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Single-player games like Mobile Astro

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Mobile Astro, 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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    Project AETHER: First Contact — Steam game cover

    Project AETHER: First Contact

    Single-player alternative to Mobile Astro — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mobile Astro.

    As a threat from beyond looms over the solar system, take control of the AETHER prototype in this rhythmic and tactical space shooter - fusing classic arcade-style action with stunning 3D environments and an engaging sci-fi story.

    2020ActionIndie12.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Evoids — Steam game cover

    Evoids

    Single-player alternative to Mobile Astro — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mobile Astro.

    Fight against gravity, attractors and repulsors in this 16 bit inspired, side scrolling, arcade, twin stick, cave flyer/ gravity shooter game.

    2025ActionIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    LASERVASION — Steam game cover

    LASERVASION

    Single-player alternative to Mobile Astro — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mobile Astro.

    Retro arcade inspired shoot 'em up with addictive combat.

    2019ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Asteroids... But Roguelite — Steam game cover

    Asteroids... But Roguelite

    Single-player alternative to Mobile Astro — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mobile Astro.

    Start off as a weak ship with a simple attack and fight through waves of enemies, earning currency in order to purchase upgrades for your ship. The never ending waves of enemies grow in number, power, and variety as you progress. Purchase upgrades to keep pace with them.

    2020ActionIndie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ultratron — Steam game cover

    Ultratron

    Single-player alternative to Mobile Astro — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mobile Astro.

    Experience the addictive gameplay of old-school arcade favourites, updated and improved for the 21st century! Unique retro-futuristic sound and graphics, player responsive difficulty, and a subtle system of tactics combined with classic gameplay make Ultratron a fun and hypnotic arcade blast.

    2013ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Starfighter Neon — Steam game cover

    Starfighter Neon

    Single-player alternative to Mobile Astro — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mobile Astro.

    You've been dropped into enemy space. Weave your Starfighter between alien spaceships, lasers, asteroids and bombs destroying as many as you can and collecting valuable coins and powerups as you go.

    2017ActionIndie0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Curved Space — Steam game cover

    Curved Space

    Single-player alternative to Mobile Astro — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mobile Astro.

    Curved Space is an intense arcade-style twin-stick shooter that takes the classic formula and plunges it into the weirdest reaches of space. Battle cosmic space-invading spiders across curved landscapes where bullets hug the terrain while the horizon drops sharply out of sight.

    2021ActionIndie19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Steel Alcimus — Steam game cover

    Steel Alcimus

    Single-player alternative to Mobile Astro — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mobile Astro.

    Steel Alcimus is a top-down helicopter shooter. Complete various tasks with your ally aircraft; such as saving the carrier, taking down the buildings, carrying objects, etc.

    2018ActionIndieFree To Play0.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Enter the Gungeon — Steam game cover

    Enter the Gungeon

    Single-player alternative to Mobile Astro — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mobile Astro.

    Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell dungeon crawler following a band of misfits seeking to shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip their way to personal absolution by reaching the legendary Gungeon’s ultimate treasure: the gun that can kill the past.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Project Mercury — Steam game cover

    Project Mercury

    Single-player alternative to Mobile Astro — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mobile Astro.

    Make your way on foot, on a hoverbike, up skyscrapers, and down bottomless pits, as you exterminate a threat of unknown origin!

    2017ActionIndie0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →