Single-player games like Cycle 28
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Cycle 28, 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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Blast'N Bounty
Single-player alternative to Cycle 28 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cycle 28.
Blast’N Bounty is a vertical scrolling shoot’em up featuring 8 stages players can tackle in the order of their choosing. Cruise through a crazy solar system in a mix of pixel art and low poly 3D with action that’s easy to learn but tough to master!
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Tri-Star
Single-player alternative to Cycle 28 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cycle 28.
Tri-Star is an endless horizontal-scrolling space shooter featuring Roguelike and Roguelite elements. Blast through waves of enemies and battle against arduous bosses. Form a squadron of three unique ships from an expanding roster and equip them with upgrades as you engage in a battle for survival.
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Bit Blaster XL
Single-player alternative to Cycle 28 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cycle 28.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
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Circuit Breakers
Single-player alternative to Cycle 28 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cycle 28.
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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ULTRABUGS
Single-player alternative to Cycle 28 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cycle 28.
Vlambeer's ULTRABUGS is a fast-paced high-score game in which you fight endless space bugs that split up into MORE space bugs as you fight and defeat them.
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Chippy
Single-player alternative to Cycle 28 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cycle 28.
Chip destructible bosses apart pixel-by-pixel in this twin-stick bullet-hell shooter.
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Geometry Wars™ 3: Dimensions Evolved
Single-player alternative to Cycle 28 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cycle 28.
Experience the full evolution of the award-winning Geometry Wars franchise and battle through waves of enemies on 3D grids in this frenetic arcade shooter!
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BroodStar
Single-player alternative to Cycle 28 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cycle 28.
BroodStar is a classic arcade shmup with roguelike elements. Acquire crazy item combos, encounter strange events and fight challenging bosses on a quest to destroy the living planet, the BroodStar.
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LUFTRAUSERS
Single-player alternative to Cycle 28 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cycle 28.
The skies are aflame and the seas will overflow with wreckage in Vlambeer’s stylish arcade shooter LUFTRAUSERS! Take to the skies in customized fighter planes to battle battleships, submarines, and rival aces for glory, honor, and high scores.
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AsteroidsHD
Single-player alternative to Cycle 28 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cycle 28.
Engage in space-warfare with your friends and foes! Dodge and destroy asteroids while trying to stay alive in multiplayer! Replay value is endless with massive combinations of in-game ship upgrades, modifications, and customization. Destroy Asteroids and Aliens to gain the edge!
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Furious Angels
Single-player alternative to Cycle 28 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cycle 28.
Furious Angels is a brutal score attack shooter with different waves each day. Compete on the leaderboards, transform into a flying tank and shred the skies to pieces!
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Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox
Single-player alternative to Cycle 28 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A toy ecosystem with fully simulated genetics and evolution. Will you tinker with DNA or sit back, relax, and see if life finds a way?
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Making it Home
Single-player alternative to Cycle 28 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A vehicle building game. Put your engineering, design and creativity skills to the test as you combine simple elements into complex contraptions. Jump around your vehicle to keep it moving and overcome challenges in the campaign, or just relax and build your dream machine in the cozy mode!
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Captain Contraption's Chocolate Factory
Single-player alternative to Cycle 28 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A contraption building game. Design and build your own machines to combine ingredients to make chocolates. Automate production using simple components to create ingenious contraptions, which are as satisfying to watch as they are to optimise.