Single-player games like GROOD
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to GROOD, 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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The Bug Butcher
Single-player alternative to GROOD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GROOD.
A fast paced action shooter inspired by the arcade classic Super Pang! Use a wide selection of weapons and powerups to tear through increasingly challenging levels.
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Jamestown
Single-player alternative to GROOD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GROOD.
Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. It features all the intensity, depth, and lovingly handcrafted pixels of a classic arcade shooter, with a modern twist: deeply-integrated cooperative gameplay.
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Assault Android Cactus+
Single-player alternative to GROOD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GROOD.
Assault Android Cactus is an intense arcade style twin stick shooter - pick from one of nine unique synthetic heroines and blast your way through overwhelming robots hordes to save the ship from its own workforce. Supports single player and local co-op game modes.
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Cuphead
Single-player alternative to GROOD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GROOD.
Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game heavily focused on boss battles. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e. traditional hand drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings.
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Nex Machina
Single-player alternative to GROOD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GROOD.
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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I Hate Running Backwards
Single-player alternative to GROOD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GROOD.
I Hate Running Backwards is a never-ending adrenaline packed shoot'em down roguelite that puts the emphasis on destruction and fighting never ending waves of enemies while time traveling through procedurally generated worlds!
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Super Hydorah
Single-player alternative to GROOD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GROOD.
Super Hydorah is a nonlinear horizontal shoot’ em up designed to offer a challenging experience, sublimating the richness of traditional shmup classics. Face the menace of the Meroptians aboard the Delta Lance, alone or with your friends in this game with direct action and nostalgic art.
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Bleed 2
Single-player alternative to GROOD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GROOD.
Bleed 2 is a relentless arcade action game featuring air-dodging, bullet-reflecting, and tons of bosses. Now with randomly-generated levels and daily challenges, too!
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EMPTY SHELL
Single-player alternative to GROOD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GROOD.
EMPTY SHELL will throw you in a dark industrial environment, a secret facility on a Japanese island. Each volunteer has signed a contract for a "recovery operation" without being privy to too many details. A tense roguelite survival horror with a top down perspective.
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STHELL
Single-player alternative to GROOD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with GROOD.
STHELL is a fast-paced, roguelite arena shooter that takes you to a forgotten swamp that was a test site of Kiratron Industries. Take on hordes of machines left to rust for years. It's a battle you probably won't win, but make a stand and your resilience will be etched in their memory chips forever.
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EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE
Single-player alternative to GROOD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GROOD.
EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE will throw you in a dark industrial environment, a secret facility on a japanese island. Each volunteer has signed a contract for a "recovery operation" without being privy to too many details. A tense roguelite survival horror with a top down perspective.
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EMPTY SHELL 2
Single-player alternative to GROOD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GROOD.
Take on the roles of expendable volunteers sent to a forsaken facility on a remote Japanese island. Recover lost data, scavenge for resources, manage your inventory, and endure unspeakable cosmic horrors. In this top-down extraction survival horror, every expedition is a journey back from madness.