG Dungeon Crawling Horror
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Ancient Adventure
Single-player alternative to Hardcore Soldier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hardcore Soldier.
Evil has taken over the world. Equip your Weapon of Choice and venture forth. Journey out into the world to avenge your predecessors. Survive the hordes of monsters, seek out to extinguish the source of all Evil, so that one day, your people may finally live in peace.
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Psycho Ripper
Single-player alternative to Hardcore Soldier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hardcore Soldier.
Psycho Ripper is a top down action shooter with modified conditional formations. Explore a randomization of challenges as you blast through a sentient crystal mine, confronting progressively baneful threats and equip unusual armaments, as you speculate further through a grand and unknown chaos.