IMHO.

Single-player games like Touhou ~Red Empress Devil.

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Touhou ~Red Empress Devil., 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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    Survivors of the Dawn — Steam game cover

    Survivors of the Dawn

    Single-player alternative to Touhou ~Red Empress Devil. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Touhou ~Red Empress Devil..

    A roguelite horde-survival bullet heaven with QUINTILLIONS of bullets over QUINTILLIONS of hordes. Mix weapons with items, modify, control chaos at terminals and break through tightening waves.

    2023ActionIndieRPG7.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    REPLIKATOR — Steam game cover

    REPLIKATOR

    Single-player alternative to Touhou ~Red Empress Devil. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Touhou ~Red Empress Devil..

    In this twin stick roguelite shooter, you play as one of the galactic mercenaries, explore a mysterious scientific complex and uncover the secret of the REPLIKATOR project.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Woodpunk — Steam game cover

    Woodpunk

    Single-player alternative to Touhou ~Red Empress Devil. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Touhou ~Red Empress Devil..

    Woodpunk is an exhilarating roguelike bullet hell retro pixel art shooter in a medieval Woodpunk universe, where the primary energy resource is WOOD.

    2018ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rush Rover — Steam game cover

    Rush Rover

    Single-player alternative to Touhou ~Red Empress Devil. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Touhou ~Red Empress Devil..

    Rush Rover is a 2D top-down shooter game. Compared to other similar games of the genre, the shooting experience is closer to traditional shoot'em up games. It includes random map generation, unique weapons, lots of different enemies, exciting boss battles and a dynamic chiptune soundtrack.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Blazing Beaks — Steam game cover

    Blazing Beaks

    Single-player alternative to Touhou ~Red Empress Devil. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Touhou ~Red Empress Devil..

    Roguelite - where too much greediness can be fatal. A colorful world with armed birds blazing their way through piles of mutants, monsters and creepy creatures. Lots of mysteries to unravel, secrets to discover and levels to explore.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ATOMINE — Steam game cover

    ATOMINE

    Single-player alternative to Touhou ~Red Empress Devil. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Touhou ~Red Empress Devil..

    Atomine is a twin stick procedural shooter rogue-lite set in a virtual world with minimalist design, where the player recounts on the screen the real events of STUXNET, the first weapon ever created in the form of computer virus.

    2017ActionIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lost Potato — Steam game cover

    Lost Potato

    Single-player alternative to Touhou ~Red Empress Devil. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Touhou ~Red Empress Devil..

    Lost Potato is a minimalistic top-down roguelite where you can't damage enemies directly. Push them into spikes, reflect bullets and help a young potato find its way out of a jungle filled with man-eating tribes!

    2020ActionIndie2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Peace Data — Steam game cover

    Peace Data

    Single-player alternative to Touhou ~Red Empress Devil. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Touhou ~Red Empress Devil..

    Peace Data — hard "Roguelike" game, in which you have to play for Bitard, saving Rusland from the tyranny of the authorities that destroyed the opposition and led the country to ruin, making slaves of citizens.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Enter the Gungeon — Steam game cover

    Enter the Gungeon

    Single-player alternative to Touhou ~Red Empress Devil. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Touhou ~Red Empress Devil..

    Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell dungeon crawler following a band of misfits seeking to shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip their way to personal absolution by reaching the legendary Gungeon’s ultimate treasure: the gun that can kill the past.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Touhou Mystia's Izakaya — Steam game cover

    Touhou Mystia's Izakaya

    Single-player alternative to Touhou ~Red Empress Devil. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Touhou ~Red Empress Devil..

    A brand new pixel art restaurant simulator based on the Touhou Project! Play as Mystia, the owner of a small izakaya. Collect ingredients by day, cater to the customers by night, learn recipes from familiar characters, and become the best izakaya owner in all of Gensokyo!

    2021IndieSimulationRPG4.19 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ULTRA NINJA SOUL — Steam game cover

    ULTRA NINJA SOUL

    Single-player alternative to Touhou ~Red Empress Devil. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Touhou ~Red Empress Devil..

    ULTRA NINJA SOUL is an orthodox platformer. The player's goal is to control the main character, a ninja, and rescue a princess who has been kidnapped by youkai. The player collects sealed cards of ninjutsu from treasure chests along the way and uses a variety of attacks to conquer the stage.

    2021ActionIndie5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →