Single-player games like Syder Arcade
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Syder Arcade, 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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Syder Reloaded
Single-player alternative to Syder Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Syder Arcade.
Syder Reloaded revives the Syder series in this love-letter to 90s Amiga shmups with upgraded graphics and refined gameplay. Challenging levels, a fleet of ships and a motherload of alien invaders. Get back to your roots and curse at your monitor in this skills-first shooter.
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Jets'n'Guns Gold
Single-player alternative to Syder Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Syder Arcade.
Jets'n'Guns is a heavy piece of ground shaking rock blasting action with graphics and special effects that will blow you eyes out! Enjoy yourself in almost-insane action adventure of saving the universe from the deadly threat of more than 270 unique monsters in the campaign of 43 levels.
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R-Type Dimensions EX
Single-player alternative to Syder Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Syder Arcade.
R-Type and R-Type II, the legendary coin-op space shooters, are now together on Steam!
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Enemy Mind
Single-player alternative to Syder Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Syder Arcade.
A retro shooter with a new power: the power to become any ship.Lost in the depths of space, you are a being of pure psychic energy with the uncanny power to take over and control anything you see in order to survive.Built for PC, Enemy Mind lets you battle your way through 70+ waves of challenging enemies.
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DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours
Single-player alternative to Syder Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Syder Arcade.
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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Ikaruga
Single-player alternative to Syder Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Syder Arcade.
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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Sine Mora
Single-player alternative to Syder Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Syder Arcade.
Sine Mora is a horizontal shoot'em up that provides a unique take on challenge, where time is the ultimate factor.
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Bit Blaster XL
Single-player alternative to Syder Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Syder Arcade.
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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Project X
Single-player alternative to Syder Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Syder Arcade.
Two teenagers were disappeared in the vicinity of the Grackham National Park. At night a roar is heard from the forest. Nearby, a group of archaeologists finds a cave and skull of an unknown creature.
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DEFENDER 3D
Single-player alternative to Syder Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Syder Arcade.
The 80s classic side-scroller meets the modern PC Gamer.. DEFENDER 3D lets you choose a spaceship to suit your play style and blast your way through ever increasing waves of alien invaders and bosses. A quick and easy learning curve with seriously addictive gameplay.
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Cybernetica
Single-player alternative to Syder Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Syder Arcade.
Cybernetica is a tower defense game. The player’s task is to destroy the enemies with the help of buildings before they cross the base. With the help of 7 towers you need to cope with 50 waves of enemies. Each tower has its own characteristics and cost.
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California Games (C64/DOS/Atari/Lynx/NES/SMS/Genesis)
Single-player alternative to Syder Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Ask anyone who considered themselves a true gamer in 1987 and the chances are they will fondly remember California Games. Now on Steam for the very first time, you too can enjoy six radical and awesome events: the half-pipe, roller skating, surfing, BMX, footbag and the flying disc.
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Retro Gadgets
Single-player alternative to Syder Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Retro Gadgets is a sandbox where you build, code, and customize gadgets inspired by old-school electronics.
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Super Cane Magic ZERO - Legend of the Cane Cane
Single-player alternative to Syder Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Syder Arcade.
Crash-land in the psychedelic world of Super Cane Magic ZERO, a local co-op Action RPG for 1 to 4 players! Immerse yourself in the mind-bending Story Mode or pummel your friends in 8 local Battle Arenas. Smash! Loot! Eat Rocks! Fight a really big fridge!
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Relive
Single-player alternative to Syder Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Syder Arcade.
Relive is a free sci-fi adventure game about CPR. Its main purpose is to increase the awareness about this topic and encourage people to take a CPR class and be prepared to intervene in case of need. Discover the story and challenge your friends in tournament mode!
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Dice of Arcana
Single-player alternative to Syder Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Syder Arcade.
Dice of Arcana is a wicked dice game roguelite. Play with dice and miniatures to topple the Lord of Arcana. Survive a harrowing journey and uncover the mysteries of the Walled City of Iriscadria.