Single-player games like PulseWave
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to PulseWave, 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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XENOFLEKT
Single-player alternative to PulseWave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PulseWave.
XENOFLEKT is a roguelite space shooter where you will turn enemy bullets into armory: dash into enemy fire to parry and deflect shots, heal your ship, and trigger devastating counter-attacks. Unlock parts, plug-in unique perks with satellites, and get ready to master hundreds of deadly synergies.
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Roguestorm Beats
Single-player alternative to PulseWave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PulseWave.
A bullet hell where the enemy is silence and your weapon is the jam you write. The music rests muted the music and left the notes to turn wild; capture their energy and apply it to your beat. Then use it to attack the silence and bring back the beat.
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Beatlash: Survival
Single-player alternative to PulseWave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PulseWave.
A horde survivor that plays your music. Thousands of enemies, all moving to the beat, and when the drop hits, so do you. Put on your favourite song and watch the whole screen come apart in time with it.
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Sigma Survivor
Single-player alternative to PulseWave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PulseWave.
Sigma Survivor is a roguelike type game. Lead your hero and survive the whole round while enemies of every kind cross your path. Grab power-ups, take risks, play MINIGAMES, upgrade your character, and come back stronger with every run!
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Fading Reel
Single-player alternative to PulseWave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PulseWave.
A sepia Roguelike — lead a chained squad through 22 waves. Map events split your line, milestone recruits add firepower. Linked Blink, run upgrades, 19 Evolutions, and a permanent meta tree carry you to the final Boss Hydra.
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Ogre Stampede
Single-player alternative to PulseWave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PulseWave.
Ogre Stampede is a physics-based bullet heaven with incremental upgrades set in a chaotic mosh pit. Waves of hopelessly stupid trolls and ogres are running wild and pushing and shoving each other around. Level up your strength and fight to be the last one standing and become the new chieftain!
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Brewed and Battered
Single-player alternative to PulseWave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PulseWave.
Brew your own weapons from scratch and unleash them on hordes of homunculi! In this survival roguelite, every ingredient combination creates a potion that splashes, moves, and reacts in a unique way. Discover absurd synergies and rescue fellow alchemists in your quest for the Philosopher’s Stone.
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Neon Breaker: Endless Arcade
Single-player alternative to PulseWave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PulseWave.
Blast your way onto the leaderboards in a twin-stick arcade shooter built around rapid destruction, evasion, kill combos and overwhelming firepower. Fight escalating fleets, merge power-ups and face 20+ unique bosses solo or in co-op. Play roguelike Anomaly runs that stack risk-reward mutations.