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Single-player games like Lea

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Lea, 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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    Stellar Rhythm — Steam game cover

    Stellar Rhythm

    Single-player alternative to Lea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lea.

    Fast-paced, trippy, vibrant, music-driven 2D space shooter where every shot, enemy movement, and setting syncs to the beat. Part classic shmup, part interactive music visualizer, this is an audiovisual rush like no other!

    ActionIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dominus Solaris — Steam game cover

    Dominus Solaris

    Single-player alternative to Lea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lea.

    In the year 2073, the Skolovan Empire attacked and subdued planet Earth. The rebels gathered technology from whatever they could to build a prototype ship, the Dominus Solaris. Now it's up to you, the ship's sole pilot, to fight and liberate the Earth from the usurpers.

    2023ActionIndie0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    VERZEUS — Steam game cover

    VERZEUS

    Single-player alternative to Lea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Lea.

    Blast and weave your way through enemy fire while managing a wide variety of ship power-ups in this retro style horizontal shoot-'em-up!

    2024ActionCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DRAINUS — Steam game cover

    DRAINUS

    Single-player alternative to Lea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lea.

    This is a side-scrolling shooting game in which you take control of the "Drainus", the Kharlal Empire's most cutting-edge fighter with the ability to absorb energy bullets, and take down the enemy ships zipping through space.

    2022ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sora — Steam game cover

    Sora

    Single-player alternative to Lea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lea.

    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.

    2016ActionIndie8.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Super Arcade Boy in Defender of Planet Earth — Steam game cover

    Super Arcade Boy in Defender of Planet Earth

    Single-player alternative to Lea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lea.

    A retro-style classic side-scrolling shoot ’em up. Fly Super Arcade Boy through 8 levels, blast enemy waves, grab power-ups, and take down bosses.

    2017ActionIndie1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rigid Force Alpha — Steam game cover

    Rigid Force Alpha

    Single-player alternative to Lea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lea.

    Classic shoot’em up action in modern 3D! Blast off to take down hordes of infected aliens and dreadful machines programmed on waging an intergalactic war against mankind!

    2018ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Syder Arcade — Steam game cover

    Syder Arcade

    Single-player alternative to Lea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lea.

    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.

    2013ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →