Single-player games like Hover Attack
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Hover Attack, 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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GIGANTIC ARMY
Single-player alternative to Hover Attack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hover Attack.
Side-scrolling mech-shooting bad-assery is BACK!GIGANTIC ARMY is a heartfelt homage to 16-bit era mech shooters such as Cybernator / Assault Suits Valken, Metal Warriors, and Front Mission: Gun Hazard, developed by the studio behind the acclaimed shooter SATAZIUS.
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Deathroids
Single-player alternative to Hover Attack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hover Attack.
Remember the golden age of arcades playing a game with all the classic 80's/90's space-shooting features. See how far you can go by destroying all enemy robots that are ready to planet earth attack.
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SATAZIUS
Single-player alternative to Hover Attack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hover Attack.
The year is 2051. Location: SATAZIUS, a long-abandoned planet. The cruiser Agano was on patrol when it was attacked and stricken by a confederacy of space pirates that had established a base on SATAZIUS. The pirates attacked the Agano intending to steal the assault ship ‘Trafalgar’ that was stowed aboard the Agano, but the Trafalgar made...
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Astebreed: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Hover Attack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hover Attack.
Climb into the cockpit of an otherworldly war machine and fly into battle against a horrifying alien race bent on eradicating humanity to preserve their own civilization.
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SOL CRESTA
Single-player alternative to Hover Attack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hover Attack.
SOL CRESTA, rise like the phoenix and take back the sun! Neo-Classic shooting strikes back! Dock, split, and form up! Pilot 3 fighters and take back the sun from the clutches of evil in this free-form shooting game with the spirit of 80s shooting classics Moon Cresta and Terra Cresta.
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GRADIUS ORIGINS
Single-player alternative to Hover Attack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Hover Attack.
Salamander III is the newest addition to the Gradius series, a legendary pioneer in the side-scrolling shooter genre, and comes with the original arcade versions of the previous games.
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ARCADE GAME SERIES: GALAGA
Single-player alternative to Hover Attack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Hover Attack.
First appearing in arcades in 1981, the masterpiece GALAGA finally comes to Steam! Move the fighter left and right and destroy the waves of incoming aliens!
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Cobalt
Single-player alternative to Hover Attack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hover Attack.
Forget everything you’ve learned about combat. Cobalt’s slo-mo mechanic lets you perform moves that other games can’t comprehend. Discover the secrets of a distant colony in a cosmic campaign, take on challenges and rule the leaderboards, or face off against others in local and online multiplayer.