Single-player games like Zombotron
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Zombotron, 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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Rebel Core: Awakens
Single-player alternative to Zombotron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zombotron.
A sci-fi action platformer where players can jump, shoot, slash, and shield their way through the 8 Core Robotics and their domains. Conquer levels and bosses in any order and defeat them all to reach the The Citadel - along with the robotic Council that has conquered humanity.
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Guns, Gore and Cannoli 2
Single-player alternative to Zombotron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Zombotron.
Guns, Gore & Cannoli 2 revives the good, old, action platform run & gun genre, but this time with a bunch of humor and buckets of blown off body parts. In this sequel to Guns, Gore & Cannoli, Vinnie Cannoli’s story continues and this time it’s personal.
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R-Type Dimensions EX
Single-player alternative to Zombotron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Zombotron.
R-Type and R-Type II, the legendary coin-op space shooters, are now together on Steam!
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Intrusion 2
Single-player alternative to Zombotron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zombotron.
"This is some of the most fun I've had with a game so far this year, and it will go down as one of the best side-scrolling shooters of all time." - 9/10, Destructoid
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Guns, Gore & Cannoli
Single-player alternative to Zombotron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zombotron.
Guns, Gore & Cannoli - An over-the-top, comical and fast-paced action game with hand-drawn graphics set in the Roaring Twenties. An all-you-can-shoot fest where you embody Vinnie, a mobster with a mission in a city controlled by gangsters and plagued by zombies. Featuring up to 4-man local co-op.
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Mega Man Legacy Collection
Single-player alternative to Zombotron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Zombotron.
Mega Man Legacy Collection is a celebration of the 8-bit history of Capcom’s iconic Blue Bomber featuring faithful reproductions of the series’ origins with the original six Mega Man games.
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Kero Blaster
Single-player alternative to Zombotron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zombotron.
C&F Inc. teleporters are going offline all over the place, and it's up to an intrepid frog employee to fix the situation.
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Super Time Force Ultra
Single-player alternative to Zombotron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zombotron.
Super Time Force Ultra is an insane platformer filled with robots and dinosaurs and fun and time travel... sometimes all at the same time!
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Strike Force Heroes
Single-player alternative to Zombotron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zombotron.
Strike Force Heroes is an oldschool arena shooter rebuilt with modern mechanics with full co-operative and PvP online multiplayer. It melds over the top action with epic story-telling in this intense remake of the hit Flash game.
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My Friend Pedro
Single-player alternative to Zombotron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zombotron.
My Friend Pedro is a violent ballet about friendship, imagination, and one man’s struggle to obliterate anyone in his path at the behest of a sentient banana.
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Earn to Die 2
Single-player alternative to Zombotron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zombotron.
Earn to Die 2 is a 2D side-scrolling driving and upgrade game where you steer vehicles through a zombie apocalypse, literally smashing through zombie hordes along the way. Throughout the game you will unlock new vehicles, upgrading them into the ultimate zombie-smashing machines!
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Fireboy & Watergirl: Elements
Single-player alternative to Zombotron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Zombotron.
Help Fireboy and Watergirl explore the 7 Elemental temples!
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The Last Stand: Aftermath
Single-player alternative to Zombotron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zombotron.
From the creators of The Last Stand: Union City and Dead Zone comes an all-new singleplayer rogue-lite action adventure. After you become infected by the zombie virus, you set out to explore the post-apocalypse and find hope for your fellow survivors. You can still make a difference. Don't give up.
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The Last Stand Legacy Collection
Single-player alternative to Zombotron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Zombotron.
Survive the zombie apocalypse and make humanity's last stand in this three-game legacy bundle, revamped for modern hardware. Explore, build, and survive for as long as you can in The Last Stand, The Last Stand 2, and The Last Stand: Union City.
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Decision Legacy Collection
Single-player alternative to Zombotron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zombotron.
All the games in the classic Decision series bundled together. From the zombie-ravaged streets of the original Decision to the brutal medieval battlegrounds of Decision Medieval, this collection delivers the raw, blood-soaked combat, base building, and survival gameplay that hooked Flash game fans.