Single-player games like Shoot 'm Up
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Shoot 'm Up, 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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Ripper
Single-player alternative to Shoot 'm Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shoot 'm Up.
Ripper is a top-down shooter with fully destructible environments, fog of war, and Steam multiplayer. Break through walls, survive enemy waves, and battle your friends.
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Operation: Black Genesis - The Immortal Trials
Single-player alternative to Shoot 'm Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shoot 'm Up.
top-down co-op survival horror game where players deploy into deadly Quarantined Zones, fight mutated experiments, and extract with everything you can carry—because if you die, you lose it all.
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Unreal Tournament 3
Single-player alternative to Shoot 'm Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shoot 'm Up.
Now includes the free Titan Pack expansion! The Titan Pack gives players a substantial amount of enhanced features and new content, including many original environments, new gametypes, the namesake Titan mutator, powerful deployables and weapons, new characters, and the Stealthbender.
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POSTAL Redux
Single-player alternative to Shoot 'm Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shoot 'm Up.
POSTAL Redux is a high definition remake of the classic dark and surreal twin-stick isometric shooter. Take control of The POSTAL Dude as he fights to survive in a world gone mad with violence.
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DOOM Eternal
Single-player alternative to Shoot 'm Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shoot 'm Up.
Hell’s armies have invaded Earth. Become the Slayer in an epic single-player campaign to conquer demons across dimensions and stop the final destruction of humanity. The only thing they fear... is you.
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Left 4 Dead 2
Single-player alternative to Shoot 'm Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shoot 'm Up.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
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Rise of the Triad
Single-player alternative to Shoot 'm Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shoot 'm Up.
Apogee Software and Interceptor Entertainment proudly present the rebirth of the cult-classic first-person shooter, “Rise of the Triad”. Bigger, better and more ludicrous than ever before.
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Serious Sam's Bogus Detour
Single-player alternative to Shoot 'm Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shoot 'm Up.
Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour is an all-new action-adventure in the legendary Serious Sam saga from Hammerwatch developer Crackshell.