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Single-player games like Cosmic Rift: Zero-G Experiment – Rift War 1944

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Cosmic Rift: Zero-G Experiment – Rift War 1944, 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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    ASTRIDER — Steam game cover

    ASTRIDER

    Single-player alternative to Cosmic Rift: Zero-G Experiment – Rift War 1944 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmic Rift: Zero-G Experiment – Rift War 1944.

    Arcade air combat set in an alt-history Cold War gone hot in 1967, in a world where the strangest conspiracy theories turned out real. Fly three twelve-mission campaigns, one per faction, against targets on land, at sea, and in the air, with fully-voiced visual-novel scenes between sorties.

    ActionIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Skyborn:IronWings — Steam game cover

    Skyborn:IronWings

    Single-player alternative to Cosmic Rift: Zero-G Experiment – Rift War 1944 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmic Rift: Zero-G Experiment – Rift War 1944.

    A reimagined 3D arcade shooter that transforms the classic vertical scrolling formula with full spatial depth, immersive air-to-ground combat, and intense bullet hell action.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tank Tower Defense  坦克塔防 — Steam game cover

    Tank Tower Defense 坦克塔防

    Single-player alternative to Cosmic Rift: Zero-G Experiment – Rift War 1944 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cosmic Rift: Zero-G Experiment – Rift War 1944.

    Tank Tower Defense is a casual tower defense indie game made by a solo developer after one year.Defend your base by building and upgrading various turrets to fend off waves of invading enemies. You can freely customize game difficulty, experience many unique challenging levels.

    2026StrategyIndieCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Army Air Corps — Steam game cover

    Army Air Corps

    Single-player alternative to Cosmic Rift: Zero-G Experiment – Rift War 1944 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cosmic Rift: Zero-G Experiment – Rift War 1944.

    A top‑down arcade shooter with WWII‑inspired aircraft. Fight Solo or 2‑player Co‑op with your friends. Shoot through waves of enemy planes, dodge bullets, and master each Pacific theatre mission. Make it back safe to the carrier!

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    DELIVERY MUST COMPLETE — Steam game cover

    DELIVERY MUST COMPLETE

    Single-player alternative to Cosmic Rift: Zero-G Experiment – Rift War 1944 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmic Rift: Zero-G Experiment – Rift War 1944.

    High speed Acelike Roguelike with SSSTYLE. Cut across cel-shaded, action-packed, arcade-paced dogfights as you fly, fight, and upgrade your roster of kickass planes. Every battle is massive, every location is procedural, and every fight is a spectacle- whether it's aircraft, blimps, dragons or mechs

    ActionIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Projekt Everblood — Steam game cover

    Projekt Everblood

    Single-player alternative to Cosmic Rift: Zero-G Experiment – Rift War 1944 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cosmic Rift: Zero-G Experiment – Rift War 1944.

    Projekt Everblood is a 2D top-down action game set in an alternate World War 2. Embrace your vampiric abilities of flight, feeding and deadly fury to exact revenge on the enemy scientists that wronged you.

    2022Action4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Operation Obliteration 2 — Steam game cover

    Operation Obliteration 2

    Single-player alternative to Cosmic Rift: Zero-G Experiment – Rift War 1944 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmic Rift: Zero-G Experiment – Rift War 1944.

    Op Oblit 2 is a lightning-fast WWII shooter with zero hand-holding fluff, just pure hardcore carnage. Tear through 22 handcrafted environment's crawling with relentless enemies. Zero safe spaces & zero mercy: just pure retro carnage. All levels unlocked! Free 73 page PDF war manual available.

    2026ActionIndie16.90 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Flight Weapon — Steam game cover

    Flight Weapon

    Single-player alternative to Cosmic Rift: Zero-G Experiment – Rift War 1944 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmic Rift: Zero-G Experiment – Rift War 1944.

    Arcade air combat with pixel jets, synthrock, and zero nonsense. Like Raptor, but in Sweden.

    2025ActionIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →