Single-player games like Sophstar
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Sophstar, 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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Blast'N Bounty
Single-player alternative to Sophstar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Sophstar.
Blast’N Bounty is a vertical scrolling shoot’em up featuring 8 stages players can tackle in the order of their choosing. Cruise through a crazy solar system in a mix of pixel art and low poly 3D with action that’s easy to learn but tough to master!
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Crush The Rebellion!
Single-player alternative to Sophstar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Sophstar.
The galactic empire is under siege from the rebel scum in all directions! Fight through endless waves of rebel ships using all of the weapons and resources at your disposal as you execute your sole orders: to Crush The Rebellion!
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Royal Odyssey
Single-player alternative to Sophstar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Sophstar.
Royal Odyssey is a retro-style arcade space shooter where you pilot Prince Zayven’s ship through a deadly asteroid storm, blasting your way to survival.
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Galactic Explorers
Single-player alternative to Sophstar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Sophstar.
Galactic Explorers is a top-down 2D retro space shooter inspired by early games such as Galaxian, and Asteroids.
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Nova Swarm
Single-player alternative to Sophstar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Sophstar.
Pick a ship, dive into readable bullet chaos, take down huge angry bosses, grab the bonus core you probably should have left alone, and chase one cleaner run in Nova Swarm.
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I, AI
Single-player alternative to Sophstar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Sophstar.
Classic scrolling shooter with modern graphics. You are self-aware AI. You were created on space military station developing weapons. Now your goal is to break out of the lab and win your freedom.
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Astro Fighters
Single-player alternative to Sophstar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Sophstar.
Astro Fighters is a tough old school vertical scrolling bullet hell shooter designed to test your skills with non-stop arcade style action. Fight against large bosses at the end of every level and compete for the high score across 4 difficulty modes to be the best fighter pilot in the game.
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Infinity Lancer
Single-player alternative to Sophstar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Sophstar.
Infinity Lancer is a high octane vertical shoot em' up. Race across the galaxy fighting to prevent humanity's annihilation and discover the dark truth behind the endless war.
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SOL CRESTA
Single-player alternative to Sophstar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Sophstar.
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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SONIC WINGS REUNION
Single-player alternative to Sophstar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Sophstar.
SONIC WINGS REUNION is a sequel to the arcade-style shooting game SONIC WINGS, in which you choose from eight characters to destroy the mysterious organization FATAMORNAGANA, which has advanced into the modern world. The scenario changes depending on the combination of characters.
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CAVE VR
Single-player alternative to Sophstar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Sophstar.
CAVE is the original VR puzzle game, looking for a journey of exploration in the ancient mysterious cave ruins, the ruins of the ancient inhabitants are from the exit ruins in layers, and the horse-hunting treasure hunt on the road seems to imply on.
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Gunvein
Single-player alternative to Sophstar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Sophstar.
Gunvein is a dynamic, aggression-based bullet hell shoot em up where you use lock on lasers, charged weapons, bombs & hypers to overwhelm the enemies before they overwhelm you.
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Psyvariar 3
Single-player alternative to Sophstar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Sophstar.
Play as one of 7 pilots in this thrilling sequel to a SHMUP classic. The time has come for a new generation of Psyvariars to rise… and save humanity.