Single-player games like GUNHEAD
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to GUNHEAD, 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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CRYPTARK
Single-player alternative to GUNHEAD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GUNHEAD.
Cryptark is a 2D sci-fi shooter where you take on the role of a heavily armed privateer seeking to earn government contracts by boarding deadly alien space-hulks. It's up to you to strategize a plan of attack, pick an equipment loadout, and destroy the central core to be victorious.
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MOTHERGUNSHIP
Single-player alternative to GUNHEAD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GUNHEAD.
MOTHERGUNSHIP is a bullet-hell FPS where you craft your own guns, fight gigantic bosses, and defeat a robotic alien armada that conquered Earth. Face off against overwhelming odds in brutal, non-stop combats where thinking on your feet is the only way to survive.
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Sublevel Zero Redux
Single-player alternative to GUNHEAD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GUNHEAD.
Sublevel Zero Redux is a roguelite six-degree-of-freedom shooter in a universe where reality is falling apart. Use your zero-g gunship to fight through a vast underground facility, looting advanced weapons to destroy hordes of deadly enemies.
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Heavy Bullets
Single-player alternative to GUNHEAD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GUNHEAD.
Heavy Bullets is a randomized FPS dungeon crawler where players make their way through a colorful maze, while protecting themselves from aggressive creatures and malfunctioning security devices. The goal lies at the end of the 8th level, where they must reset the security mainframe to restore order and reap the rewards.
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Deadlink
Single-player alternative to GUNHEAD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GUNHEAD.
Get ready to put a sizable dent in the profits of megacorporations in Deadlink, a guns-blazing cyberpunk FPS with roguelite elements. Your mission is to conduct covert ops while piloting a humanoid combat shell. And no, "covert" doesn’t mean "quiet."
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Ziggurat
Single-player alternative to GUNHEAD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GUNHEAD.
Dungeon-Crawling First Person Shooting at its finest! Fast-paced combat! Dozens of perks, spells and enemies! Level ups! Random Dungeons! Traps! Badass bosses! Carrots!
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Battle Shapers
Single-player alternative to GUNHEAD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with GUNHEAD.
Battle Shapers is an action-packed, sci-fi FPS roguelite in which you shoot and smash your way through swarms of corrupt robots. Wield powerful weapons, abilities, and game-changing new powers stolen from ruthless Overlords.
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Wild Bastards
Single-player alternative to GUNHEAD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GUNHEAD.
The spiritual successor to the award-winning game Void Bastards, Wild Bastards is a roguelike strategy shooter with heart-pounding FPS action, mod management, and a tactical campaign. Saddle up and lead the most notorious outlaws in the galaxy.
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Wytchwood
Single-player alternative to GUNHEAD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with GUNHEAD.
Wytchwood is a crafting adventure game set in a land of gothic fables and fairytales. As the old witch of the woods, explore a strange countryside, collect magic ingredients, brew sorcerous spells, and pass judgement upon a capricious cast of characters.
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Apotheon
Single-player alternative to GUNHEAD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GUNHEAD.
Apotheon is a heroic action game set within the vibrant world of Ancient Greek Mythology. Ascend Mount Olympus, wrestle the divine powers from the Pantheon of Gods, and save mankind.
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Capsized
Single-player alternative to GUNHEAD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GUNHEAD.
Capsized is a fast paced 2D platformer focused on intense action and exploration. As a intrepid space traveler, your ship has crash landed on a mysterious alien planet. You must navigate through the perilous environment and fight off blood-thirsty creatures to save your crewmates and escape with your lives!
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DuneCrawl
Single-player alternative to GUNHEAD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GUNHEAD.
DuneCrawl is an open world action-adventure game, where you take to the sandy seas atop a gigantic crustacean festooned with black powder cannons. Play as a solo Crab Keeper, or with a crew of up to three other friends in local and online coop.
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Maximum Override
Single-player alternative to GUNHEAD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GUNHEAD.
Maximum Override is a chaotic city destruction game where the machines come alive. Wreak havoc in a fully destructible randomly generated city with anything you can find.
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Autocraft
Single-player alternative to GUNHEAD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with GUNHEAD.
Create, Collect, and Crash in Autocraft, a physics destruction sandbox. Create your own cars, rockets, tanks, planes, boats, and more.
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Modbox
Single-player alternative to GUNHEAD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GUNHEAD.
Modbox is a multiplayer game creation sandbox for Desktop+VR