Single-player games like Never Not Shooting
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Never Not Shooting, 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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Circuit Breakers
Single-player alternative to Never Not Shooting — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Never Not Shooting.
Talented and ferocious weapon experts needed to eliminate a dangerous mechanical menace that threatens the existence of humanity. Up to six positions available. Benefits include traveling the world to eliminate robots.
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Chippy
Single-player alternative to Never Not Shooting — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Never Not Shooting.
Chip destructible bosses apart pixel-by-pixel in this twin-stick bullet-hell shooter.
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Woodpunk
Single-player alternative to Never Not Shooting — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Never Not Shooting.
Woodpunk is an exhilarating roguelike bullet hell retro pixel art shooter in a medieval Woodpunk universe, where the primary energy resource is WOOD.
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Nex Machina
Single-player alternative to Never Not Shooting — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Never Not Shooting.
Nex Machina is an intense arcade style twin-stick shooter from Housemarque. Taking hints from both Robotron and Smash TV, Nex Machina focuses on pure action, voxel destruction and competition in the distant, cablepunk themed future.
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Metis One
Single-player alternative to Never Not Shooting — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Never Not Shooting.
Metis One is an action-packed co-op top down shooter in the design style of the arcade classics. Take command of the A6-Gravitus to defend the people of Jupiter Colony, Metis One, against an unrelenting alien onslaught. With Drop-In Co-op, Player Two can join the action at anytime!
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Assault Android Cactus+
Single-player alternative to Never Not Shooting — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Never Not Shooting.
Assault Android Cactus is an intense arcade style twin stick shooter - pick from one of nine unique synthetic heroines and blast your way through overwhelming robots hordes to save the ship from its own workforce. Supports single player and local co-op game modes.
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Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef
Single-player alternative to Never Not Shooting — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Never Not Shooting.
From the developers of the Guns, Gore and Cannoli franchise comes a new 2D run & gun platformer: Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & TEEF! Spearhead an Ork invasion, destroy the hive city and kill your warboss! ‘Ere we go!
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Jamestown
Single-player alternative to Never Not Shooting — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Never Not Shooting.
Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. It features all the intensity, depth, and lovingly handcrafted pixels of a classic arcade shooter, with a modern twist: deeply-integrated cooperative gameplay.