Single-player games like Arcade Survivors
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Arcade Survivors, 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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Incraiders
Single-player alternative to Arcade Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Arcade Survivors.
Incraiders is an active incremental game where you get energy from fallen Invaders to become a cross-dimensional guardian of the cosmos.
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Comet Dudes
Single-player alternative to Arcade Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Arcade Survivors.
A colorful, screen-wrapping arcade space shooter for solo, local, and online multiplayer. Dodge asteroids, blast enemies, collect powerful abilities, and build a one-of-a-kind ship—alone or with questionably helpful friends.
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Retrobot: 2085
Single-player alternative to Arcade Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Arcade Survivors.
Retrobot: 2085 is a fast, frantic twin-stick arcade shooter with endless robot hordes, survivor rescues, high-score chasing, extra lives, and chaotic 4-player local multiplayer.
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The Buried Light
Single-player alternative to Arcade Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Arcade Survivors.
In this action-roguelike arena shooter, ancient trees have evolved into botanical spacecrafts. Reclaim the sun from a cosmic god by crafting custom bullets across 4 modular slots, selectively breeding endless upgrades, and unleashing devastating firepower to survive unforgiving bullet-hell waves.
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VECTORHYTHM
Single-player alternative to Arcade Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Arcade Survivors.
Turn rhythm into firepower in a neon bullet heaven. Time your attacks to charge Power and strengthen your weapons, build devastating synergies in Survivors mode, or chase high scores in quick Arcade runs as every song drives the fight.
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Project Nebula
Single-player alternative to Arcade Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Arcade Survivors.
An explosive arcade arena shooter inspired by the golden age of Amiga classics. Blast through asteroid fields, destroy alien forces, upgrade your ship, and unleash devastating weapons in a modern reimagining of a timeless genre.
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Broken Orbits
Single-player alternative to Arcade Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Arcade Survivors.
Broken Orbits is a fast-paced 1–4 player co-op space-combat game. Tear through hostile fleets, loot wild weapons and prototype effects, create devastating loadout combinations, and fight through a complete three-chapter campaign against the Ancients.
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Neon Armada - Solar Storm
Single-player alternative to Arcade Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Arcade Survivors.
A top-down arena roguelite you can learn in one wave and spend a hundred hours mastering. Waves close in from every edge; the shop between them decides what you become. 32 ships, 28 weapons, 115 mods to combine — then endless mode, where the caps come off.