Single-player games like Spark
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Spark, 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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Waves
Single-player alternative to Spark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spark.
Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!
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Ikaruga
Single-player alternative to Spark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spark.
Shoot! Dodge! and... Get Hit!? "Ikaruga" is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay. Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets! Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!
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Crimzon Clover WORLD IGNITION
Single-player alternative to Spark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spark.
Prepare yourself for an insatiable rain of bullets, bombs, and beams in Crimzon Clover. From Japanese indie developer Yotsubane, this retro top-down shooter is a wild ride you won't want to miss out on.
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Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved
Single-player alternative to Spark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Spark.
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved is a old school style shooter, but remixed for the 21st century with next generation graphics and deep, modern gameplay. Playing is simple: you are a geometric "ship" trapped in a grid world, facing off against waves of deadly wanderers, snakes, and repulsars.
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Space Invaders Extreme
Single-player alternative to Spark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Spark.
The critically acclaimed update to the Space Invaders franchise has arrived to invade Steam with greatly improved graphics and audio! Packed with pulsing, vibrant visuals enhanced further by interactive sound. The invaders have evolved, the question is: can you keep up?
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Hell is Other Demons
Single-player alternative to Spark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spark.
Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.
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Polygoneer
Single-player alternative to Spark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spark.
Test your reflexes in POLYGONEER, defend yourself from prolygonal shapes taht comes from everywhere, just hitting is not enough you need to match the right color shot to the polygon too! Are you ready for the challenge?
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Syder Arcade
Single-player alternative to Spark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spark.
Killing zombies never gets old, but sometimes you just need a break. Get back to some serious old-school gaming with Syder Arcade! Syder Arcade is a love letter to Amiga games of the ‘90s, no coins, no upgrade grinding, just your tenacity and a motherload of alien invaders.