Single-player games like LUFTRAUSERS
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to LUFTRAUSERS, 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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Jet Lancer
Single-player alternative to LUFTRAUSERS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with LUFTRAUSERS.
Jet Lancer is a high-velocity aerial combat shooter where you duel enemy aviators, hunt giant robots, and defy death at supersonic speeds as you evolve from an unknown rookie aviator into a once-in-a-generation ACE pilot.
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Downwell
Single-player alternative to LUFTRAUSERS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with LUFTRAUSERS.
Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.
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Bit Blaster XL
Single-player alternative to LUFTRAUSERS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with LUFTRAUSERS.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
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Hell is Other Demons
Single-player alternative to LUFTRAUSERS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with LUFTRAUSERS.
Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.
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Syder Arcade
Single-player alternative to LUFTRAUSERS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with LUFTRAUSERS.
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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Frequent Flyer
Single-player alternative to LUFTRAUSERS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with LUFTRAUSERS.
Complete tasks and survive the oncoming enemy waves for as long as possible! Are you good enough? Are you a frequent flyer?
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Jamestown
Single-player alternative to LUFTRAUSERS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with LUFTRAUSERS.
Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. It features all the intensity, depth, and lovingly handcrafted pixels of a classic arcade shooter, with a modern twist: deeply-integrated cooperative gameplay.
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Switch 'N' Shoot
Single-player alternative to LUFTRAUSERS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with LUFTRAUSERS.
Endless arcade action with just ONE button - Switch directions whenever you shoot!
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Nuclear Throne
Single-player alternative to LUFTRAUSERS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with LUFTRAUSERS.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
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Serious Sam: The Random Encounter
Single-player alternative to LUFTRAUSERS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with LUFTRAUSERS.
Choose your weapons and take aim at the most random Serious Sam adventure yet!
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Super Crate Box
Single-player alternative to LUFTRAUSERS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with LUFTRAUSERS.
Vlambeer's SUPER CRATE BOX is coming to bring back the glory of the golden arcade age, when all that really mattered was getting on that high score list. Grab your baseball cap and loosen your pants, it's time to fight endless hordes of enemies and collect every weapon crate you can.
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GUN GODZ
Single-player alternative to LUFTRAUSERS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with LUFTRAUSERS.
GUN GODZ is a first person shooter about gun, gangster rap and the rich culture of Venus. Featuring a fully Venusian soundtrack by Jukio 'KOZILEK' Kallio and a single English track with rap lyrics by Adam 'Doseone' Kidd.