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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 — Steam game cover

    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.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Destroiders — Steam game cover

    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.

    2023ActionIndieCasual3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Meteor Storm — Steam game cover

    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!

    2021ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Metis One — Steam game cover

    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!

    2018Action7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Jetpack Kiwi — Steam game cover

    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!

    2023ActionAdventureCasual5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Circuit Breakers — Steam game cover

    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.

    2015Action6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shoot 1UP DX — Steam game cover

    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!

    2015ActionIndie5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    G-Darius HD — Steam game cover

    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!

    2022Action14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bricks Frenzy — Steam game cover

    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.

    2020ActionSportsIndie5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Immortal Tactics: War of the Eternals — Steam game cover

    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.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →