Single-player games like Red Horizon
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Red Horizon, 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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PigShip and the Giant Wolf
Single-player alternative to Red Horizon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Red Horizon.
Pig Ship and the Giant Wolf is a classic Shoot'em Up with a 8btis monochrome aesthetic. Cross the 6 worlds full of enemies and defeat the Giant Wolf to save your brothers.
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LUFTRAUSERS
Single-player alternative to Red Horizon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Red Horizon.
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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Syder Arcade
Single-player alternative to Red Horizon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Red Horizon.
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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Distant Space
Single-player alternative to Red Horizon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Red Horizon.
Distant Space are present the arcade game of cosmic fights in arcade style of the 80's, this is a game where you can control the spaceship and forced to destroy extraterrestrials, which are moving in the certain order.
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Super Hydorah
Single-player alternative to Red Horizon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Red Horizon.
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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ZeroRanger
Single-player alternative to Red Horizon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Red Horizon.
This is the story of a fighter who wanted to become...
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BLUE REVOLVER
Single-player alternative to Red Horizon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Red Horizon.
Fight, fly, flourish! BLUE REVOLVER is a manic arcade-style shoot-em-up built for newcomers and psychos alike. Powerful special weapons cut through tough areas, while an adaptive difficulty system tailors the game to your skill level as you evade and counter a maniac environmental force!
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Ikaruga
Single-player alternative to Red Horizon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Red Horizon.
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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Pingers
Single-player alternative to Red Horizon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Red Horizon.
Pingers is an addictive 'one-more-round' score chaser which is perfect to play solo or with friends. Ping your way to victory and see just how far you can get!