Single-player games like When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears, 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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Quantum Void
Single-player alternative to When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears.
Lost in an unexplored star system after a dimensional anomaly dispersed your fleet, you start to pick up signals scattered throughout the system. Explore the wrecks of the corporate fleet, discover the secrets of the anomaly, and try to get the good ending.
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Starlight Squad
Single-player alternative to When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears.
Lead an elite squad of heroines in this high-energy vertical shmup! Blast through enemy waves, dodge deadly patterns, and take down epic bosses as you fight to free the galaxy from the grip of the Merlian Empire.
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Iron Skies
Single-player alternative to When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears.
Retro style, propeller plane centred shoot 'em up inspired by the arcade classics of a fondly remembered bygone era.
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Phrenetic Shooting Reunion
Single-player alternative to When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears.
[CONTENTS] A playable shooting game "PHRENETIC SHOOTING REUNION" + All future updates/bug fixes. Phrenetic Shooting is a retro tasted shooting game. This game provides an exciting experience for retro 2D shooting game funs.
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Starpath
Single-player alternative to When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears.
Build your starship alone or with friends and explore a seamless universe. Plot a course, burn your thrusters, and chill out in your retro tech ship while you play games and drift through the dangerous vacuum of space. Approach orbit around distant worlds to discover whether we are truly alone.
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Starcom: Unknown Space
Single-player alternative to When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears.
Starcom: Unknown Space is an action RPG of space exploration and adventure. Build your own starship while discovering an epic story in a universe of strange mysteries, alien factions and uncharted worlds.
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Tower Strike '89
Single-player alternative to When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears.
The tower defense game where you take control. Instantly snap between towers, build and customize your defenses then attack alongside them to dominate waves of enemy Derplings. Tower defense meets retro arcade shooter with roguelike runs. Feed the machine with every kill. Shoot, Snap, Survive.
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Nova Swarm
Single-player alternative to When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears.
Pick a ship, dive into readable bullet chaos, take down huge angry bosses, grab the bonus core you probably should have left alone, and chase one cleaner run in Nova Swarm.