Single-player games like Parry the Bullet
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Parry the Bullet, 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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Projekt Everblood
Single-player alternative to Parry the Bullet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Parry the Bullet.
Projekt Everblood is a 2D top-down action game set in an alternate World War 2. Embrace your vampiric abilities of flight, feeding and deadly fury to exact revenge on the enemy scientists that wronged you.
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Katana's Path
Single-player alternative to Parry the Bullet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Parry the Bullet.
Katana's Path is a fast-paced arena arcade slasher, where you can control your samurai and your katana in a unique game mechanic. Slash through many enemies at a rainy cyberpunk city or colorful forests using the best gear you can get!
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Bloodroots
Single-player alternative to Parry the Bullet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Parry the Bullet.
One-hit kill die-retry murderballet. Left for dead by a colorful band of bandits: you will chain killing sprees to exact revenge on the treacherous Mr. Black Wolf. Improvise your kills with utterly everything you can get your hands on: from carrots to plasma guns.
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APE OUT
Single-player alternative to Parry the Bullet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Parry the Bullet.
APE OUT is a wildly intense and colorfully stylized smash ‘em up about primal escape, rhythmic violence, and frenetic jazz.
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Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Single-player alternative to Parry the Bullet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Parry the Bullet.
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is the brutal conclusion to the Hotline Miami saga, set against a backdrop of escalating violence and retribution over spilled blood in the original game.
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Dark PGT
Single-player alternative to Parry the Bullet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Parry the Bullet.
Dark PGT – A Souls-like game in an alternate universe of future USSR on Unreal Engine 5. You will play the role of alcoholic-schizophrenic experiencing psychological disorders and hallucinations. Travel to a village in 2030 to unravel all its secrets and solve all its problems.
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METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE
Single-player alternative to Parry the Bullet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Parry the Bullet.
Developed by Kojima Productions and PlatinumGames, METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE takes the renowned METAL GEAR franchise into exciting new territory with an all-new action experience. The game seamlessly melds pure action and epic story-telling that surrounds Raiden – a child soldier transformed into a half-human, half-cyborg ninja who...
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POSTAL Redux
Single-player alternative to Parry the Bullet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Parry the Bullet.
POSTAL Redux is a high definition remake of the classic dark and surreal twin-stick isometric shooter. Take control of The POSTAL Dude as he fights to survive in a world gone mad with violence.