Single-player games like VARYZNEX
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to VARYZNEX, 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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KAIKAN
Single-player alternative to VARYZNEX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with VARYZNEX.
KAIKAN is a vertical scrolling shooter that focuses on destroying enemies. Destroy enemies with 6 types of aircraft with different performance, clear 5 stages, and aim for a higher score.
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Furious Angels
Single-player alternative to VARYZNEX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with VARYZNEX.
Furious Angels is a brutal score attack shooter with different waves each day. Compete on the leaderboards, transform into a flying tank and shred the skies to pieces!
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DEVIL BLADE REBOOT
Single-player alternative to VARYZNEX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with VARYZNEX.
An immersive pseudo-3D shoot 'em up experience that pushes the limits of pixel art. Push your score higher with the innovative Berserk System: the closer they are, the more points you get!
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Rigid Force Alpha
Single-player alternative to VARYZNEX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with VARYZNEX.
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!
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Planes, Bullets and Vodka
Single-player alternative to VARYZNEX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with VARYZNEX.
Fly through danger filled procedurally generated tunnels, avoiding thousands of enemies, on this throwback to the golden age of arcade games.
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TOP DOG
Single-player alternative to VARYZNEX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with VARYZNEX.
Dogfight your way through short, intense and randomized runs. Hard but easy to pickup, with daily leaderboards and minimum hardware requirements
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Tesla vs Lovecraft
Single-player alternative to VARYZNEX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with VARYZNEX.
Tesla vs Lovecraft is an intense top-down twin stick arena shooter from the creators of Crimsonland and Neon Chrome. Play as the enigmatic inventor Nikola Tesla harnessing the static energy to power up Tesla-Mech and give the lovecraftian nightmares a lesson in horror!
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Waves
Single-player alternative to VARYZNEX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with VARYZNEX.
Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!
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ZeroRanger
Single-player alternative to VARYZNEX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with VARYZNEX.
This is the story of a fighter who wanted to become...
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ZAKESTA-Z
Single-player alternative to VARYZNEX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with VARYZNEX.
Vertical scrolling shooter with all 5 pages
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Jamestown
Single-player alternative to VARYZNEX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with VARYZNEX.
Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. It features all the intensity, depth, and lovingly handcrafted pixels of a classic arcade shooter, with a modern twist: deeply-integrated cooperative gameplay.