Single-player games like Phoenix 2
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Phoenix 2, 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
- 1
Heliocide
Single-player alternative to Phoenix 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Phoenix 2.
Heliocide is a relentless top-down scrolling action! Arm your shields, lasers, guns, bombs and missiles to defend the solar system from a massive invasion!
- 2
Space War: Infinity
Single-player alternative to Phoenix 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Phoenix 2.
Vertical semi-procedural shmup with upgrades, real-time enemy waves, and infinite replayability. Level up your ship, unlock 20+ weapons, defeat 5 bosses, and survive endless bullet-hell combat.
- 3
Nova Swarm
Single-player alternative to Phoenix 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Phoenix 2.
Pick a ship, dive into readable bullet chaos, take down huge angry bosses, grab the bonus core you probably should have left alone, and chase one cleaner run in Nova Swarm.
- 4
XenoFeud
Single-player alternative to Phoenix 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Phoenix 2.
XenoFeud is an insane top-down twin-stick arcade alien shooter, where you must survive hordes of alien intruders while defending a mysterious object in space.
- 5
Gamma Zero
Single-player alternative to Phoenix 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Phoenix 2.
The earth is being attacked by creatures from deep space! Time to bring the fight back to them! Battle through multiple stages of heart pounding bullet hell action. Evade the onslaught of bullets, rack up massive multipliers, and get revenge for your planet!
- 6
Storm Mined
Single-player alternative to Phoenix 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Phoenix 2.
Inspired by the cult classic Mine Storm, Storm Mined modernizes arcade space shooting with rogue-lite upgrades and rhythm-based stages.
- 7
Blast'N Bounty
Single-player alternative to Phoenix 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Phoenix 2.
Blast’N Bounty is a vertical scrolling shoot’em up featuring 8 stages players can tackle in the order of their choosing. Cruise through a crazy solar system in a mix of pixel art and low poly 3D with action that’s easy to learn but tough to master!
- 8
Shooting Blaster Big Bang Boom
Single-player alternative to Phoenix 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Phoenix 2.
Are you gonna shoot? YES! Are you gonna blast? YES! Are you gonna make a big bang? YES! Are you gonna make a big boom? YES! So what do you get? Shooting Blaster Big Bang Boom! Come have some fun, it's Good Time time!