Single-player games like Battle Crust
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Battle Crust, 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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Intrusion 2
Single-player alternative to Battle Crust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Battle Crust.
"This is some of the most fun I've had with a game so far this year, and it will go down as one of the best side-scrolling shooters of all time." - 9/10, Destructoid
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Downwell
Single-player alternative to Battle Crust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Battle Crust.
Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.
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Tadpole Treble
Single-player alternative to Battle Crust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Battle Crust.
Embark on a thrilling adventure through sheet music in Tadpole Treble! Escape predatory piranhas, flirtatious tadpoles and more as you make your way back home. Shoot for the top of the leaderboards, or create your own stages and music in Composition Mode!
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Crimzon Clover WORLD IGNITION
Single-player alternative to Battle Crust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Battle Crust.
Prepare yourself for an insatiable rain of bullets, bombs, and beams in Crimzon Clover. From Japanese indie developer Yotsubane, this retro top-down shooter is a wild ride you won't want to miss out on.
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DRAINUS
Single-player alternative to Battle Crust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Battle Crust.
This is a side-scrolling shooting game in which you take control of the "Drainus", the Kharlal Empire's most cutting-edge fighter with the ability to absorb energy bullets, and take down the enemy ships zipping through space.
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Beat Hazard
Single-player alternative to Battle Crust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Battle Crust.
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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Blazing Chrome
Single-player alternative to Battle Crust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Battle Crust.
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
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Ikaruga
Single-player alternative to Battle Crust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Battle Crust.
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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Disc Creatures
Single-player alternative to Battle Crust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Battle Crust.
Humans live alongside creatures, each with different personalities, abilities, and moral codes. The invention of the DiscKid has changed life for everyone. Humans can copy creatures and use their power to help others and solve mysteries around the world.
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Andro Dunos II
Single-player alternative to Battle Crust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Battle Crust.
The sequel of the famous Shoot'em up from the Visco studio is back, 30 years after the first opus, released exclusively on Neo-Geo MVS and Neo-Geo AES in 1992 . It's time to bring out your good old battle ship in ANDRO DUNOS 2!
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Infinos Gaiden
Single-player alternative to Battle Crust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Battle Crust.
The feeling of 90's arcade shooter will come again !! Arcade-like side scroll shooter of 7 stages in all!