Single-player games like Heli Heroes
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Heli Heroes, 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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ATTAQ Arcade Collection
Single-player alternative to Heli Heroes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Heli Heroes.
A collection of complete, punchy games packed inside a tactile desktop launcher. You start at an old computer, with floppy disks scattered across the table. Pick one up, drag it into the drive, and boot the game. A tiny ritual before jumping into another world.
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Project Neon
Single-player alternative to Heli Heroes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Heli Heroes.
Blast through enemy defenses in this intense 16-bit shoot ‘em up (or shmup), dismantling interplanetary shields to bring humanity’s last hope back from Mars and save Earth from ecological collapse.
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Galactoids - Galactic Invaders
Single-player alternative to Heli Heroes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Heli Heroes.
Battle swarms of Galactic Invaders in this action-packed retro-inspired arcade shoot em up. May the Nerd be with you.
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PalmRide: After Flight
Single-player alternative to Heli Heroes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Heli Heroes.
Prepare to take flight in the retrofuturistic PalmRide universe. Explore neon cities, colorful mountains, beaches and more while shooting your way through a world full of enemies who want to kill you. Enjoy an on-rails shooter with retro outrun aesthetics!
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Last Shape Standing
Single-player alternative to Heli Heroes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Heli Heroes.
Last Shape Standing is at its core a survival game where each player needs to survive through a multitude of chaotic and fun randomly selected challenges, be it bullet hell, PVP, a zombie apocalypse or even dangerous quizzes!
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Top Gang
Single-player alternative to Heli Heroes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Heli Heroes.
Top Gang is a very chaotic platform game for up to 4 cooperative players. You need to eliminate all enemies in the level to be able to advance at the same time you will have to rescue the "Nuggets" and take them safely to the exit. Your friends can be a big help or a stumbling block.
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SpinZap
Single-player alternative to Heli Heroes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Heli Heroes.
SpinZap is a challenging game in classic arcade style. Use your reflexes, dexterity and boss skills to conquer 81 levels of circle zapping madness.
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Beat Hazard
Single-player alternative to Heli Heroes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Heli Heroes.
Experience your music collection like never before with this intense music driven arcade shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.
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Iron Sky: Invasion
Single-player alternative to Heli Heroes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Heli Heroes.
In the near future, mankind faces the greatest threat to its posterity ever in recorded history: an invading Nazi horde, reborn in the depths of space! An armada of Fourth Reich ships, built in secret at a hidden base on the moon, descends upon the Earth to rain terror and destruction.But this is not done without resistance.
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KnightShift
Single-player alternative to Heli Heroes — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Do you like Real Time Strategy? or are Role Playing Games your preference…Why not try both genres in one? … or even both separately? …In one game: KnightShift!In a mystical world beyond fantasy and imagination, where corruption and disaster go hand in hand, not all is as it seems.
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World War III: Black Gold
Single-player alternative to Heli Heroes — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Actual Armies. Actual Weapons. Actual Political Issues.World War III - Black Gold takes the player to the near future. The political crisis has been going on for months, leading to worldwide turmoil. A secret conference of the UN Central Geological Commission reveals that worldwide oil reserves have reached dangerously low levels: Oil...
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3SwitcheD
Single-player alternative to Heli Heroes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Heli Heroes.
Be careful! This Game is addictive! You won´t find more challenges, more speed, more fun and more treasures anywhere in the known Universe!3SwitcheD™ combines classical Gameplay with fascinating new technologies. Find yourself in a new World arcade gaming.