Single-player games like Steel Storm: Burning Retribution
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Steel Storm: Burning Retribution, 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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Revenge of the Titans
Single-player alternative to Steel Storm: Burning Retribution — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Steel Storm: Burning Retribution.
The ultimate mash-up of Real-time Strategy and Tower Defense!
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Alien Breed: Impact
Single-player alternative to Steel Storm: Burning Retribution — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Steel Storm: Burning Retribution.
Experience the explosive science fiction arcade-shooter that resurrects a much revered franchise in an epic single player and co-op multiplayer campaign.
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Renegade Ops
Single-player alternative to Steel Storm: Burning Retribution — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Steel Storm: Burning Retribution.
Blast your way through enemy lines to defeat Inferno, a madman intent on global domination. Destruction just got awesome.
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A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda
Single-player alternative to Steel Storm: Burning Retribution — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Steel Storm: Burning Retribution.
You are the ultimate weapon with an ultimate sidekick – Collect secret items and get power ups to become the perfect weapon.
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STELLATUM
Single-player alternative to Steel Storm: Burning Retribution — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Steel Storm: Burning Retribution.
Equip your battleship's guns, install faster engines, and increase the power of your reactor. Throw a barrage of rockets on hordes of enemy ships, burning everything in your path!
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Shadowgrounds
Single-player alternative to Steel Storm: Burning Retribution — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Steel Storm: Burning Retribution.
Shadowgrounds breathes fresh air into the action genre with explosive combat sequences, an innovative weapon upgrade system, and an intriguing storyline. The adrenaline-pumping, top-down gameplay and audiovisual fireworks set the scene for this new action experience which also includes single computer (split keyboard or joystick) co-op...
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DRAINUS
Single-player alternative to Steel Storm: Burning Retribution — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Steel Storm: Burning Retribution.
This is a side-scrolling shooting game in which you take control of the "Drainus", the Kharlal Empire's most cutting-edge fighter with the ability to absorb energy bullets, and take down the enemy ships zipping through space.
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WOLFLAME
Single-player alternative to Steel Storm: Burning Retribution — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Steel Storm: Burning Retribution.
Brought to you by the makers of GIGANTIC ARMY, Supercharged Robot VULKAISER, and SATAZIUS, WOLFLAME is a return to the form of glorious 2D vertical vertical shooters like Raiden, Raptor, and Twin Cobra.
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Quake 4
Single-player alternative to Steel Storm: Burning Retribution — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Steel Storm: Burning Retribution.
As part of the elite Rhino Squad, you must spearhead Earth’s military invasion of a hostile alien homeworld. But, in this desperate war for humanity’s survival against an unrelenting enemy, you may discover that the only way to defeat them...is to become one of them.
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Prey
Single-player alternative to Steel Storm: Burning Retribution — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Steel Storm: Burning Retribution.
In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.
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Quake III Arena
Single-player alternative to Steel Storm: Burning Retribution — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Steel Storm: Burning Retribution.
The greatest warriors of all time and space have been summoned to battle for the amusement of an ancient alien race. Wield a variety of guns and power-ups as you fight for glory against ruthless combatants in this fast-paced single-player and multiplayer FPS.
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Quake
Single-player alternative to Steel Storm: Burning Retribution — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Steel Storm: Burning Retribution.
Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
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DOOM 3
Single-player alternative to Steel Storm: Burning Retribution — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Steel Storm: Burning Retribution.
A demonic invasion has overwhelmed the Union Aerospace Corporation's Mars research facility. As one of only a few survivors, you must fight your way to hell and back against a horde of demons in this award-winning horror/action FPS and reimagining of the original DOOM.