Single-player games like Spacey Vade
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Spacey Vade, 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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Defendor
Single-player alternative to Spacey Vade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Spacey Vade.
Defendor is a throwback to the fast paced arcade games of the 80s.A retro style, arcade shooter where you upgrade your base to increase the capabilities of your ship, unlock new weapons, ships and cause more mayhem.Defend your base until everyone makes it into the escape ship.
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2nd Shot
Single-player alternative to Spacey Vade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spacey Vade.
In the vast depths of space, lies a man with a dark past. Setting himself apart from that old life, and seeking justice against wrongdoing instead of being the cause of it, Captain Righteous uses the Freedom Fighter, his trusty space fighter to search for and combat the evil Captain Buster!
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Ultra Mission™
Single-player alternative to Spacey Vade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spacey Vade.
Embark on a dangerous investigation in Ultra Mission™, the latest game by Gumbo Machine™. As an agent of the Stellar Exchange Commission, you must traverse the 20 dizzying levels within Otto Labs, each littered with powerful automatons and questionable experiments. This is going to be a blast!
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Frenzy
Single-player alternative to Spacey Vade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Spacey Vade.
In this simple riff on an arcade classic, released in 1983 for the ZX Spectrum by famed game developer/publisher Ocean Software, search labarinthine levels for the exit, while surviving an ever-increasing onslaught of deadly robots.
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DoDonPachi Resurrection Reignite
Single-player alternative to Spacey Vade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spacey Vade.
CAVE's arcade bullet hell shooter returns as DoDonPachi Resurrection Reignite. New stages, a new character, new music, and other new elements set the stage for a new challenge.
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I, AI
Single-player alternative to Spacey Vade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spacey Vade.
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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Flowing Lights
Single-player alternative to Spacey Vade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spacey Vade.
Flowing Lights is an Arcade Puzzle Shooter. Each fight is a puzzle. Attack and... Fail! ...Think back... try again! Got it? Improve with each try, there is always a smarter way to win!
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Operius DX
Single-player alternative to Spacey Vade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spacey Vade.
Blast off into Operius DX, a high-speed arcade shooter where you navigate twisting polygonal tunnels, battle waves of enemies, and confront formidable bosses in an endless amount of procedurally-generated levels. How far can you get?