Single-player games like RefleX
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to RefleX, 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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SATAZIUS
Single-player alternative to RefleX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with RefleX.
The year is 2051. Location: SATAZIUS, a long-abandoned planet. The cruiser Agano was on patrol when it was attacked and stricken by a confederacy of space pirates that had established a base on SATAZIUS. The pirates attacked the Agano intending to steal the assault ship ‘Trafalgar’ that was stowed aboard the Agano, but the Trafalgar made...
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PRISMIDIA: Spirit of the Rift
Single-player alternative to RefleX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with RefleX.
PRISMIDIA: Spirit of the Rift is a sci-fi shoot 'em up game in the style of arcade classics. Dodge barrages of attacks, survive bullet hell bosses, and save Prismidia!
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Space Fuel
Single-player alternative to RefleX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with RefleX.
Bite-sized arcade shmup. Slam enemies, beat Bosses, get power-ups and repeat! Pilot your ship through deep space.
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Jets'n'Guns Gold
Single-player alternative to RefleX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with RefleX.
Jets'n'Guns is a heavy piece of ground shaking rock blasting action with graphics and special effects that will blow you eyes out! Enjoy yourself in almost-insane action adventure of saving the universe from the deadly threat of more than 270 unique monsters in the campaign of 43 levels.
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ARMED SEVEN
Single-player alternative to RefleX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with RefleX.
The year is 1989. 12 years have passed since the Gogoh Army’s invasion of Earth. Exposure to alien technology during the war enabled Earth’s own technologies to take massive leaps forward. International conflict that was previously rife in the history of mankind fell to an all-time low, and the Earth Federation was established as a...
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Syder Arcade
Single-player alternative to RefleX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with RefleX.
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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Offendron Warrior
Single-player alternative to RefleX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with RefleX.
Offendron Warrior is a retro arcade that combines shooting and defense. Your objective is saving Offendron civilians in the planets from the group of enemies, who are trying to spread a virus that turns Offendrons into mindless killing machines and eventually destroy the whole planet.
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Wings Of Bluestar
Single-player alternative to RefleX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with RefleX.
This is an arcade horizontal shoot'em up, that combines solid arcade controls with modern elements like bullet hell phases, tiny hitboxes, different types of gameplay and scoring, collectibles, trophies and many other features, which makes Wings Of Bluestar a fun shmup for both casuals and regulars.
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Ikaruga
Single-player alternative to RefleX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with RefleX.
Shoot! Dodge! and... Get Hit!? "Ikaruga" is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay. Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets! Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!
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KAMUI
Single-player alternative to RefleX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with RefleX.
Centuries have passed since the events of RefleX and mankind has once again attained civilization. Now, ancient technology born of a twisted mind sets in motion a chain of events designed to bring divine retribution down upon mankind.
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ALLTYNEX Second
Single-player alternative to RefleX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with RefleX.
The year is 2192AD. 40 years ago, the Stellar-class All-purpose Administrative Computer ALLTYNEX suddenly attempted to enact genocide upon mankind. Commandeering armies of unmanned weapons, ALLTYNEX enacted a massacre so terrible that within only 72 hours of the start of the incident, approximately 85% of the world's population had...