Single-player games like Stargunner
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Stargunner, 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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Earthion
Single-player alternative to Stargunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Stargunner.
Earthion is a side-scrolling space shooter developed natively for 16-bit systems. Guide space fighter pilot Azusa Takanashi in her fight to repel the alien invaders and save planet Earth.
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Raptor: Call of the Shadows (1994 Classic Edition)
Single-player alternative to Stargunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Stargunner.
Become a mercenary of the future and pilot the super-tech Raptor. Embark on interplanetary missions to knock off top competitors of MegaCorp, battle against hordes of relentless enemies and spend the bounty to expand your devastating arsenal, which can be upgraded with 14 hardcore weapons!
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Syder Arcade
Single-player alternative to Stargunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Stargunner.
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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Death Rally (Classic)
Single-player alternative to Stargunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
You start out from the bottom of the ranking list. Your objective: earn money in the fast-paced battle races. Fight hard for each precious championship point. Fellow competitors are showering you in a constant hail of bullets. Each race is deadly contest - a matter of life or death.
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Space Invaders Extreme
Single-player alternative to Stargunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Stargunner.
The critically acclaimed update to the Space Invaders franchise has arrived to invade Steam with greatly improved graphics and audio! Packed with pulsing, vibrant visuals enhanced further by interactive sound. The invaders have evolved, the question is: can you keep up?
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Distant Space
Single-player alternative to Stargunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Stargunner.
Distant Space are present the arcade game of cosmic fights in arcade style of the 80's, this is a game where you can control the spaceship and forced to destroy extraterrestrials, which are moving in the certain order.
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Space Elite Force
Single-player alternative to Stargunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Stargunner.
Gear up for an intergalactic thrill ride! Space Elite Force is a frenzied space-shooter packed with weapon customization and epic boss battles. Take command of your ship and fight for the survival of humanity!
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RagingBlasters
Single-player alternative to Stargunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Stargunner.
Raging Blasters is a vertical scroll shmup featuring high speed scrolling and the exhilaration of destruction.
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Quest Master
Single-player alternative to Stargunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Stargunner.
Quest Master is a dungeon maker inspired by the classics that first made us love dungeon crawling. Unleash your imagination, alone or in local co-op, to make dungeons full of puzzles, traps and monsters. Upload them for others to explore and challenge yourself with other players’ creations.
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Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure
Single-player alternative to Stargunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Stargunner.
What's green with red spots, has suction hands, and has an overbite like Bart Simpson? Of course, the answer is Cosmo! Cosmo is a young alien on his way to visit Disney World with his parents. That is, until their ship is struck by a blazing comet, forcing them to land on an uncharted planet.
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Paganitzu
Single-player alternative to Stargunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Stargunner.
Journey into an Aztec pyramid and survive the adventure of a lifetime! No other game forces you to die in order to complete it! That's just one of many incredible plot twists in this excellent puzzle-oriented arcade-adventure game. Guide Alabama Smith (Al) into a vast and dangerous Aztec pyramid.
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Major Stryker
Single-player alternative to Stargunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Stargunner.
In the not-so-distant future, the calamity of World War III led to eventual world peace. But, it didn't last. Earth was invaded by alien marauders - the Kretons. Earth's united military force, still depleted after the mighty onslaught of WWIII, was not nearly sufficient to repel the numerous Kreton attacks.
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Realms of Chaos
Single-player alternative to Stargunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Stargunner.
Realms of Chaos is an exciting side-scrolling platform game with an innovative mix of action, adventure, mysticism, and role-playing that's never been seen in this style of game. Set in the fantastic world of Mysteria, Realms of Chaos is the first of many adventures of Endrick and Elandra, a brother and sister duo who find themselves on...
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Secret Agent
Single-player alternative to Stargunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Stargunner.
You are agent 006 - top agent of the government's secret organization committed to protecting the world against terrorists and power-mad criminals. Your mission: to parachute into a high -security island outpost and secure the plans to the ultimate satellite laser weapon, which was recently stolen from the government.