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Single-player games like DANMAKAI: Red Forbidden Fruit

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to DANMAKAI: Red Forbidden Fruit, 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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    Eden's Eclipse — Steam game cover

    Eden's Eclipse

    Single-player alternative to DANMAKAI: Red Forbidden Fruit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DANMAKAI: Red Forbidden Fruit.

    The third installment in the Eden series A 2D bullet-hell vertical-scrolling shump with a feel reminiscent of arcade games from the 1990s to the 2000s.

    2026ActionIndie8.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DRAINUS — Steam game cover

    DRAINUS

    Single-player alternative to DANMAKAI: Red Forbidden Fruit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DANMAKAI: Red Forbidden Fruit.

    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.

    2022ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hellsinker. — Steam game cover

    Hellsinker.

    Single-player alternative to DANMAKAI: Red Forbidden Fruit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DANMAKAI: Red Forbidden Fruit.

    A legendary SHMUP influential to the best makers in the genre, Hellsinker is now available on steam in its most advanced form! Gameplay, story, graphics, and even music all united into one cohesive and highly dimensional Shoot-em-up!

    2019ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Deathsmiles I・II — Steam game cover

    Deathsmiles I・II

    Single-player alternative to DANMAKAI: Red Forbidden Fruit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DANMAKAI: Red Forbidden Fruit.

    Angels swooping across a disastrous sky! The shoot 'em up of gothic horrors is back

    2022Action39.90 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    GundeadliGne — Steam game cover

    GundeadliGne

    Single-player alternative to DANMAKAI: Red Forbidden Fruit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DANMAKAI: Red Forbidden Fruit.

    Reload for more shooting action with GundeadliGne, the 2nd title in the Gundemonium Collection

    2011ActionIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mirage Feathers — Steam game cover

    Mirage Feathers

    Single-player alternative to DANMAKAI: Red Forbidden Fruit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DANMAKAI: Red Forbidden Fruit.

    「Maybe one day, I won't have to fight when I fly.」

    2024ActionIndie2.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    東方幕華祭 TouHou Makuka Sai ~ Fantastic Danmaku Festival — Steam game cover

    東方幕華祭 TouHou Makuka Sai ~ Fantastic Danmaku Festival

    Single-player alternative to DANMAKAI: Red Forbidden Fruit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DANMAKAI: Red Forbidden Fruit.

    Fantastic Danmaku Festival is a Touhou Project fanfiction STG with colourful danmaku, beautiful remix music and original music. Besides the characters we know in Touhou Project, there is also a brand new original character named Nix in this game! With the Scarlet Devil mansion as their stage, the girls are soaring in the sky of Gensokyo!

    2018ActionIndieAdventure8.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hitogata Happa — Steam game cover

    Hitogata Happa

    Single-player alternative to DANMAKAI: Red Forbidden Fruit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DANMAKAI: Red Forbidden Fruit.

    Shoot 'em up with the 3rd game in the Gundemonium Collection series.

    2011ActionIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Touhou Mystia's Izakaya — Steam game cover

    Touhou Mystia's Izakaya

    Single-player alternative to DANMAKAI: Red Forbidden Fruit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with DANMAKAI: Red Forbidden Fruit.

    A brand new pixel art restaurant simulator based on the Touhou Project! Play as Mystia, the owner of a small izakaya. Collect ingredients by day, cater to the customers by night, learn recipes from familiar characters, and become the best izakaya owner in all of Gensokyo!

    2021IndieSimulationRPG4.19 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →