Single-player games like Gunvein
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Gunvein, 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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Astebreed: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Gunvein — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gunvein.
Climb into the cockpit of an otherworldly war machine and fly into battle against a horrifying alien race bent on eradicating humanity to preserve their own civilization.
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Akka Arrh
Single-player alternative to Gunvein — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gunvein.
Akka Arrh is a modern take on a scrapped project from the 1980s, providing players with a fast-paced, addictive, arcade shooter experience and psychedelic visuals. Protect your life rings as you chain together combos and go for a high score!
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Ikaruga
Single-player alternative to Gunvein — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gunvein.
Shoot! Dodge! and... Get Hit!? "Ikaruga" is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay. Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets! Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!
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Assault Android Cactus+
Single-player alternative to Gunvein — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gunvein.
Assault Android Cactus is an intense arcade style twin stick shooter - pick from one of nine unique synthetic heroines and blast your way through overwhelming robots hordes to save the ship from its own workforce. Supports single player and local co-op game modes.
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Mushihimesama
Single-player alternative to Gunvein — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gunvein.
Battle huge "Koju" bugs in CAVE's beautiful fantasy shooter, Mushihimesama. Experience the thrill of bullet hell from the masters of the genre as you evade visually stunning shot patterns with thousands of bullets.
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Sora
Single-player alternative to Gunvein — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gunvein.
From Orange Juice comes a shoot'em'up starring the lone enhanced human, Sora. The sequel of the high-speed shoot'em'up "Suguri", with improved game system and graphics.
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DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours
Single-player alternative to Gunvein — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gunvein.
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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Syder Arcade
Single-player alternative to Gunvein — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gunvein.
Killing zombies never gets old, but sometimes you just need a break. Get back to some serious old-school gaming with Syder Arcade! Syder Arcade is a love letter to Amiga games of the ‘90s, no coins, no upgrade grinding, just your tenacity and a motherload of alien invaders.
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Storm
Single-player alternative to Gunvein — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Take a deep breath and prepare for a tranquil journey through the seasons with Storm, an atmospheric, ethereal experience where you use natural phenomena to guide a simple seed to fertile soil so it can take root and spring to life.
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Infinos Gaiden
Single-player alternative to Gunvein — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gunvein.
The feeling of 90's arcade shooter will come again !! Arcade-like side scroll shooter of 7 stages in all!
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ZeroRanger
Single-player alternative to Gunvein — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gunvein.
This is the story of a fighter who wanted to become...
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Devil Engine
Single-player alternative to Gunvein — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gunvein.
A last ditch effort to destroy what was once to be our savior. A final mission to eliminate a disastrous future. A single ship against Earth’s entire military. The Andraste is the only hope to defeat...the Devil Engine.
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Touhou Mystia's Izakaya
Single-player alternative to Gunvein — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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!
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CAVE VR
Single-player alternative to Gunvein — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
CAVE is the original VR puzzle game, looking for a journey of exploration in the ancient mysterious cave ruins, the ruins of the ancient inhabitants are from the exit ruins in layers, and the horse-hunting treasure hunt on the road seems to imply on.
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Crisis R
Single-player alternative to Gunvein — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gunvein.
CRISIS R is a fast pace side-scrolling shooter drawing inspirations from 16-bit era classics but with modern 3d graphics and effects. Game play revolves around straightforward control against fast pace missions with challenging mecha boss fights.