Single-player games like StarScalers
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to StarScalers, 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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Royalty Free-For-All
Single-player alternative to StarScalers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with StarScalers.
This hilarious party brawler features iconic characters, stages, and music reimagined for a modern generation—and simplifies combat, including an all new PARTY MODE, perfect for friends new to the genre
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Dragons Invasion
Single-player alternative to StarScalers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with StarScalers.
Dragons Invasion is a Souls 'Em Up. A 2D horizontal shooter where you roll like Dark Souls and swap colors like Ikaruga. Absorb shots, fill your power gauge, and destroy dragons — solo or in local co-op.
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Pillow vs Chickens
Single-player alternative to StarScalers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with StarScalers.
Strap on a jetpack-powered pillow and blast waves of crazed chickens with a storm of buttons! A fast-paced 2D side-scrolling shooter packed with cartoon chaos, shockwave blasts, and stars to earn on every level.
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Hop's Awakening!
Single-player alternative to StarScalers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with StarScalers.
Blast through enemy invaders in colorful 2D pixel art!
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Sheep Ship
Single-player alternative to StarScalers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with StarScalers.
Sheep Ship is a chaotic co-op roguelite where up to 5 players control turrets on one shared spaceship. Shoot enemies, fire together to steer, and try not to recoil straight into a storm of bullets. Collect XP, create wild weapon combinations, and blast your way back home!
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El Panadero -The Baker-
Single-player alternative to StarScalers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with StarScalers.
Action Packed 2D Arcade Action Platformer featuring hand-drawn graphics. Armed with your fists (or a rolling pin) and a variety of bread-based boosts, fend of the Alien Plants, and avenge the Bakery they destroyed.
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DuckHunt - Missouri
Single-player alternative to StarScalers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with StarScalers.
Don't get fooled by the simple looks of this game! The way it is played is something unseen so far in the gaming world! Using a novel patented technology you and your friends will use your cellphones to aim at the screen and shoot! Show your friends who is a real gunslinger!
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Spacewing War 2
Single-player alternative to StarScalers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with StarScalers.
Jump into this new battle in this new side-scrolling shoot’em-up, face enemies and obstacles from every corner of the Milkdromeda Galaxy and encounter strange fun transformations that change the way the game plays.
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Bot Gaiden
Single-player alternative to StarScalers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with StarScalers.
Bot Gaiden is a vibrant 2D platformer built for speed. Take control of ninjabots Robyu and Bytron as they seek to recover the golden skulls from the hands of the mysterious Giorqio and his band of hench-bots. Race to the finish, because bosses get stronger with time.