Single-player games like Thermal Runaway
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Thermal Runaway, 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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Galatria
Single-player alternative to Thermal Runaway — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Thermal Runaway.
A fast, retro 3D arcade shoot-'em-up. Pilot your fighter across scrolling battlefields, thread floating island labyrinths where one wrong move is fatal, and blast through relentless waves and screen-filling bosses. Inspired by the 80's and 90's Arcade Games of the Times.
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Retro Wave
Single-player alternative to Thermal Runaway — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Thermal Runaway.
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.
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Sabotris
Single-player alternative to Thermal Runaway — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Thermal Runaway.
Sabotris is a strategic, competitive, 3D block stacking game, but with a twist: you can sabotage your opponents, but be careful; you can also end up sabotaging yourself! Choose to play either by yourself to beat your own high score, against your friends or other players, or even against computer AI!
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Neon Bricks
Single-player alternative to Thermal Runaway — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Thermal Runaway.
Neon Bricks is a arcade style game where you can't drop the ball. To reach your goal you need to destroy all the bricks.
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Neon Blast
Single-player alternative to Thermal Runaway — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Thermal Runaway.
Neon Blast - A head-scratching puzzle game
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The Curse of Eclipse
Single-player alternative to Thermal Runaway — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Thermal Runaway.
This is an adventure and puzzle game inspired by old school games of 1980s like Atic Atac from ZX Spectrum. You walk in a cursed house avoiding enemies and finding keys and magical scrolls. The game is playable with 3rd person, 1st person and top down views. Created by a solo developer.
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Radon Break
Single-player alternative to Thermal Runaway — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Thermal Runaway.
Radon Blast is a classic Brick Breaker style game. Break bricks by using the ball. Get items like speed, ball splitter and paddle resize to make the game more challenging. Some specials like gun, power ball or block wall helps you while playing your game.
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Greedy Maze
Single-player alternative to Thermal Runaway — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Thermal Runaway.
Casual next level maze game with 150 levels, in 5 different maze categories, with 3 full customizable modes and 12 color themes for anyone who like solving mazes. Main idea was to add some new features like moving walls and 3D weave type of maze.
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Dutch's Chickens
Single-player alternative to Thermal Runaway — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Thermal Runaway.
Explore, discover secrets, gain awesome abilities and use them to find all your lost chickens!
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Ruby's Realms
Single-player alternative to Thermal Runaway — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Thermal Runaway.
Ruby's Realms is a platformer blending metroidvania exploration with level-based challenges in mysterious cursed realms. Leap across precarious platforms, blast cultists and possessed monsters with magic flames. Collect upgrade points and buy upgrades from your friend, Skully.
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Hop & Pop!
Single-player alternative to Thermal Runaway — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Thermal Runaway.
Relax, Hop & Pop! and battle bugs in this froggy survivor game!
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Dead Lasso: Temple Of Shadows
Single-player alternative to Thermal Runaway — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Thermal Runaway.
Dodge enemies, solve environmental puzzles, and chain your growing moveset in true Metroidvania style as you unravel the temple’s deadly mysteries.
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Froggy Works
Single-player alternative to Thermal Runaway — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Thermal Runaway.
Froggy Works is a desktop companion farming game you can play actively, or let it do its own thing in the background or on the side of the screen as an idler. Build your farm, hire frogs, decorate and fully customize your island with a ton of different decorative tiles and structures!
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SYSCALL: RING ZERO
Single-player alternative to Thermal Runaway — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Thermal Runaway.
Reverse-engineer a private 1990s BBS. Read disassembly, patch broken checks, optimize a nine-core rack, and write assembly firmware that locks onto live scope traces. With 200+ puzzles, full controller support and offline play, you can refine your assembly skills on all your devices!