Single-player games like Ikaruga
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Ikaruga, 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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Mushihimesama
Single-player alternative to Ikaruga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Ikaruga.
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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Crimzon Clover WORLD IGNITION
Single-player alternative to Ikaruga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ikaruga.
Prepare yourself for an insatiable rain of bullets, bombs, and beams in Crimzon Clover. From Japanese indie developer Yotsubane, this retro top-down shooter is a wild ride you won't want to miss out on.
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Assault Android Cactus+
Single-player alternative to Ikaruga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ikaruga.
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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Deathsmiles
Single-player alternative to Ikaruga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ikaruga.
Deathsmiles is CAVE's bullet-hell shoot-'em-up where you take the role of one of five Angels to defend the magical land of Gilverado from an invasion by Hell itself! Eradicate this devilish assault!
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Ultratron
Single-player alternative to Ikaruga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ikaruga.
Experience the addictive gameplay of old-school arcade favourites, updated and improved for the 21st century! Unique retro-futuristic sound and graphics, player responsive difficulty, and a subtle system of tactics combined with classic gameplay make Ultratron a fun and hypnotic arcade blast.
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ZeroRanger
Single-player alternative to Ikaruga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ikaruga.
This is the story of a fighter who wanted to become...
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Jamestown
Single-player alternative to Ikaruga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ikaruga.
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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Syder Arcade
Single-player alternative to Ikaruga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ikaruga.
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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Radiant Silvergun
Single-player alternative to Ikaruga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Ikaruga.
Set on the earth and in space on July 14, 2520 A.D., the film explores the mystery of mankind's extinction. Various terrains become battlefields. Enemies attack from all directions. There are 23 bosses in total. Aim for a high score by making full use of score bonuses and level-up weapons!
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Strike Force: Desert Thunder
Single-player alternative to Ikaruga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ikaruga.
Strike Force: Desert Thunder is a small First-Person-Shooter game in the style of old, classic Delta Force games. You join 10 intense, large scale missions to prevent terrorist attacks. Customize your loadout, choose between 12 weapons and jump right into the action. Each Mission is large scale (2km²) and open to your tactical strategy.
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Shift
Single-player alternative to Ikaruga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Ikaruga.
It's a fun puzzle game. You have to connect as many figures as possible together. Use yellow "shifters" to change direction of the line. Get more points for longer line.
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R-Type Final 2
Single-player alternative to Ikaruga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Ikaruga.
R-Type has returned! The legendary side-scroller is back and better than ever with beautifully rendered 3D graphics, exhilarating shoot-'em-up gameplay, and a multitude of stages, ships, and weapons that will allow you to conduct a symphony of destruction upon your foes.
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Touhou Mystia's Izakaya
Single-player alternative to Ikaruga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Ikaruga.
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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Raiden III x MIKADO MANIAX
Single-player alternative to Ikaruga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Ikaruga.
Soar sky-high in Raiden III x MIKADO MANIAX, an electrifying entry in the classic arcade shoot-‘em-up series! Customize your music, wallpapers, game mode, and more before launching into high-octane aerial action!
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Pulstar
Single-player alternative to Ikaruga — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ikaruga.
Pulstar is a fast paced arcade game that brings back the basic of its genre. No nonsense, just kill as long as you can to gain the highest score as possible! This concept gives Pulstar the challenge and high replay value real fans of this genre need!