Single-player games like Clawface
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Clawface, 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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1982
Single-player alternative to Clawface — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Clawface.
1982 is a FREE retro inspired blasta-thon that will test your gaming skills to the max.
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Mega City Force
Single-player alternative to Clawface — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Clawface.
Retrowave Action Roguelike featuring tough agents battling crime to the electrifying music of artists like Droid Bishop, Timecop1983, and more! Choose your agent and dive into hardcore action against enemies and bosses, utilizing a vast arsenal and special abilities that will define your playstyle
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Waves
Single-player alternative to Clawface — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Clawface.
Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!
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Nex Machina
Single-player alternative to Clawface — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Clawface.
Nex Machina is an intense arcade style twin-stick shooter from Housemarque. Taking hints from both Robotron and Smash TV, Nex Machina focuses on pure action, voxel destruction and competition in the distant, cablepunk themed future.
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BUTCHER
Single-player alternative to Clawface — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Clawface.
BUTCHER is a fast-paced, blood-soaked 2D shooter where carnage is the only way forward. Become a ruthless cyborg tasked with eradicating humanity, leaving nothing but blood, guts, and destruction in your wake. There's no such thing as too much violence in this grim, retro-styled gorefest.
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KILL KNIGHT
Single-player alternative to Clawface — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Clawface.
KILL KNIGHT is an ultra-responsive arcade-inspired isometric action shooter. Condemned to eternal sufferance, deep within the voids of an eldritch arena, you must wield an arsenal of devastating weaponry to obliterate swarms of otherworldly horrors - and MASTER THE DEMON WITHIN.
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Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved
Single-player alternative to Clawface — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved is a old school style shooter, but remixed for the 21st century with next generation graphics and deep, modern gameplay. Playing is simple: you are a geometric "ship" trapped in a grid world, facing off against waves of deadly wanderers, snakes, and repulsars.
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Feral Fury
Single-player alternative to Clawface — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Clawface.
Fast-paced twin stick shooter rogue-lite action