Single-player games like Hyper Simon X
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Hyper Simon X, 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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Super Hydorah
Single-player alternative to Hyper Simon X — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hyper Simon X.
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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Syder Arcade
Single-player alternative to Hyper Simon X — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hyper Simon X.
Killing zombies never gets old, but sometimes you just need a break. Get back to some serious old-school gaming with Syder Arcade! Syder Arcade is a love letter to Amiga games of the ‘90s, no coins, no upgrade grinding, just your tenacity and a motherload of alien invaders.
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LUFTRAUSERS
Single-player alternative to Hyper Simon X — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hyper Simon X.
The skies are aflame and the seas will overflow with wreckage in Vlambeer’s stylish arcade shooter LUFTRAUSERS! Take to the skies in customized fighter planes to battle battleships, submarines, and rival aces for glory, honor, and high scores.
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ONE BTN BOSSES
Single-player alternative to Hyper Simon X — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hyper Simon X.
It's One Button Bosses, it's all in the name. You have one button. There are big bosses to beat. Push, tap, and bash in the handcrafted campaign or in the roguelike rifts.
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Bighead Runner
Single-player alternative to Hyper Simon X — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hyper Simon X.
Bighead Runner is an arcade endless runner that challenges you to collect coins and conquer the leaderboards! Dash, jump, and slide through procedurally generated stages, striving to beat your best score and unlock awesome skins.
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Beat Hazard
Single-player alternative to Hyper Simon X — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hyper Simon X.
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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Polygoneer
Single-player alternative to Hyper Simon X — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hyper Simon X.
Test your reflexes in POLYGONEER, defend yourself from prolygonal shapes taht comes from everywhere, just hitting is not enough you need to match the right color shot to the polygon too! Are you ready for the challenge?
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The Bug Butcher
Single-player alternative to Hyper Simon X — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hyper Simon X.
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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Rock 'N' Roll Defense
Single-player alternative to Hyper Simon X — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Hyper Simon X.
Rocked by an explosive soundtrack, choose your band, place your equipments and defend the Rock 'N' Roll from everyone and everything who try to pull it down, on a totally hardcore tower defense!
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Razortron 2000
Single-player alternative to Hyper Simon X — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hyper Simon X.
RAZORTRON 2000 is a retro top-down endless racing game. Try to beat your highscore, unlock new cars and climb your way to the top of the leaderboards on this love letter to coin eater arcade machines era!
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Planes, Bullets and Vodka
Single-player alternative to Hyper Simon X — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hyper Simon X.
Fly through danger filled procedurally generated tunnels, avoiding thousands of enemies, on this throwback to the golden age of arcade games.
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Cyberhunt
Single-player alternative to Hyper Simon X — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hyper Simon X.
Cyberhunt is a retro procedurally generated twin stick shooter, that takes you back to the sweet to the sweet arcade machines era!
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Blackout Z: Slaughterhouse Edition
Single-player alternative to Hyper Simon X — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hyper Simon X.
Blackout Z' is a super fast top-down view shooter where you face ZOMBIES, SAWS and the DARK. Do you have what it takes to have what it takes to survive the zombie apocalypse with only your gun and an old flashlight?
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Road Scars: Origins
Single-player alternative to Hyper Simon X — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hyper Simon X.
Ride day and night, taking on risky jobs for the Road Baron, avoiding traffic and other bikers on endless dangerous roads, all of that while you blast some original punk rock music!