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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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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Vektor Z
Single-player alternative to Stargunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Stargunner.
Vektor Z brings fast and furious retro space blasting action to Steam! Blast your way through endless waves of asteroids and enemies to write your name among the stars! Vektor Z offers a rogue-like arcade action game where you'll improve your progress every time you play!
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Meteor Storm
Single-player alternative to Stargunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Stargunner.
Welcome back to 1996! This shared screen space shooter is the perfect 4-player competitive game for some casual fun!
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Red Titans
Single-player alternative to Stargunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Stargunner.
RED TITANS is a single player vertical shoot em up, use the resources available to stop the threat, you will have to be very skillful since there are no continues.
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Space Dragons
Single-player alternative to Stargunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Stargunner.
Choose your spaceship and defeat the alien threat that comes from the Moon. Blast your way crushing, ripping apart and exploding hostile aliens that are taking control of powerful weapons and military technology from Earth. Find the entity that controls the threat and make it explode into blood.
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GRADIUS ORIGINS
Single-player alternative to Stargunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Stargunner.
Salamander III is the newest addition to the Gradius series, a legendary pioneer in the side-scrolling shooter genre, and comes with the original arcade versions of the previous games.
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Super Arcade Boy in Defender of Planet Earth
Single-player alternative to Stargunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Stargunner.
A retro-style classic side-scrolling shoot ’em up. Fly Super Arcade Boy through 8 levels, blast enemy waves, grab power-ups, and take down bosses.
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Absolute Blue
Single-player alternative to Stargunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Stargunner.
Sidescrolling Shoot’em’up that will transport you back into the 90s (and space).
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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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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.
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Vexlands
Single-player alternative to Stargunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Vexlands is a realm of surprises. Every newly opened space brings a surprise: loot, resources, dungeons, monsters and disasters! Build your village where you craft new equipment before you explore uncharted areas, and find relics that explain who came before and why these lands are cursed.