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Single-player games like Neon Ships: The Type'em Up Shooter

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Neon Ships: The Type'em Up Shooter, 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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    Typomancer in the Feather's Way — Steam game cover

    Typomancer in the Feather's Way

    Single-player alternative to Neon Ships: The Type'em Up Shooter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Ships: The Type'em Up Shooter.

    Run, jump and type words to conjure spells and help your typing wizard to disinfect the platforming TyWorld from the slime monsters! Be prepared to type a lot, because it will allow you to reload your feather and control the world around you.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tybot Invasion: The Typing Runner — Steam game cover

    Tybot Invasion: The Typing Runner

    Single-player alternative to Neon Ships: The Type'em Up Shooter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Ships: The Type'em Up Shooter.

    Type words quickly to destroy robots, move among lanes, and destroy all the enemy's waves on this invasion that mixes Typing & Run! The future of Robworld is in your hands, can you destroy all robots fast enough? Type for your life. Type for the future.

    2021ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sniper Ships: Shoot'em Up on Rails — Steam game cover

    Sniper Ships: Shoot'em Up on Rails

    Single-player alternative to Neon Ships: The Type'em Up Shooter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Ships: The Type'em Up Shooter.

    Dodge bullets and click to destroy enemies with your sniper attack! This is a classic Shoot'em up mixed with Shooter on Rails mechanics! We challenge you to dodge all the shots and destroy all the enemies!

    2021ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tyfortress: Tactical Typing — Steam game cover

    Tyfortress: Tactical Typing

    Single-player alternative to Neon Ships: The Type'em Up Shooter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Ships: The Type'em Up Shooter.

    Protect human race last fortress against the robots by typing phrases and single words! Build and evolve towers that will help while you destroy robots by typing their words! Oh, and don't forget... Before that, you'll need to type phrases fast to gather a good amount of resources to build towers!

    2021ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Spooky Typing: The Ghost Plague — Steam game cover

    Spooky Typing: The Ghost Plague

    Single-player alternative to Neon Ships: The Type'em Up Shooter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Neon Ships: The Type'em Up Shooter.

    Be prepared to dodge the sharp elements and type the words to eliminate the ghosts. Can you to this fast enough and stop the ghost plage to spread across the world?

    2021IndieCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bookworm — Steam game cover

    Bookworm

    Single-player alternative to Neon Ships: The Type'em Up Shooter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Neon Ships: The Type'em Up Shooter.

    Travel across Wonderland in this zen little typing game.

    2024IndieCasual1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Phantom Typist — Steam game cover

    Phantom Typist

    Single-player alternative to Neon Ships: The Type'em Up Shooter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Neon Ships: The Type'em Up Shooter.

    Phantom typist is the typing arcade game which you can learn and improve typing skill of Chinese characters. Type correct Chinese characters to clear the falling blocks before they fill up the screen, get the high score at the leaderboard with various play modes and levels!

    2021IndieCasual2.89 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Typed82 — Steam game cover

    Typed82

    Single-player alternative to Neon Ships: The Type'em Up Shooter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Neon Ships: The Type'em Up Shooter.

    A simple typing experience to complement your keyboard. Typed'82 immerses you in an atmospheric typing experience. As you progress and improve your typing skills, the visuals and music set a pleasing environment.

    2021Indie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Smashing Spirits: Brazil's First Boxer — Steam game cover

    Smashing Spirits: Brazil's First Boxer

    Single-player alternative to Neon Ships: The Type'em Up Shooter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Ships: The Type'em Up Shooter.

    Fight Spartans at Brazil Island with fiercely boxing combos on this insanely fast-paced fighting-platformer! Play with Aiyra, an indigenous boxer fighting in the middle of a conflict between her own people and foreigners coming from beyond the seas.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    King Bullseye: Headshot Training — Steam game cover

    King Bullseye: Headshot Training

    Single-player alternative to Neon Ships: The Type'em Up Shooter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Ships: The Type'em Up Shooter.

    Shoot the chess pieces! The king is tired of being protected so now he is shooting the enemies down! King Bullseye is a shoot-the-target game in which the enemies are chess pieces on the board! Headshots eliminate faster and earn more points!

    2021ActionIndieCasual3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →