Single-player games like Ex-Zodiac
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Ex-Zodiac, 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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Whisker Squadron: Survivor
Single-player alternative to Ex-Zodiac — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ex-Zodiac.
A smooth roguelite shooter from the creators of RACE THE SUN, featuring a voiced cast of feline pilots in a dramatic showdown against corporate-powered robots called The Swarm. Features a 3-act campaign with branching paths, epic bosses, and a wide arsenal of pilots, ships, and weapons.
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Earthion
Single-player alternative to Ex-Zodiac — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Ex-Zodiac.
Earthion is a side-scrolling space shooter developed natively for 16-bit systems. Guide space fighter pilot Azusa Takanashi in her fight to repel the alien invaders and save planet Earth.
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Mirage Feathers
Single-player alternative to Ex-Zodiac — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ex-Zodiac.
「Maybe one day, I won't have to fight when I fly.」
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Astrodogs
Single-player alternative to Ex-Zodiac — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ex-Zodiac.
Astrodogs is an on-rails arcade action game featuring a cast of space dogs that have to save the galaxy from WOOFER, a corporation that controls everything. Also ran by dogs.
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Blazing Chrome
Single-player alternative to Ex-Zodiac — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ex-Zodiac.
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
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DemonStar
Single-player alternative to Ex-Zodiac — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ex-Zodiac.
The shareware legend DemonStar comes soaring back with new game modes and revised gameplay. Originally published in 1997, DemonStar has earned the Computer Gaming World's "Shareware Game of the Year 1999" award..
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DRAINUS
Single-player alternative to Ex-Zodiac — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ex-Zodiac.
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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Starr Mazer: DSP
Single-player alternative to Ex-Zodiac — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ex-Zodiac.
The UNFP's been kicked in the teeth by a G'ell invasion force and their last and only hope is a planetary outpost and its fleet of experimental DSP MkI Forward Assault Fighters and anyone marshal enough to strap into one and forcefully accept some apologies.
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STAR³
Single-player alternative to Ex-Zodiac — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Ex-Zodiac.
STAR³ is a cosy 3D logic puzzle where colours wrap around cubes and your thoughts become music. Solve puzzles, awaken stars and build your constellation. No timer. No lives. Just a little curiosity and a universe to bring to life.
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Panzer Dragoon: Remake
Single-player alternative to Ex-Zodiac — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Ex-Zodiac.
A new, remade version of the Panzer Dragoon game – true to the original, with improved graphics and controls, that suit modern gaming standards!