Single-player games like XIIZEAL
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to XIIZEAL, 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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DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours
Single-player alternative to XIIZEAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with XIIZEAL.
DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours is the latest installment in Taito's DARIUS series of arcade-style shooting games. Blast hordes of alien sea-monsters, and blaze your own trail through branching environments.
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Crimzon Clover WORLD IGNITION
Single-player alternative to XIIZEAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with XIIZEAL.
Prepare yourself for an insatiable rain of bullets, bombs, and beams in Crimzon Clover. From Japanese indie developer Yotsubane, this retro top-down shooter is a wild ride you won't want to miss out on.
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Space Invaders Extreme
Single-player alternative to XIIZEAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with XIIZEAL.
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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Ikaruga
Single-player alternative to XIIZEAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with XIIZEAL.
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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Renegade Ops
Single-player alternative to XIIZEAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with XIIZEAL.
Blast your way through enemy lines to defeat Inferno, a madman intent on global domination. Destruction just got awesome.
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Super Galaxy Squadron EX Turbo
Single-player alternative to XIIZEAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with XIIZEAL.
Super Galaxy Squadron is a fast-paced vertical shooter designed for human beings as well as SHMUP veterans. Featuring multiple game modes, a challenging but merciful difficulty curve, forgiving health system, and SEVENTEEN playable ships.
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Savant - Ascent REMIX
Single-player alternative to XIIZEAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with XIIZEAL.
Savant - Ascent REMIX is an explosive shoot-em-up / scrolling shooter, starring an acrobatic wizard on an elevator-ride. Unlock destructive spells & acrobatic moves as you survive through a tower brimming with robotic fiends!
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Earthion
Single-player alternative to XIIZEAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with XIIZEAL.
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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DELTAZEAL
Single-player alternative to XIIZEAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with XIIZEAL.
Triangle Service presents the essential arcade experience! Power up your ship, evade enemy fire, and blast your way to the final boss in DeltaZeal!
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Shmups Skill Test
Single-player alternative to XIIZEAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with XIIZEAL.
Some say you’re only as old as you feel. Shmups Skill Test says you’re only as old as you shoot! Shmups Skill Test is a clever way to evaluate your shmup skills in the form of a "gamer age". Challenge and unlock shoot-’em-up-based minigames in a gauntlet of shmup nostalgia goodness.
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MINUS ZERO
Single-player alternative to XIIZEAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with XIIZEAL.
Triangle Service’s MINUS ZERO is a shooter that focuses on a tried-and-true shoot-’em-up weapon: the lock-on laser. It’s shoot-’em-up purity: just you, your lock-on laser, and a whole bunch of enemies. As long as you continue to blast away at the waves of enemies, you’ll maintain invincibility, but if you lose track of your position...
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EXZEAL
Single-player alternative to XIIZEAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with XIIZEAL.
A sequel that isn’t afraid to be different. EXZEAL is the followup to TRIZEAL Remix, but it’s much more than a simple rehash. Choose between multiple ships and specialize in each one’s weapon system. Will you focus on shooting, shot charging, or close-range attacks? In EXZEAL, it’s your choice.
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TRIZEAL Remix
Single-player alternative to XIIZEAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with XIIZEAL.
Transform or die. TRIZEAL Remix has classic shoot-’em-up style with a refined depth just below the surface. Strategically transform your ship to switch between and upgrade three distinct weapons: a wide shot, a narrow laser, and guided missiles. Shoot with intelligence!
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Arcade Love / ゲーセンラブ。
Single-player alternative to XIIZEAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with XIIZEAL.
Arcade Love. (a.k.a Ge-sen Love) contains unique Beat'-em-up and Shmup games of arcade style, which has been well-played at Arcades all over Japan.
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GyroShooter
Single-player alternative to XIIZEAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with XIIZEAL.
Aim the targets approaching from all sides! The game looks like a shoot'em up but no, this new style game involves no shooting!
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DELAY SIMULATOR / ゲーミングハード技能検定
Single-player alternative to XIIZEAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with XIIZEAL.
Improve your gaming skills in [Reflexes TEST] and [STICK TEST], and break your own records in the shooting games [B-POINT] and [Bullet Bullet Bullet]