Single-player games like Crisis Wing
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Crisis Wing, 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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Proto Trigger
Single-player alternative to Crisis Wing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Crisis Wing.
An arcade shoot'em up with unique power-infusion gameplay. Face down an unknown army alone or with a friend in online or local co-op. Navigate the cosmos to save the remants of humanity, or join them in extinction!
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Rogue Space Convoy
Single-player alternative to Crisis Wing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Crisis Wing.
Rogue Space Convoy is a roguelite space action shooter where you pilot a fighter, build a convoy, and choose branching encounters across five hostile passages. Disable enemy cruisers, salvage upgrades, and keep the Ark alive long enough to reach the gate.
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Void Strike
Single-player alternative to Crisis Wing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Crisis Wing.
Shred endless waves of hostile spaceships in a 1-bit arcade survival roguelite. Build absurd weapon combos, unlock pilots, upgrade your fighter, and survive escalating dogfights against swarms, elite enemies, and colossal bosses.
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Single-player alternative to Crisis Wing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Crisis Wing.
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Heliocide
Single-player alternative to Crisis Wing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Crisis Wing.
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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Chippy
Single-player alternative to Crisis Wing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Crisis Wing.
Chip destructible bosses apart pixel-by-pixel in this twin-stick bullet-hell shooter.
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Nuclear Throne
Single-player alternative to Crisis Wing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Crisis Wing.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
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Space War: Infinity
Single-player alternative to Crisis Wing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Crisis Wing.
Vertical semi-procedural shmup with upgrades, real-time enemy waves, and infinite replayability. Level up your ship, unlock 20+ weapons, defeat 5 bosses, and survive endless bullet-hell combat.
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Truxton
Single-player alternative to Crisis Wing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Crisis Wing.
The ruthless Gidans invite you to an explosive space scramble! Head into the mighty Super Fighter and disintegrate your foes in all directions with various upgradeable weapons. Toaplan's no-frills vertical shooter Truxton speeds onto PC with new features and quality-of-life updates!
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Truxton 2
Single-player alternative to Crisis Wing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Crisis Wing.
The sequel to Toaplan’s shoot ‘em up masterpiece Truxton is a thrilling insane space action with an unforgiving difficulty level. Enjoy the visually stunning pixel graphics and vibrant music as you dodge the high-speed bullet rain and take on tough bosses.
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Grind Stormer
Single-player alternative to Crisis Wing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Crisis Wing.
Grind Stormer, aka V・V, is a vertically scrolling manic shooter with gorgeous pixel art graphics and an upbeat FM soundtrack. Developed by an all-star team at the legendary Japanese studio Toaplan, known for their stellar shoot ‘em ups.