Single-player games like Promethium
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Promethium, 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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Syder Reloaded
Single-player alternative to Promethium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Promethium.
Syder Reloaded revives the Syder series in this love-letter to 90s Amiga shmups with upgraded graphics and refined gameplay. Challenging levels, a fleet of ships and a motherload of alien invaders. Get back to your roots and curse at your monitor in this skills-first shooter.
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Syder Arcade
Single-player alternative to Promethium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Promethium.
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.
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Blazing Chrome
Single-player alternative to Promethium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Promethium.
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
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Valfaris: Mecha Therion
Single-player alternative to Promethium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Promethium.
Therion returns as the hunt for Lord Vroll continues. Pilot an advanced machine of death and destruction in this explosive 2.5D side-scrolling shoot ‘em up, and sequel to the critically acclaimed Valfaris. Strap in and unleash mecha hell!
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R-Type Dimensions EX
Single-player alternative to Promethium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Promethium.
R-Type and R-Type II, the legendary coin-op space shooters, are now together on Steam!
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Ikaruga
Single-player alternative to Promethium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Promethium.
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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Jets'n'Guns Gold
Single-player alternative to Promethium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Promethium.
Jets'n'Guns is a heavy piece of ground shaking rock blasting action with graphics and special effects that will blow you eyes out! Enjoy yourself in almost-insane action adventure of saving the universe from the deadly threat of more than 270 unique monsters in the campaign of 43 levels.
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Deathsmiles
Single-player alternative to Promethium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Promethium.
Deathsmiles is CAVE's bullet-hell shoot-'em-up where you take the role of one of five Angels to defend the magical land of Gilverado from an invasion by Hell itself! Eradicate this devilish assault!
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Blast Em!
Single-player alternative to Promethium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Promethium.
Protect the universe from the evil Alien robots terror-bent on eliminating the Earth and all of Humanity! Take control of the ship and blast the hell out of anything that moves and if it doesn’t move – blast it anyway to be sure.
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Containment Protocol
Single-player alternative to Promethium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Promethium.
A top-secret military research facility has gone dark. Their last communication only had two words in it: “Containment Protocol” Your task is to infiltrate the facility using a prototype remote control drone and work out what has happened to the facility and more importantly - what has happened to the weapon.
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Caretaker Retribution
Single-player alternative to Promethium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Promethium.
The stars are going out. A team is sent to find out why. They discover the cause and try to stop it. They don’t make it out alive. Caretaker Retribution is a 6DOF shooter for PC and Mac that also works on HTC Vive and Oculus Rift.
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Caretaker Sacrifice
Single-player alternative to Promethium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Promethium.
An epic sci-fi 6DOF adventure, puzzle and shooter featuring the voice of David Hewlett (Stargate). At the end of time, struggle through a hostile alien machine to solve the ultimate mystery and fulfil your final mission.
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The Alpha Device
Single-player alternative to Promethium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Promethium.
Beyond space, beyond reason... beyond humanity. Discover a gripping tale of a dystopian future narrated by David Hewlett, star of the Academy Award-winning The Shape Of Water.