Single-player games like Smith and Winston
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Smith and Winston, 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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Xatrom Command
Single-player alternative to Smith and Winston — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Smith and Winston.
Team up and shoot down waves of invading aliens. Single player or multiplayer top-down shooting action
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Ultra Mega Planet Battles
Single-player alternative to Smith and Winston — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Smith and Winston.
Ultra Mega Planet Battles is an intense arcade-style, space-based, twin-stick shooter. Players can play by themselves, or with up to 3 friends local co-op or Steam Remote Play (total of 4 players). Select your character, select and modify your ship, then get shooting!
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Devastation - Annihilate the Alien Race
Single-player alternative to Smith and Winston — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Smith and Winston.
Devastation - Annihilate the Alien Race, is a 2D, dual stick shoot em' up, bullet hell, arcade game. Tear up hordes of aliens with skill based game play, bombs & upgrades to obliterate everything!. Gun down 11 massive bosses, bank insane score on the leaderboards & overcome clouds of enemy fire.
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Viral Reload EX
Single-player alternative to Smith and Winston — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Smith and Winston.
Viral Reload EX is a shoot-em-up with a dash mechanic where you shrink down to fight infections at a microscopic scale! Can you defeat the evil Kyle Kaboom before he destroys the moon?
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Robonauts
Single-player alternative to Smith and Winston — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Smith and Winston.
Shoot through storms of weird and funny creatures, jump between planets by switching gravity, and relive the childhood fun of your very first arcade shooters - alone or with a friend in co-op!
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Explosionade DX
Single-player alternative to Smith and Winston — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Smith and Winston.
Pilot an experimental mech and shoot giant grenades to blow up sneaky aliens. Stomp their guts, destroy their base, and save the day!
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Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax
Single-player alternative to Smith and Winston — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Smith and Winston.
Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax is a fast-paced couch co-op action shooter with SHMUP/Brawler gameplay and RPG elements. Choose your mechs, weapons & upgrades then soar through space, defeat evil & save the future... from itself!
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Nex Machina
Single-player alternative to Smith and Winston — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Smith and Winston.
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.