Single-player games like Herodes
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Herodes, 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
Single-player alternative to Herodes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Herodes.
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.
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Gates of Zendocon
Single-player alternative to Herodes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Herodes.
In this classic side-scrolling shoot-em-up, originally published in 1989 for the Atari Lynx handheld console, take on the role of a starship pilot trapped in a web of 51 interconnected hostile universes by the evil spider Zendocon.
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Airstrife: Assault of the Aviators
Single-player alternative to Herodes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Herodes.
Use Aileron Rolling or Evading your enemies' attacks while having a realistic damage system. Use different planes with upgradable parts and numerous weapons you can mount to your planes to destroy your enemies. Fly solo or play with your friends and enjoy local coop. A modern re-invented classic.
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DRAINUS
Single-player alternative to Herodes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Herodes.
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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ARMED SEVEN
Single-player alternative to Herodes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Herodes.
The year is 1989. 12 years have passed since the Gogoh Army’s invasion of Earth. Exposure to alien technology during the war enabled Earth’s own technologies to take massive leaps forward. International conflict that was previously rife in the history of mankind fell to an all-time low, and the Earth Federation was established as a...
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Earthion
Single-player alternative to Herodes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Herodes.
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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SATAZIUS
Single-player alternative to Herodes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Herodes.
The year is 2051. Location: SATAZIUS, a long-abandoned planet. The cruiser Agano was on patrol when it was attacked and stricken by a confederacy of space pirates that had established a base on SATAZIUS. The pirates attacked the Agano intending to steal the assault ship ‘Trafalgar’ that was stowed aboard the Agano, but the Trafalgar made...
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REVOLVER360 RE:ACTOR
Single-player alternative to Herodes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Herodes.
The world really does revolve around you in this mind-bending shooter where changing your perspective could save your life.