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Single-player games like Barrage Fantasia

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Barrage Fantasia, 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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    Rangerdog — Steam game cover

    Rangerdog

    Single-player alternative to Barrage Fantasia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Barrage Fantasia.

    Save the universe with Rangerdog! A cute retro-style side-scrolling shoot 'em up!

    2021ActionIndieCasual5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Little Elf Tanks — Steam game cover

    Little Elf Tanks

    Single-player alternative to Barrage Fantasia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Barrage Fantasia.

    A bombastic bug busting adventure! Play as one of four playable characters in their quest to to free their fellow elves from the clutches of an evil army of spiders. If they crawl, blast em all! Let nothing stand in your way.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Touhou Renkyouto ~ Subterranean Festival of Love and Jealousy — Steam game cover

    Touhou Renkyouto ~ Subterranean Festival of Love and Jealousy

    Single-player alternative to Barrage Fantasia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Barrage Fantasia.

    Touhou Renkyouto is a top-down bullet hell title starring the green-eyed Parsee Mizuhashi. Adventure from the Underworld to the surface and back again to solve an incident involving stray spirits causing chaos, and maybe help Parsee realize her love along the way.

    2024ActionIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Blast'N Bounty — Steam game cover

    Blast'N Bounty

    Single-player alternative to Barrage Fantasia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Barrage Fantasia.

    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!

    ActionIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Warcat Parade — Steam game cover

    Warcat Parade

    Single-player alternative to Barrage Fantasia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Barrage Fantasia.

    Catboy in a bullet hell! Nyan, nyan, pew pew pew!

    2024ActionIndieCasual5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    STARR RINGER — Steam game cover

    STARR RINGER

    Single-player alternative to Barrage Fantasia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Barrage Fantasia.

    Grab the fate of all life in your hands. Blast your way through the cosmos, destroying monstrous cosmic beasts and the space cultists summoning them, on your path to stopping your mother from unleashing the chaos realm upon the universe, in this sci-fi cosmic horror bullet-hell, STARR RINGER.

    2022ActionIndieEarly Access9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Super Forklift 3000 — Steam game cover

    Super Forklift 3000

    Single-player alternative to Barrage Fantasia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Barrage Fantasia.

    Super Forklift 3000 is an arcade space shooter with a twist: you drive a forklift that carries and shoots up to three boxes. Defeat enemies and bosses while managing your different box types. Be careful not to run out of ammo!

    2020ActionIndie1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Nectar Wars — Steam game cover

    Nectar Wars

    Single-player alternative to Barrage Fantasia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Barrage Fantasia.

    An explosive Shoot ‘Em Up like no other, Nectar focuses on five hummingbird sisters, each with their own playstyle. Defeat powerful bosses, unlock new cosmetics, compete in online leaderboards, and save your world from the invading bee army!

    2022ActionIndie7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →