Single-player games like Vacuum Uprising
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Vacuum Uprising, 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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Spelunky 2
Single-player alternative to Vacuum Uprising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vacuum Uprising.
Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a roguelike classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new. Meet the next generation of explorers as they find themselves on the Moon, searching for treasure and missing family.
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BattleBlock Theater®
Single-player alternative to Vacuum Uprising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vacuum Uprising.
Welcome to BattleBlock Theater! You’ve got no where to go but up...on stage. Play single player or co-op to free your friends and save Hatty Hattington! Jump, solve and battle your way through a mysterious theater inhabited by highly technological felines.
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Broforce
Single-player alternative to Vacuum Uprising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vacuum Uprising.
Broforce is an action-packed side-scrolling run ‘n’ gun ode to freedom, putting you in control of an under-funded, overpowered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force.
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Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Single-player alternative to Vacuum Uprising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vacuum Uprising.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.
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SpeedRunners
Single-player alternative to Vacuum Uprising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vacuum Uprising.
Cut-throat multiplayer running game that pits 4 players against each other, locally and/or online. Run, jump, swing around, and use devious weapons and pick-ups to knock opponents off-screen! One of the most competitive games you'll ever play.
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Duck Game
Single-player alternative to Vacuum Uprising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vacuum Uprising.
Enter the futuristic year of 1984, an age where ducks run wild in a frantic battle for glory. Blast your friends with Shotguns, Net Guns, Mind Control Rays, Saxophones, Magnet Guns, and much, much more. This is DUCK GAME. Don't blink.
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Move or Die
Single-player alternative to Vacuum Uprising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vacuum Uprising.
Move or Die is an absurdly fast-paced 4-player local and online party game where the mechanics change every 20 seconds! It's THE friendship-ruining game.
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Overcooked
Single-player alternative to Vacuum Uprising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vacuum Uprising.
Overcooked is a chaotic couch co-op cooking game for one to four players. Working as a team, you and your fellow chefs must prepare, cook and serve up a variety of tasty orders before the baying customers storm out in a huff.
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Retro Wave
Single-player alternative to Vacuum Uprising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vacuum Uprising.
Retro Wave is an endless runner in which you have to avoid various obstacles in order to achieve the highest possible score. Compete with other players worldwide on a global leaderboard and become number 1.