Single-player games like Syder Reloaded
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Syder Reloaded, 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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Syder Arcade
Single-player alternative to Syder Reloaded — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Syder Reloaded.
Killing zombies never gets old, but sometimes you just need a break. Get back to some serious old-school gaming with Syder Arcade! Syder Arcade is a love letter to Amiga games of the ‘90s, no coins, no upgrade grinding, just your tenacity and a motherload of alien invaders.
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Ikaruga
Single-player alternative to Syder Reloaded — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Syder Reloaded.
Shoot! Dodge! and... Get Hit!? "Ikaruga" is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay. Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets! Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!
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DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours
Single-player alternative to Syder Reloaded — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Syder Reloaded.
DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours is the latest installment in Taito's DARIUS series of arcade-style shooting games. Blast hordes of alien sea-monsters, and blaze your own trail through branching environments.
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Crimzon Clover WORLD IGNITION
Single-player alternative to Syder Reloaded — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Syder Reloaded.
Prepare yourself for an insatiable rain of bullets, bombs, and beams in Crimzon Clover. From Japanese indie developer Yotsubane, this retro top-down shooter is a wild ride you won't want to miss out on.
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Hell is Other Demons
Single-player alternative to Syder Reloaded — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Syder Reloaded.
Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.
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Earthion
Single-player alternative to Syder Reloaded — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Syder Reloaded.
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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Space Invaders Extreme
Single-player alternative to Syder Reloaded — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Syder Reloaded.
The critically acclaimed update to the Space Invaders franchise has arrived to invade Steam with greatly improved graphics and audio! Packed with pulsing, vibrant visuals enhanced further by interactive sound. The invaders have evolved, the question is: can you keep up?
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LUFTRAUSERS
Single-player alternative to Syder Reloaded — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Syder Reloaded.
The skies are aflame and the seas will overflow with wreckage in Vlambeer’s stylish arcade shooter LUFTRAUSERS! Take to the skies in customized fighter planes to battle battleships, submarines, and rival aces for glory, honor, and high scores.
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Retro Gadgets
Single-player alternative to Syder Reloaded — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Retro Gadgets is a sandbox where you build, code, and customize gadgets inspired by old-school electronics.
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Super Cane Magic ZERO - Legend of the Cane Cane
Single-player alternative to Syder Reloaded — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Syder Reloaded.
Crash-land in the psychedelic world of Super Cane Magic ZERO, a local co-op Action RPG for 1 to 4 players! Immerse yourself in the mind-bending Story Mode or pummel your friends in 8 local Battle Arenas. Smash! Loot! Eat Rocks! Fight a really big fridge!
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Relive
Single-player alternative to Syder Reloaded — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Syder Reloaded.
Relive is a free sci-fi adventure game about CPR. Its main purpose is to increase the awareness about this topic and encourage people to take a CPR class and be prepared to intervene in case of need. Discover the story and challenge your friends in tournament mode!