Single-player games like Xeno Crisis
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Xeno Crisis, 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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Exterminators of Saturn
Single-player alternative to Xeno Crisis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Xeno Crisis.
A top down, twin stick shooter inspired by classic retro arcade games with loads of enemies, fast paced bullet hell combat, big boss battles and tons of bullets.
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Super Shootout
Single-player alternative to Xeno Crisis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Xeno Crisis.
Super Shootout is a top-down, roguelike shooter set in a stadium on an alien world. Leave a wake of destruction with powerful pickups sent down by the roaring crowd. Fight, die, and fight again to the top of the online leaderboard.
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Circus Interstellar
Single-player alternative to Xeno Crisis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Xeno Crisis.
Circus Interstellar is a brutal arcade shooter featuring high-octane action, and killer music! Earth voyagers encounter a sadistic alien race with a terrifying clownish appearance and a nasty appetite. Will the survivors escape the gory circus? Or will they be assimilated like all the rest?
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Tesla vs Lovecraft
Single-player alternative to Xeno Crisis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Xeno Crisis.
Tesla vs Lovecraft is an intense top-down twin stick arena shooter from the creators of Crimsonland and Neon Chrome. Play as the enigmatic inventor Nikola Tesla harnessing the static energy to power up Tesla-Mech and give the lovecraftian nightmares a lesson in horror!
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HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition
Single-player alternative to Xeno Crisis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Xeno Crisis.
HELLDIVERS™ is a hardcore, cooperative, twin stick shooter. As part of the elite unit called the HELLDIVERS, players must work together to protect SUPER EARTH and defeat the enemies of mankind in an intense intergalactic war.
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Tower 57
Single-player alternative to Xeno Crisis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Xeno Crisis.
Tower 57 is a fast-paced neo-retro shooter where cooperation is as important as your ammo capacity. As a member of an extraordinary task force fight your way through a dieselpunk megatower and uncover its hidden secrets.
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Chippy
Single-player alternative to Xeno Crisis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Xeno Crisis.
Chip destructible bosses apart pixel-by-pixel in this twin-stick bullet-hell shooter.
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Circuit Breakers
Single-player alternative to Xeno Crisis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Xeno Crisis.
Talented and ferocious weapon experts needed to eliminate a dangerous mechanical menace that threatens the existence of humanity. Up to six positions available. Benefits include traveling the world to eliminate robots.
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Smash
Single-player alternative to Xeno Crisis — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Click on the mouse left button to destroy the glass pyramids & push away the obstacles. Stay focused and concentrate on the path destroy every pyramid and push away obstacles coming in the path.
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SHOCK TROOPERS
Single-player alternative to Xeno Crisis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Xeno Crisis.
“SHOCK TROOPERS ”, the fan favorite 2D top-down view action shooting game released exclusively on NEOGEO MVS in 1997, returns to the battlefield on Steam!Progress through the battlefield, choosing the best routes and strategy!
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Alien
Single-player alternative to Xeno Crisis — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Alien is a visual novel exclusively for adults! This story is about a guy who has been dreaming of having sex with an alien woman for a very long time. At some point, this dream comes true and the guy finally fucked an alien woman!
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CARnage
Single-player alternative to Xeno Crisis — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A top-down arcade combat racing game that celebrates the classic 2d racing games of old. Upgrade and expand your garage of vehicles to survive the dystopian future that is CARnage.
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Terminator 2D: NO FATE
Single-player alternative to Xeno Crisis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Xeno Crisis.
Experience the thrill of Terminator 2: Judgment Day with arcade action & pixel-perfect graphics! In this unique story blending iconic scenes from the movie with original scenarios and multiple endings, humanity’s fate is yours to decide.
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Final Vendetta
Single-player alternative to Xeno Crisis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Xeno Crisis.
A hard-hitting action packed beat ‘em up in the vein of classic arcade titles. Featuring stunning pixel art and a thumping soundtrack with exclusive tracks from Utah Saints! Brawl with bad dudes and tough girls as you fight through dangerous environments.
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Battle Axe
Single-player alternative to Xeno Crisis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Xeno Crisis.
A classic arcade hack and slash brought to life with stunning pixel art and a heroic soundtrack. Choose your champion and battle through waves of enemies to stop a dark sorceress from plunging Mercia into eternal darkness.
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88 Heroes
Single-player alternative to Xeno Crisis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Xeno Crisis.
Prepare to infiltrate Dr. H8’s lair with the help of the strangest, dumbest and most pointless superheroes ever – the 88 Heroes!
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Ninja Shodown
Single-player alternative to Xeno Crisis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Xeno Crisis.
It’s every ninja for themselves in the ultimate battle for the Jade Katana! Fight alone, team up or take on friends in brutal arena-based combat where the mighty prevail and the weak pay the ultimate price: death and dishonour!