Single-player games like Infected
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Infected, 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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Super Station Swarm
Single-player alternative to Infected — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Infected.
A space station, infinite waves, and a screen full of vector geometry trying to kill you. Your turrets auto-fire. Your satellites orbit. This is bullet-hell-yeah. In-game and permanent upgrades. 17 upgrade types across 9 weapon classes. Play, upgrade, repeat.
- 2
Gundroid
Single-player alternative to Infected — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Infected.
Protect the Earth from an alien invasion in this Run N’ Gun action spectacle. Take control of G.U.N.N.R. and battle your way through a blast from the pixelated past.
- 3
Wayfarer Colony: Veylan
Single-player alternative to Infected — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Infected.
Explore the uncharted Veylan star system as Kael, a Wayfarers pilot searching for a new home for humanity. Battle the rival Vesper Accord, survive hostile environments across diverse planets and moons, and uncover the story through 30 missions featuring retro-inspired gameplay and visuals.
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Cube Shooter
Single-player alternative to Infected — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Infected.
Cube Shooter is a top down arena shooter where players need to dodge and shoot back to pass each level. Shoot your way through levels of 'cube' like enemies who have their own unique abilities to stop you passing each level.
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Incraiders
Single-player alternative to Infected — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Infected.
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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Iron Skies
Single-player alternative to Infected — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Infected.
Retro style, propeller plane centred shoot 'em up inspired by the arcade classics of a fondly remembered bygone era.
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Arcade Survivors
Single-player alternative to Infected — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Infected.
It's 1996. Lightning strikes the strip-mall arcade and monsters pour from every screen. Grab a Super Soaker, load your VHS bombs, and survive until dawn in this neon-soaked bullet heaven where your weapons fight for you. One more quarter. One more run.
- 8
Dungeon Killer
Single-player alternative to Infected — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Infected.
Dungeon Killer is a fast-paced boss rush shoot ’em up where you play as Astrid, a woman determined to bargain with the goddess of death herself to resurrect her husband. Armed with a minigun, you’ll descend into a hellish dungeon and face deadly, disturbing female enemies.