Single-player games like POLYBIUS
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to POLYBIUS, 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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Bombyx
Single-player alternative to POLYBIUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with POLYBIUS.
Psychedelic shmup zones with Gravatar & ZeroG! Fast, fluid, comfortable movement. Challenging enemies, met with powerful weapons. Sandbox gameplay at your own pace. With colorful graphics, interactive music, VR & Controller support.
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Minotaur Arcade Volume 1
Single-player alternative to POLYBIUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with POLYBIUS.
Minotaur Arcade brings you arcade-style games with a modern twist, playable in 2D or in VR for that 80s Tron "inside an arcade game" feeling. Vol. 1 consists of two Llamasoft classics - "Gridrunner" as the arcade game that might have been, and "GoatUp" as a light-hearted platformer that will have you baaing...
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Moose Life
Single-player alternative to POLYBIUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with POLYBIUS.
Moose Life is a trippy, psychedelic trance shooter. Created in the style of a 1980s arcade game, Moose Life offers you an exhilarating ride into the trance zone. Spectacular shooty action and a top techno soundtrack will raise your mood. If you have VR, immerse yourself for greater satisfaction.
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Discontinue
Single-player alternative to POLYBIUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with POLYBIUS.
Discontinue is a new retro room-scale VR Arcade Game. And it’s all about disc throwing in a Neon/Synthwave style ambience. Use your Disc throwing action skills to set a high score in more than a thousand levels. Compete against friend and foe to set the new high score. Are you up for this challenge?
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SlipDrive
Single-player alternative to POLYBIUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with POLYBIUS.
Slipdrive is a simple, but fast paced game designed to provide a challenge and test your reflexes.
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HORIZON VANGUARD
Single-player alternative to POLYBIUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with POLYBIUS.
Blast your hovercycle through the enemy's crushing forces under a bright blue sky! Dodge enemy fire, attack huge mechanical targets, and score critical pistol hits in this new style of forward-scrolling arcade action. This is VR Arcade Shooting.
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Stressed Out
Single-player alternative to POLYBIUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with POLYBIUS.
Nothing better than smashing stuff in VR when you're stressed out. Go in, destroy whatever you want, shoot some enemies, have a good time. You don't even need to reload your weapons!
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Thumper
Single-player alternative to POLYBIUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with POLYBIUS.
Thumper is rhythm violence: classic rhythm-action, blistering speed, and brutal physicality. You are a space beetle. Brave the hellish void and confront a maniacal giant head from the future.
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Tempest 4000
Single-player alternative to POLYBIUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Tempest 4000™ is a visually stunning, action-packed tube shooter based on the classic hit arcade game, Tempest™.
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Zero-K
Single-player alternative to POLYBIUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
With 100+ truly unique units, Zero-K is an RTS of freedom and creativity, tempered by a decade of refinement. Sculpt land into a castle and throw invaders off it with a Jugglenaut. Explore a massive campaign, solo or co-op. Hop online for epic 32 player battles or fast paced 1v1, on 100s of maps.
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Space Giraffe
Single-player alternative to POLYBIUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Space Giraffe is an abstract action arcade style game that takes place in a succession of beautiful environments generated by an advanced graphics synthesizer. It presents itself as a shooter but the more you play the more you discover the hidden depths and strategies that make the gameplay satisfyingly rich and rewarding.
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Touhou Mystia's Izakaya
Single-player alternative to POLYBIUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A brand new pixel art restaurant simulator based on the Touhou Project! Play as Mystia, the owner of a small izakaya. Collect ingredients by day, cater to the customers by night, learn recipes from familiar characters, and become the best izakaya owner in all of Gensokyo!
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Rez Infinite
Single-player alternative to POLYBIUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with POLYBIUS.
The legendary action-shooter finally comes to PC, and in style! Blast your way through mind-melting visuals and amazing beats, all in your quest through cyberspace to save a world on the verge of collapse. Playable on your desktop or in fully immersive VR.
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Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
Single-player alternative to POLYBIUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit launches you into a new open-world landscape behind the wheel of the world's fastest and most beautiful cars. From Criterion, the award-winning studio behind the Burnout series, Hot Pursuit will redefine racing games for a whole new generation.
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Akka Arrh
Single-player alternative to POLYBIUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with POLYBIUS.
Akka Arrh is a modern take on a scrapped project from the 1980s, providing players with a fast-paced, addictive, arcade shooter experience and psychedelic visuals. Protect your life rings as you chain together combos and go for a high score!
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I, Robot
Single-player alternative to POLYBIUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with POLYBIUS.
Jeff Minter is back with another unique take on a 1980s Atari arcade game: I, Robot. Reimagined in Minter’s signature assault of colors, shapes and sounds, this new take on the eclectic arcade title is built from the ground up with new challenges, new twists, and a whole lot of llamas.