Single-player games like Thunderbolt
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Thunderbolt, 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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Tumblestone
Single-player alternative to Thunderbolt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Thunderbolt.
Tumblestone is the first original action-puzzle game of the past fifteen years -- completely reinventing the genre into a deep and cerebral puzzle solving experience that you won't forget.
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Soundodger+
Single-player alternative to Thunderbolt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Thunderbolt.
Dodge the music and dance through a mesmerizing ballet of choreographed bullets, each synced to music from over a dozen international artists. Push your creativity and skills with the fully-featured Level Editor and never run out of things to dodge.
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Linelight
Single-player alternative to Thunderbolt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Thunderbolt.
Linelight is an elegant puzzle game set in a world of lines.
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Inside My Radio
Single-player alternative to Thunderbolt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Thunderbolt.
Can you beat the beat? Journey as a green LED mysteriously trapped inside a dying boombox and play the ultimate musical experience. In this rhythmic platform adventure where your every action needs to be right on the beat, bring electro, dub and disco music back to life!
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Symphony
Single-player alternative to Thunderbolt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Thunderbolt.
A mysterious entity is absorbing and corrupting your music before your very eyes. You must battle through your own song collection and fight to reclaim your music!
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Lovely Planet Arcade
Single-player alternative to Thunderbolt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Thunderbolt.
Relive your journey to Lovely Planet in this brand new adventure packed with impossible tests of skill and patience. Craft intricate combos to unfold the complex puzzle of flying projectiles and moving targets into a graceful sequence of well timed shots and jumps.
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Beat Hazard
Single-player alternative to Thunderbolt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Thunderbolt.
Experience your music collection like never before with this intense music driven arcade shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.
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Who's That Flying?!
Single-player alternative to Thunderbolt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Thunderbolt.
As the mysterious and powerful "Guardian of Earth" your steely eye and HYPER-POWERED LASER ARM have kept the citizens of Earth safe for generations.
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Ruin City Gasolina
Single-player alternative to Thunderbolt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Thunderbolt.
Eliminate the invasion of mechanical invaders and save what remains of the once great city.
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Quad Hopping
Single-player alternative to Thunderbolt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Thunderbolt.
The simplest puzzle game is the reaction and the ability to make quick decisions. As we move, we score points and the game gradually accelerates, it is already harder to catch up on the cherished platform to jump even further, to a greater result.
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The Thing: Space X
Single-player alternative to Thunderbolt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Thunderbolt.
At your disposal are a dozen of the best combat spacecraft equipped with death beams, machine guns and missiles. The sector is divided into several subsectors, which swarm with enemies. In the end, you will have an unbeatable boss - the "Thing".
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StepX
Single-player alternative to Thunderbolt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Thunderbolt.
The most popular music game is now available on steam. The easiest way to realize your musical ideas is with just a few mouse clicks. In front of you is a panel with notes with different musical instruments. You can adjust the tempo, volume, tonality. You can import and export your creations.
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Airstrike One
Single-player alternative to Thunderbolt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Thunderbolt.
You have an unique opportunity to control a deadly fighter. To break through temporary stretches and destroy as many enemy combat units as possible. You can use a high-speed machine gun and homing air-to-air missiles. Pick up the powerups to add armor and ammo.
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Snakeez
Single-player alternative to Thunderbolt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Thunderbolt.
SNAKeez is a simple "snake" classic style game but with different physics.Here you have to collect not apples but eggs and snake's tail grows much faster.
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Protect Me
Single-player alternative to Thunderbolt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Thunderbolt.
Protect me, and I I'll help you do it more effectively.
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Pixelord
Single-player alternative to Thunderbolt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Thunderbolt.
The simplest click runner for a long distance. Avoid the traps, jump over the abysses, run as far as possible from the haunting danger and maybe at the end expects salvation.