Single-player games like Swarmlake
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Swarmlake, 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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Dextram
Single-player alternative to Swarmlake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swarmlake.
This arcade shoot 'em up has no shooting and you can only turn right. Avoid waves of enemies and get points as they crash into each other. Pick up power-ups, such as a large laser or a force field to destroy the enemies. Die, get a score and repeat to get a higher score the next run.
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Void Daggers
Single-player alternative to Swarmlake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swarmlake.
One touch kills you. Your timer is your score. Neon wireframe horrors swarm from infinite darkness. Shatter them, harvest their essence, forge your daggers through 5 tiers of devastation. Bunny hop the void. Dagger jump to survive. Prove your skill on Steam leaderboards. For fans of Devil Daggers.
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Chippy
Single-player alternative to Swarmlake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swarmlake.
Chip destructible bosses apart pixel-by-pixel in this twin-stick bullet-hell shooter.
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Space War: Infinity
Single-player alternative to Swarmlake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swarmlake.
Vertical semi-procedural shmup with upgrades, real-time enemy waves, and infinite replayability. Level up your ship, unlock 20+ weapons, defeat 5 bosses, and survive endless bullet-hell combat.
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ODDCORE
Single-player alternative to Swarmlake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swarmlake.
You have only 5 minutes to stylishly explode your way through the hordes of corrupted entities in a retro FPS, roguelike liminal-nightmare... and Timmee is here to help!
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ULTRABUGS
Single-player alternative to Swarmlake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swarmlake.
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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Drunken Robot Pornography
Single-player alternative to Swarmlake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swarmlake.
Bullet-hell, boss-battle, first-person shooter, with giant-robots, martinis and jetpacks. YES. Drink the cocktails. Fight the titans. Make your own Titans. Drink your friend's cocktails.
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Waves
Single-player alternative to Swarmlake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swarmlake.
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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Refunct
Single-player alternative to Swarmlake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Swarmlake.
Refunct is a peaceful, short first-person platformer about restoring a vibrant world.
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Devil Daggers
Single-player alternative to Swarmlake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swarmlake.
Devil Daggers is a fast-paced shooter that places you in an abyssal arena to face endless legions of demons. Armed with versatile magic daggers and a fluid movement system, fight to survive as long as you can.
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Vampire Survivors
Single-player alternative to Swarmlake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swarmlake.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!