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Single-player games like PixelJunk™ Monsters 2

Below are 19 single-player Steam games similar to PixelJunk™ Monsters 2, 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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    ZAMB! Endless Extermination — Steam game cover

    ZAMB! Endless Extermination

    Single-player alternative to PixelJunk™ Monsters 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with PixelJunk™ Monsters 2.

    ZAMB! Endless Extermination is a mash-up of a twin stick shooter and a tower defence game. Play in local co-op or online with a friend, sibling or partner as two space agents, Cye (the brawler) and Chrome (the tactician).

    2019ActionIndie2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed — Steam game cover

    HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed

    Single-player alternative to PixelJunk™ Monsters 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with PixelJunk™ Monsters 2.

    Hypercharge is a first and third-person shooter action figure game you've always dreamed of! Grab your friends, complete objectives, defend the Hypercore against waves of weaponized toys, and defeat Major Evil together in the story campaign!

    2020ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Yet Another Zombie Defense HD — Steam game cover

    Yet Another Zombie Defense HD

    Single-player alternative to PixelJunk™ Monsters 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with PixelJunk™ Monsters 2.

    Top-down zombie shooter with tower defense elements featuring up to 4 players local and online co-op. Build your base by day, defend it by night, put your skills to the test to stay alive as long as possible! Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive?

    2017ActionIndie3.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Over 9000 Zombies! — Steam game cover

    Over 9000 Zombies!

    Single-player alternative to PixelJunk™ Monsters 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with PixelJunk™ Monsters 2.

    Over 9000 Zombies! is top-down arcade action blown out of all reasonable proportions. An endless horde of zombies is coming your way, how long can you survive?

    2015ActionIndie2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mage Fort — Steam game cover

    Mage Fort

    Single-player alternative to PixelJunk™ Monsters 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with PixelJunk™ Monsters 2.

    Tower Defense meets magical action. Fire cat cannons. Build, repair, and upgrade your defenses. Master multiple mage classes. Mage Fort puts the focus on co-op action with a heavy defensive theme!

    2018ActionStrategyIndie2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder™ — Steam game cover

    Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder™

    Single-player alternative to PixelJunk™ Monsters 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with PixelJunk™ Monsters 2.

    The greatest rock-racing, tower defense, art history game is back! Like the title says, Bigger & Boulder cranks up the surrealism and gameplay with chaotic 4P multiplayer, new time periods, and improved graphics, physics, and destructibility powered by UE4 to be, well… BIGGER AND BOULDER.

    2017ActionStrategyIndie4.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    No Heroes Here — Steam game cover

    No Heroes Here

    Single-player alternative to PixelJunk™ Monsters 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with PixelJunk™ Monsters 2.

    No Heroes Here is a frantic co-op game for 1 to 4 players, available in local and online modes. Craft and use several items effectively whilst coordinating your ragtag band of non-heroes to defend castles and survive! ...Oh, as well as saving the Kingdom in the meantime!

    2017ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DG2: Defense Grid 2 — Steam game cover

    DG2: Defense Grid 2

    Single-player alternative to PixelJunk™ Monsters 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Great strategy is timeless. Build, adapt, and defend across dynamic maps, solo or online - every session brings new strategies, new solutions, and new surprises. Now is the perfect time to enter the grid.

    2014StrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Monsters! — Steam game cover

    Monsters!

    Single-player alternative to PixelJunk™ Monsters 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with PixelJunk™ Monsters 2.

    Monsters! is a dual stick shooter with a retro feel complete with pixel art and leaderboards to achieve that good ol’ arcade feel.

    2016ActionIndieFreeDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate — Steam game cover

    PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate

    Single-player alternative to PixelJunk™ Monsters 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Tikiman the Forest Defender is in trouble. Hordes of monsters are sweeping through his realm, hoping to chow down on his offspring – and it’s up to you to defend them. By placing weapon towers at strategic points around the landscape, you can destroy the invaders and save the little ones.

    2013Strategy9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wasteland 1 - The Original Classic — Steam game cover

    Wasteland 1 - The Original Classic

    Single-player alternative to PixelJunk™ Monsters 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    For the first time in over 20 years, we are heralding the return of a much loved piece of gaming history with the classic RPG, Wasteland! Mutants. Again. Even more than there were last time: they seem to materialize out of the very grains of the radioactive desert sand. Venomous yellow eyes.

    2013StrategyIndieAdventure5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    THE GAME — Steam game cover

    THE GAME

    Single-player alternative to PixelJunk™ Monsters 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    The right path or the left path? Which will you choose? To get the Free Pass and finish the game you have to make an important choice.

    2022IndieRPGCasual1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Save Giant Girl from monsters 3 — Steam game cover

    Save Giant Girl from monsters 3

    Single-player alternative to PixelJunk™ Monsters 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    A flight simulator game. Save the giant girl from the monsters attacking her using a helicopter.

    2024SportsStrategyIndie199.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    PixelJunk™ Nom Nom Galaxy — Steam game cover

    PixelJunk™ Nom Nom Galaxy

    Single-player alternative to PixelJunk™ Monsters 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with PixelJunk™ Monsters 2.

    Welcome to SoupCo, Astroworker! In Nom Nom Galaxy, construct and automate gigantic soup factories on unexplored planets throughout the universe, harvest flora and fauna to turn them into artisanal soups, and rocket your product into the gullets of the galaxy!

    2015ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    PixelJunk™ Eden — Steam game cover

    PixelJunk™ Eden

    Single-player alternative to PixelJunk™ Monsters 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with PixelJunk™ Monsters 2.

    Swing, climb, and jump your way through massive “gardens” of vibrant other-worldly plant-life in this truly organic platformer.

    2012ActionIndieCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    PixelJunk™ Shooter — Steam game cover

    PixelJunk™ Shooter

    Single-player alternative to PixelJunk™ Monsters 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with PixelJunk™ Monsters 2.

    In PixelJunk™ Shooter, you must pilot your spacecraft through a range of cavernous environments in a bid to save the scientists trapped underground. Making your way through the game will rely on your keen sense of observation and the ability to manipulate your surroundings.

    2013Action8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate — Steam game cover

    PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate

    Single-player alternative to PixelJunk™ Monsters 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with PixelJunk™ Monsters 2.

    CAN YOU SAVE THE SCIENTISTS ON APOXUS PRIME?PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate is a twin-stick shooter with equal elements of action and puzzle solving.

    2015Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dead Hungry — Steam game cover

    Dead Hungry

    Single-player alternative to PixelJunk™ Monsters 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with PixelJunk™ Monsters 2.

    Dead Hungry is a fast-paced VR game developed by Q-Games, creators of the PixelJunk series. Restore zombies to human form by loading up huge hamburgers and hurling them to the grateful undead. Your weapons of choice are burgers, pizza, fries--and anything else you can pick up!

    2016ActionIndieCasual7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    PixelJunk™ Scrappers Deluxe — Steam game cover

    PixelJunk™ Scrappers Deluxe

    Single-player alternative to PixelJunk™ Monsters 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with PixelJunk™ Monsters 2.

    Clean up the streets of Junktown as a team of robot garbage collectors. Trash your opponents with up to 4 players or go it alone in this beat ‘em up that’s also a clean ‘em up!

    2023ActionIndieCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →