Single-player games like Orbital Bombardment
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Orbital Bombardment, 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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Antiprism
Single-player alternative to Orbital Bombardment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Orbital Bombardment.
Antiprism brings classic shoot 'em up mechanics to VR and combines them with innovative single-player twin-ship gameplay. Control two ships at once as the pilots Jexen and Malik shoot hordes of enemies, dodge enemy fire, find and upgrade items, and beat hard bosses on their journey through The Gone.
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Vostok 2061
Single-player alternative to Orbital Bombardment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Orbital Bombardment.
Vostok 2061 is a modern-graphics vertical scroll shooter. Gorgeous alien worlds, spaceships, and bosses. Explore mysteries as you listen to a great soundtrack!
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GALXAGAR
Single-player alternative to Orbital Bombardment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Orbital Bombardment.
"Don't go to GALXAGAR"; a phrase uttered by many who have traversed its rim. Untold treasures, and terrors, await within its blackened depths. Ready your craft, spacefarer, because you're about to enter the most dangerous sector in all the stars. Get ready.. for GALXAGAR!
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Earthion
Single-player alternative to Orbital Bombardment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Orbital Bombardment.
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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Nebula Invasion
Single-player alternative to Orbital Bombardment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Orbital Bombardment.
Nebula Invasion was designed for those who enjoy the classic type arcade games, a spaceship shooter with great game play. Aliens attack many different ways from marching to dive bombing. You have the tools to fight back with a ship that can power-up with double, triple, rapid fire, or plasma cannon.
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Viral Reload EX
Single-player alternative to Orbital Bombardment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Orbital Bombardment.
Viral Reload EX is a shoot-em-up with a dash mechanic where you shrink down to fight infections at a microscopic scale! Can you defeat the evil Kyle Kaboom before he destroys the moon?
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Nova Swarm
Single-player alternative to Orbital Bombardment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Orbital Bombardment.
Pick a ship, dive into readable bullet chaos, take down huge angry bosses, grab the bonus core you probably should have left alone, and chase one cleaner run in Nova Swarm.
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Cosmolon
Single-player alternative to Orbital Bombardment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Orbital Bombardment.
Cosmolon is a sci-fi spaceship shooter inspired by classic arcade and MS-DOS games. You control a ship that can boost around, level up, and destroy wave upon wave of enemy ships with beautiful pixel art plasma bolts and explosions. Nab fancy power-ups and fend off unique enemies. Can you survive?