Single-player games like Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade, 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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G-Darius HD
Single-player alternative to Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade.
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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DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours
Single-player alternative to Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade.
DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours is the latest installment in Taito's DARIUS series of arcade-style shooting games. Blast hordes of alien sea-monsters, and blaze your own trail through branching environments.
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Earthion
Single-player alternative to Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade.
Earthion is a side-scrolling space shooter developed natively for 16-bit systems. Guide space fighter pilot Azusa Takanashi in her fight to repel the alien invaders and save planet Earth.
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Shoot 1UP DX
Single-player alternative to Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade.
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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Space Invaders Extreme
Single-player alternative to Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade.
The critically acclaimed update to the Space Invaders franchise has arrived to invade Steam with greatly improved graphics and audio! Packed with pulsing, vibrant visuals enhanced further by interactive sound. The invaders have evolved, the question is: can you keep up?
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DRAINUS
Single-player alternative to Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade.
This is a side-scrolling shooting game in which you take control of the "Drainus", the Kharlal Empire's most cutting-edge fighter with the ability to absorb energy bullets, and take down the enemy ships zipping through space.
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Super Hydorah
Single-player alternative to Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade.
Super Hydorah is a nonlinear horizontal shoot’ em up designed to offer a challenging experience, sublimating the richness of traditional shmup classics. Face the menace of the Meroptians aboard the Delta Lance, alone or with your friends in this game with direct action and nostalgic art.
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Deathwish Enforcers Special Edition
Single-player alternative to Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade.
A gritty, non-stop blood bath from the creator of Insanity's Blade, Super Battle Princess Madelyn and the recently released GuardGrave. And a parody of beloved 60s and 70s classic action films, heroes and villains. Deathwish Enforcers... There's gonna be hell to pay!
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Ray’z Arcade Chronology
Single-player alternative to Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade.
Lock-on to an exhilarating sci-fi shooting fest with the trilogy which put Taito on the 90s arcade shooting map: The Ray Series, together in one collection for the first time!
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Cotton Tale
Single-player alternative to Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade.
Hop to the top and don't look down! Dangerous jumps are the name of the game in this deceptively difficult precision platformer. Winning will take everything you've got. The journey may be long, and your falls may be great, but remember... failure is part of the fun!
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Groove Coaster
Single-player alternative to Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade.
Riding the rhythmic rails of success from smart phone, into the arcades, now GROOVE COASTER arrives on Steam! Are you ready to ride a roller coaster of sound and light through a universe of music?
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Bubble Bobble 4 Friends: The Baron's Workshop
Single-player alternative to Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade.
Use your bubble-blowing abilities to trap your enemies and conquer a variety of stages in this action-puzzle game! Includes the original arcade game, The Baron is Back expansion, and a new exclusive Workshop Mode only on Steam!
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Bubble Bobble Sugar Dungeons
Single-player alternative to Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade.
More Quests, More Power! An All New Bubble Bobble Experience! Go on an adventure through strange dungeons that change every time you step inside!
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TIMEGAL HD-Remaster
Single-player alternative to Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade.
Reika, the Time Gal, is warping onto Steam from 1985! Encounter dinosaurs, cavemen, giant robots, aliens, maniacally laughing villains, and more in this time-travelling, interactive-anime adventure!
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NINJA HAYATE HD-Remaster
Single-player alternative to Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade.
Ninja Hayate infiltrates Steam, braving the evil ninja clan's lair and battling a dragon in this thrilling, interactive anime adventure, remastered from its 1984 debut!
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Puzzle Bobble Everybubble!
Single-player alternative to Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade.
Play solo! Play with friends! The original bubble shooter is back! The latest entry in the iconic action-puzzle series PUZZLE BOBBLE—also known as BUST-A-MOVE— is finally on Steam! Match three or more bubbles of the same color to clear the board in the ultimate evolution of this legendary classic.