Single-player games like Ghost Squad
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Ghost Squad, 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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Guardians Of Restoration
Single-player alternative to Ghost Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ghost Squad.
Create your own combat style and challenge 56 bosses in a fast-paced robot action roguelite. Upgrade your weapons and combine skills to complete powerful builds.
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Skyborn:IronWings
Single-player alternative to Ghost Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ghost Squad.
A reimagined 3D arcade shooter that transforms the classic vertical scrolling formula with full spatial depth, immersive air-to-ground combat, and intense bullet hell action.
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Chronoseum
Single-player alternative to Ghost Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ghost Squad.
An action roguelite where you fight through arenas and unlock epic upgrades! Defeat the Bosses and challenge the Emperor. Die, upgrade, die and descend again.
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Mechawaii LEGENDS
Single-player alternative to Ghost Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ghost Squad.
A kawaii-style 2D shooter where you build powerful Mechas from space junk to conquer planets and defeat epic bosses in an interplanetary war.
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The Planetarian
Single-player alternative to Ghost Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ghost Squad.
A third-person bullet hell shooter with a run-and-build loop. Absorb incoming fire, slow time in Golden Time to strike glowing weak points, and rebuild your loadout each run with planet items, artifacts, and engravings as you fight across seven planets.
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Soulers
Single-player alternative to Ghost Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ghost Squad.
‘Soulers’ is a shooter game where you can slow down time to break through bullet hell and assemble a team with various Crew members. Become Lethe, an amnesiac Souler, and face the Witches threatening the world as you seek the truth behind your lost memories.
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Bullet Banshee
Single-player alternative to Ghost Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ghost Squad.
An upward-scrolling roguelite shmup. Every run, draft from 40+ stacking items and 10 active equipments into a build that fills the screen with damage. Fork your bullets, chain lightning, collapse a black hole. Then die, upgrade your ship and climb higher.
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STEEL VANGUARD:Project ARES
Single-player alternative to Ghost Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Ghost Squad.
Set in a sci-fi world, this top-down shooter challenges you to complete missions and earn the title of “ARES,” the strongest pilot. Collect modules that appear after clearing each wave to customize and upgrade your mech as you see fit, and aim to clear every wave all the way to the end.
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Mini Speedy Racers
Single-player alternative to Ghost Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Ghost Squad.
A fast, chaotic top‑down arcade racer where mini cars collide, boost, and battle for first place across colorful tracks. Easy to pick up, wild to master, and built for pure racing fun.
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Heroes Of The Eclipse
Single-player alternative to Ghost Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ghost Squad.
A fast, colorful fantasy action game where you command powerful heroes, battle dark forces, and reclaim the mystical Eclipse Islands from the evil lord Skrimir.