Single-player games like GUNHEAD
Below are 16 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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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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Mars vs. Robots
Single-player alternative to GUNHEAD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with GUNHEAD.
Defend Mars from humans
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Mercenary Battle Company: The Reapers
Single-player alternative to GUNHEAD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GUNHEAD.
Join the race for Ether! Mercenary Battle Company: The Reapers is a fast-paced, roguelite, bullet heaven game in a sci-fi setting. Choose your pilots, customize and upgrade your Mecha Robots, and survive against endless swarms of Xeni. Will you survive long enough?
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UNDERZONE
Single-player alternative to GUNHEAD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GUNHEAD.
SEARCH - RESCUE - SURVIVE - Smash walls, shoot enemies, rescue survivors, upgrade your Mole Mech, and uncover a dark conspiracy within a 22nd century disaster zone. Underzone is a new twist on the 'roguelite' genre, featuring procedural enemies built out of unique combinations of components.
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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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Force Reboot
Single-player alternative to GUNHEAD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GUNHEAD.
Force Reboot is a fast-paced FPS with rogue-lite elements. Force Reboot is entirely focused on nonstop gameplay. You need to get past all of the rooms as fast as you can.
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PositronX
Single-player alternative to GUNHEAD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GUNHEAD.
PositronX is a futuristic rogue-lite fps featuring fast-paced combat, creative movement, time control mechanics and breathtaking visuals, each playthrough giving you a unique experience.
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Pseudoregalia
Single-player alternative to GUNHEAD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GUNHEAD.
Deep within the realm of sleep, Sybil finds herself pulled to a distorted castle. Grow strong, and unlock new abilities to build up a deep movement system, fight enemies, find secrets, and free the weary soul of Castle Sansa, in this retro-inspired 3D Platformer Metroidvania.
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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