Single-player games like Starexcess
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Starexcess, 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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Airstrife: Assault of the Aviators
Single-player alternative to Starexcess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Starexcess.
Use Aileron Rolling or Evading your enemies' attacks while having a realistic damage system. Use different planes with upgradable parts and numerous weapons you can mount to your planes to destroy your enemies. Fly solo or play with your friends and enjoy local coop. A modern re-invented classic.
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Heliocide
Single-player alternative to Starexcess — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Heliocide is a relentless top-down scrolling action! Arm your shields, lasers, guns, bombs and missiles to defend the solar system from a massive invasion!
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Super Rebellion
Single-player alternative to Starexcess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Starexcess.
The humanity succumbed against the power of a aliens intergalactic empire, but managed to organize and establish a resistance army. Join the rebellious seekers of peace and help them defeat the evil that haunts the Earth.
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Space Dragons
Single-player alternative to Starexcess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Starexcess.
Choose your spaceship and defeat the alien threat that comes from the Moon. Blast your way crushing, ripping apart and exploding hostile aliens that are taking control of powerful weapons and military technology from Earth. Find the entity that controls the threat and make it explode into blood.
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Space Drift Squad
Single-player alternative to Starexcess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Starexcess.
Call your friends and lead your squad through the outer space and protect your planet from asteroids and alien ships on this local shoot'em up. Shoot, evolve e explode these space enemies.
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SUPERVERSE
Single-player alternative to Starexcess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Starexcess.
SUPERVERSE is a fast-paced, action-packed space shooter that launches you into an ancient network of interconnected universes. Your mission: travel back through space-time and prevent the extinction of humanity.
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Devastation - Annihilate the Alien Race
Single-player alternative to Starexcess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Starexcess.
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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HYPER METEOR
Single-player alternative to Starexcess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Starexcess.
YOU ARE LOST IN SPACE! ALL WEAPONS ARE DOWN! Survive by ramming your ship into meteors and hostile forces.
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Sakura Stars
Single-player alternative to Starexcess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Starexcess.
When hordes of Youkai threaten the world, the Tanukis send a messenger to choose human girls to receive magical powers to defend humanity. They are known as SAKURA STARS. This is a horizontal shmup made on Pico-8, a retro fantasy console with purposeful limitations to simulate an 8-bit era console.
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Slime Fantasy: the search for the lost sword
Single-player alternative to Starexcess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Starexcess.
The slime hero lost his holy sword. Without it, he is just an ordinary slime. Now, he will go on a journey to find his lost sword, and return to defend the slime kingdon.