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Single-player games like Red Zirion

Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Red Zirion, 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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    Nazi Labs — Steam game cover

    Nazi Labs

    Single-player alternative to Red Zirion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Red Zirion.

    Nazi Labs is a twin-stick top-down action rogue-like game with a random level generator and cumulative power- ups, art and sprites based on the golden age of arcade games with many references to all sci- fi / nerd-universe, classic arcade games with dark theme focused on Nazi secrets and legends.

    2020ActionIndieCasual1.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Danger Scavenger — Steam game cover

    Danger Scavenger

    Single-player alternative to Red Zirion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Red Zirion.

    Danger Scavenger is fast-paced action, cyberpunk-themed, roguelite skyline crawler. Blow up, cut, shoot enemy robots on the roofs of skyscrapers. Choose your way to higher levels, loot, buy stuff, upgrade yourself, fight against greedy corporations, be a rebel!

    2021ActionIndie1.24 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rogue Star Rescue — Steam game cover

    Rogue Star Rescue

    Single-player alternative to Red Zirion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Red Zirion.

    Bullet Hell Insanity + Tower Defense Strategy. Rogue Star Rescue is a quirky new type of rogue-like shooter. Blast your way through diverse planets while rescuing your teammates and gathering traps for your defense strategy. Play solo or online to stop the Rogue Star before it annihilates everything!

    2021ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Woodpunk — Steam game cover

    Woodpunk

    Single-player alternative to Red Zirion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Red Zirion.

    Woodpunk is an exhilarating roguelike bullet hell retro pixel art shooter in a medieval Woodpunk universe, where the primary energy resource is WOOD.

    2018ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Destropolis — Steam game cover

    Destropolis

    Single-player alternative to Red Zirion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Red Zirion.

    Destropolis is a top-down shooter game with a fully destructible environment, hundreds of enemies and nuclear explosions. Fight a countless swarm of enemies. Tear them to pieces with bullets, lasers and explosions. Destroy as many of them as you can before they overwhelm you...

    2020ActionIndieRPG5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rogue Stormers — Steam game cover

    Rogue Stormers

    Single-player alternative to Red Zirion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Red Zirion.

    An action packed platform shooter mashed-up with roguelike and RPG elements, crazy 3D graphics and co-op multiplayer for one to 4 players.

    2016ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Beat Hazard 3 — Steam game cover

    Beat Hazard 3

    Single-player alternative to Red Zirion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Red Zirion.

    Are you ready to explore your music collection mapped as a stunning galaxy of wonders? Experience your music collection as never before with this intense music driven twin stick shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.

    2024ActionIndieCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Patch Quest — Steam game cover

    Patch Quest

    Single-player alternative to Red Zirion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Red Zirion.

    In a labyrinth surrounded by vicious monsters, Explorers must rely on their Lasso to survive! Capture and tame ANY monster to leap, glide, surf, tunnel and websling through a treacherous, patchwork maze. This roguelike/metroidvania seems cute, but it’s a deceptively difficult bullet-hell challenge!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mineirinho Director's Cut — Steam game cover

    Mineirinho Director's Cut

    Single-player alternative to Red Zirion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Red Zirion.

    A really cool 3d platform game, lots of extreme adventures with our friend Miner, now we have the option Double Miner and the adventure gets a lot cooler. Director's Cut version has unpublished scenes that have never been seen.

    2020ActionIndie0.66 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Miner Ultra Adventures 2 — Steam game cover

    Miner Ultra Adventures 2

    Single-player alternative to Red Zirion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Red Zirion.

    Our friend Miner is back !!! Amazing adventures with extreme difficulty, this 3d platform game will surprise you and give you a lot of satisfaction to overcome all the challenges !!! Be versatile and have quick reflexes to be the best !!!

    2022ActionIndie2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mineirinho Shooter DC — Steam game cover

    Mineirinho Shooter DC

    Single-player alternative to Red Zirion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Red Zirion.

    Miner is back and he called his very beautiful friend Lil' Pauline(Paulistinha) to enjoy a new adventures , they need to overcome the threat of space gluttons !!! Very cool and fun physical shooter style game, a unique game mechanic experience !!!

    2020ActionIndieCasual0.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mineirinho Wildtides DC — Steam game cover

    Mineirinho Wildtides DC

    Single-player alternative to Red Zirion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Red Zirion.

    In this new adventure, Miner and his friends will have to be the greatest of the seven seas to face creatures and lovecraftian places !!! A 2d platform shooter game with small rogue-like elements and physically real water !!!

    2020ActionIndie0.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Evil Heart Fever — Steam game cover

    Evil Heart Fever

    Single-player alternative to Red Zirion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Red Zirion.

    This game is an intense bullet hell roguelike shooter, evolve and destroy the celestial army to try to open the hell's gate. Items, references and transformations based in : Lovecraftian universe, biblical sins, and all types of angels and celestial creatures.

    2020ActionCasual1.94 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Time Gap Puppies — Steam game cover

    Time Gap Puppies

    Single-player alternative to Red Zirion — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Red Zirion.

    A bullet hell shooting game that you can go back in time and use time lapse to always be successful, go back in time whenever you want and show all your skills.

    2020Action1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →