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Single-player games like Space Battle Cats

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Space Battle Cats, 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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    Rogue Space Convoy — Steam game cover

    Rogue Space Convoy

    Single-player alternative to Space Battle Cats — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Space Battle Cats.

    Rogue Space Convoy is a roguelite space action shooter where you pilot a fighter, build a convoy, and choose branching encounters across five hostile passages. Disable enemy cruisers, salvage upgrades, and keep the Ark alive long enough to reach the gate.

    2026ActionIndieCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Peraglees - The Ooloufian Resistance — Steam game cover

    Peraglees - The Ooloufian Resistance

    Single-player alternative to Space Battle Cats — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Space Battle Cats.

    Lock and load. Shoot first, ask questions if you feel like it. Every second counts as you dodge incoming fire, obliterate enemy fleets, and collect power-ups. It’s up to you to take the fight to the enemy, and save the Fennyverse from total annihilation.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Red Blue Cell — Steam game cover

    Red Blue Cell

    Single-player alternative to Space Battle Cats — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Space Battle Cats.

    This is a retro barrage flying shooting game. Drive a space fighter plane, shuttle between planets and space stations, and use powerful firepower to destroy enemy space battleships! !

    2025Action3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SUPERVERSE — Steam game cover

    SUPERVERSE

    Single-player alternative to Space Battle Cats — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Space Battle Cats.

    SUPERVERSE is a fast-paced, action-packed space shooter that launches you into an ancient network of interconnected universes. Your mission: travel back through space-time and prevent the extinction of humanity.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Scrap Galaxy — Steam game cover

    Scrap Galaxy

    Single-player alternative to Space Battle Cats — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Space Battle Cats.

    Scrap Galaxy is a local build-and-destroy deathmatch game for up to 4 players. It is a 2D top-down shooter taking place out in space in a galactic junkyard. In this setting, the players are trying to survive by constructing space ships.

    2017ActionIndie7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Raiden IV x MIKADO remix — Steam game cover

    Raiden IV x MIKADO remix

    Single-player alternative to Space Battle Cats — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Space Battle Cats.

    Buckle up and blast off with Raiden IV x MIKADO remix! This classic arcade shoot ‘em up comes fully equipped with new music, battle modes, vertical screen play, and more!

    2023ActionAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mega City Force — Steam game cover

    Mega City Force

    Single-player alternative to Space Battle Cats — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Space Battle Cats.

    Retrowave Action Roguelike featuring tough agents battling crime to the electrifying music of artists like Droid Bishop, Timecop1983, and more! Choose your agent and dive into hardcore action against enemies and bosses, utilizing a vast arsenal and special abilities that will define your playstyle

    2023ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Beat Hazard 2 — Steam game cover

    Beat Hazard 2

    Single-player alternative to Space Battle Cats — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Space Battle Cats.

    Experience your music collection as never before with this intense music driven arcade shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.

    2019ActionIndieCasual18.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →