Single-player games like Airstrife: Assault of the Aviators
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Airstrife: Assault of the Aviators, 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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Space Dragons
Single-player alternative to Airstrife: Assault of the Aviators — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Airstrife: Assault of the Aviators.
Choose your spaceship and defeat the alien threat that comes from the Moon. Blast your way crushing, ripping apart and exploding hostile aliens that are taking control of powerful weapons and military technology from Earth. Find the entity that controls the threat and make it explode into blood.
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Destroiders
Single-player alternative to Airstrife: Assault of the Aviators — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Airstrife: Assault of the Aviators.
No nonsense, action packed, 2.5D, Asteroids inspired shooter. Scream around speeding rocks narrowly avoiding an untimely death as you obliterate rocks whilst harvesting their valuable resources. See how far you and your friends can get. Best played with mates but also pretty fun on your own.
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Meteor Storm
Single-player alternative to Airstrife: Assault of the Aviators — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Airstrife: Assault of the Aviators.
Welcome back to 1996! This shared screen space shooter is the perfect 4-player competitive game for some casual fun!
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Metis One
Single-player alternative to Airstrife: Assault of the Aviators — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Airstrife: Assault of the Aviators.
Metis One is an action-packed co-op top down shooter in the design style of the arcade classics. Take command of the A6-Gravitus to defend the people of Jupiter Colony, Metis One, against an unrelenting alien onslaught. With Drop-In Co-op, Player Two can join the action at anytime!
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Jetpack Kiwi
Single-player alternative to Airstrife: Assault of the Aviators — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Airstrife: Assault of the Aviators.
Jetpack Kiwi is a classic 2D side scrolling shoot em up game featuring 20 levels, 5 bosses, hordes of enemies spaceships, with multiple characters to choose from; each one with an unique special attack. Complete the game in single player or with a friend in local co-op!
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Circuit Breakers
Single-player alternative to Airstrife: Assault of the Aviators — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Airstrife: Assault of the Aviators.
Talented and ferocious weapon experts needed to eliminate a dangerous mechanical menace that threatens the existence of humanity. Up to six positions available. Benefits include traveling the world to eliminate robots.
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Shoot 1UP DX
Single-player alternative to Airstrife: Assault of the Aviators — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Airstrife: Assault of the Aviators.
Why play shoot 'em ups one ship at a time? Launch them all at once! Unleash an entire armada of ships in Shoot 1UP!
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G-Darius HD
Single-player alternative to Airstrife: Assault of the Aviators — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Airstrife: Assault of the Aviators.
You will see the creation of new lives... Capture enemies and fire them back at their allies as enormous beams of energy in this horizontally scrolling shooting game, featuring 5 versions of G-Darius with new features, enhancements, and Steam exclusive extras!
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Bricks Frenzy
Single-player alternative to Airstrife: Assault of the Aviators — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Airstrife: Assault of the Aviators.
Bricks Frenzy is an arcade brick game developed to be both competitive and fun at the same time. Do your best with all the power ups available and gain mastery over them to defeat your opponents.
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Immortal Tactics: War of the Eternals
Single-player alternative to Airstrife: Assault of the Aviators — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Airstrife: Assault of the Aviators.
Experience a Fast-Paced Roguelite Turn-Based Strategy game with a New Turn-Based System which will need you to plan early on and create strategies that would lead your army to victory. Create an army with different Characters and Leaders to choose from and explore this Roguelite world.