Single-player games like Fractus
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Fractus, 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 2: Notorious
Single-player alternative to Fractus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Fractus.
Waves 2: Notorious is an arcade twin-stick shooter set in Cyberspace. Build Combos, earn Adrenaline and unleash powerful Burst attacks as you Dive into the Net and do battle against an AI that adapts to your weaknesses!
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Waves
Single-player alternative to Fractus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fractus.
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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Bleed 2
Single-player alternative to Fractus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fractus.
Bleed 2 is a relentless arcade action game featuring air-dodging, bullet-reflecting, and tons of bosses. Now with randomly-generated levels and daily challenges, too!
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Blacksea Odyssey
Single-player alternative to Fractus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fractus.
Enter the Blacksea Odyssey, a violent top-down rogue-lite space shoot ‘em up RPG brimming with colossal creatures and runic technologies. Explore dangerous, interstellar spacescapes as you hunt enormous space-behemoths with a harpoon and rune-infused spears.
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Chippy
Single-player alternative to Fractus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fractus.
Chip destructible bosses apart pixel-by-pixel in this twin-stick bullet-hell shooter.
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NeverAwake
Single-player alternative to Fractus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fractus.
A girl who never wakes up. She has been fighting monsters in her dreams... "NeverAwake" is a nightmarish twin-stick shooter with a unique worldview and original game rules.
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Beat Hazard
Single-player alternative to Fractus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fractus.
Experience your music collection like never before with this intense music driven arcade shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.
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Crimsonland
Single-player alternative to Fractus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fractus.
Thousands of aliens, giant spiders, mutant lizards, and more are on the attack - can you survive the onslaught? Crimsonland is a top-down shooter with a touch of RPG. Unlock over 30 weapons and over 50 perks from quirky to brutal. Complete the quest and show your skills in five survival modes.