Single-player games like The Long Sky
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to The Long Sky, 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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LUFTRAUSERS
Single-player alternative to The Long Sky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Long Sky.
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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Ikaruga
Single-player alternative to The Long Sky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Long Sky.
Shoot! Dodge! and... Get Hit!? "Ikaruga" is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay. Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets! Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!
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Syder Arcade
Single-player alternative to The Long Sky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Long Sky.
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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Strike Suit Infinity
Single-player alternative to The Long Sky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Long Sky.
Strike Suit Infinity is a frantic high score chaser set in the Strike Suit Zero universe. Your skill is the only thing that matters and whatever combat experience you've had so far is irrelevant. There is no end to the enemies you'll face. There is no winning. There is only the fight for survival.
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Project Wingman
Single-player alternative to The Long Sky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Long Sky.
Project Wingman is a flight action game that lets you take the seat of advanced fighter jets and become a true ace. Fight in various missions and gamemodes ranging from intense aerial dogfights to large scale ground assault in an alternate scorched earth setting.
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EVERSPACE™
Single-player alternative to The Long Sky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Long Sky.
EVERSPACE™ combines fast-paced combat with roguelike elements, great visuals and a captivating story. It takes you on a challenging journey through an ever-changing, beautifully crafted universe full of surprises. Shoot, craft and loot your way to victory while the odds are stacked against you.
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Sora
Single-player alternative to The Long Sky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Long Sky.
From Orange Juice comes a shoot'em'up starring the lone enhanced human, Sora. The sequel of the high-speed shoot'em'up "Suguri", with improved game system and graphics.
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House of the Dying Sun
Single-player alternative to The Long Sky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Long Sky.
House of the Dying Sun is a tactical space shooter that puts you in the cockpit of the universe's most terrifying starfighter. Hunt the enemies of the Empire and bring ruin to their people.
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Bird
Single-player alternative to The Long Sky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Long Sky.
You are a bird, you are free in this small place, but you can't get out, all you can do is fly around.
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Cyber Driver
Single-player alternative to The Long Sky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Long Sky.
Cyber Driver is a small cyberpunk-style arcade flight game. It is fast, easy, tight, and repeatable, with elements of collection and challenges. Your only goal in the game is to constantly break the scores you have created before in the unique cyber atmosphere.
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Flying Sword
Single-player alternative to The Long Sky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Long Sky.
"Flying Sword" is a flight game that uses only mouse to play (Play for 10 minutes each time). In the game you need to control the sword to fly and collect 'aura stone' as much as possible.
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Float Night
Single-player alternative to The Long Sky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Long Sky.
Float Night is a small sandbox game that is easy to collect resources, simple to build, no craft, and sustainable.
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Cover Sky
Single-player alternative to The Long Sky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Long Sky.
Robots launched an attack on humans! You must stop them! "Cover Sky" is a fast-paced (small map) single-player shooting game that can switch between first and third person perspective at any time. It features fast start, end in fifteen minutes, customizable AI count(20 , 30, 40), dynamic environment, and multiple weapons.
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Vaporwave Drift
Single-player alternative to The Long Sky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Long Sky.
"Vaporwave Drift" is a single (no AI) driving drift game, It's fast, easy, tight, and repeatable, with elements of collection and challenges. In the game you can choose the track you like to drift and challenge the global leaderboard(Total Laps).
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Retro Drift
Single-player alternative to The Long Sky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Long Sky.
"Retro Drift" is a small arcade drift game that can be played with one hand. The game advocates fast-paced play, a 10-second start, and a ten-minute game. The number of AI can be set, which is suitable for a game anytime, anywhere.
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Vaporwave World
Single-player alternative to The Long Sky — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Long Sky.
"Vaporwave World" is a simple and casual buiding game that has three art packs (Egypt, Roman, 1980s). You can customize the lights in the game, and you will automatically get various types of buiding items over time.