Single-player games like Distant Future
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Distant Future, 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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Sunfall '80
Single-player alternative to Distant Future — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Distant Future.
Pilot a lone ship across a stark, vector-style battlefield as the world steadily collapses into the sun. Combat focuses on precision: aim carefully, fire deliberately, and dodge incoming shots from autonomous enemy constructs that track and engage on sight.
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Vanisha
Single-player alternative to Distant Future — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Distant Future.
A progression-driven twin-stick shooter. Customize ships, combine powerful cards, and forge unique builds through a massive talent tree as you race to stop the Anomaly.
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Imminence
Single-player alternative to Distant Future — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Distant Future.
A brutal 16-bit sci-fi shoot-’em-up inspired by the golden age of the Sega Genesis. Fight across multiple worlds, upgrade your ship, and confront the forces behind the Augmentation Program.
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VectaGuard
Single-player alternative to Distant Future — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Distant Future.
Arcade-inspired shmup action where neon vector caverns explode with modern visuals, dynamic music, weapon upgrades and intense score chasing.
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Torment Hexus
Single-player alternative to Distant Future — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Distant Future.
Technofascist cyberpunk CEOs must die! Charge spells with the match-3 grid, then cast them on your enemies in turn-based tactical roguelike combat. Climb the tower, kill the boss, and maybe make the world a better place.
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Chronoform
Single-player alternative to Distant Future — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Distant Future.
A sci-fi precision puzzle-platformer where every death becomes a tool. Replay ghost echoes of your past runs to manipulate machinery, solve intricate timing puzzles, and escape a deadly research facility.
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VECTORHYTHM
Single-player alternative to Distant Future — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Distant Future.
VECTORHYTHM is a neon bullet heaven where well-timed attacks charge your Power and strengthen your weapons. Chase high scores in quick Arcade runs or shape your own build through Survivors mode, with every song driving the fight.
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Fast Finger Rule
Single-player alternative to Distant Future — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Distant Future.
Fast Finger Rule is a minimalistic battle planet duel simulator. To make precise shots you just need to click on your planet at right time. Game has 10+ planet shield types and 15+ planets of 3 different tiers.
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Box of Broken Nails
Single-player alternative to Distant Future — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Distant Future.
First-person psychological horror about ignorance and attempts. Protect yourself as a lone carpenter, hastily look for materials in your house to board up a door that shouldn’t exist. At any cost.