Single-player games like Shoot 1UP DX
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Shoot 1UP DX, 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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Airstrife: Assault of the Aviators
Single-player alternative to Shoot 1UP DX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shoot 1UP DX.
Use Aileron Rolling or Evading your enemies' attacks while having a realistic damage system. Use different planes with upgradable parts and numerous weapons you can mount to your planes to destroy your enemies. Fly solo or play with your friends and enjoy local coop. A modern re-invented classic.
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Space Dragons
Single-player alternative to Shoot 1UP DX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shoot 1UP DX.
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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Super Rebellion
Single-player alternative to Shoot 1UP DX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shoot 1UP DX.
The humanity succumbed against the power of a aliens intergalactic empire, but managed to organize and establish a resistance army. Join the rebellious seekers of peace and help them defeat the evil that haunts the Earth.
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Energy Fighters
Single-player alternative to Shoot 1UP DX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shoot 1UP DX.
A modern retro inspired side scrolling shooter with a deep upgrade system and the ability to absorb enemy fire and also deflect it back to your enemies. A fast paced shooter that can be played solo or local co-op with 12 difficulty modes and lots of boss battles.
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Astral Gunners
Single-player alternative to Shoot 1UP DX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shoot 1UP DX.
Get ready to push your skills to the limit against an endless sea of bullets and evil robots in Astral Gunners. Choose from five different gunners to master in this horizontal shooter. With the ability to dodge, reflect, delete, and convert bullets you are more powerful than you might believe.
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Viral Reload EX
Single-player alternative to Shoot 1UP DX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shoot 1UP DX.
Viral Reload EX is a shoot-em-up with a dash mechanic where you shrink down to fight infections at a microscopic scale! Can you defeat the evil Kyle Kaboom before he destroys the moon?
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Steredenn: Binary Stars
Single-player alternative to Shoot 1UP DX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shoot 1UP DX.
Steredenn is a frenetic and chaotic space shooter, carved in big beautiful pixels, with insane boss battles. Embark in your ship and engage the fight against dreadful space pirates in a never-ending combat for your survival.
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G-Darius HD
Single-player alternative to Shoot 1UP DX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shoot 1UP DX.
You will see the creation of new lives... Capture enemies and fire them back at their allies as enormous beams of energy in this horizontally scrolling shooting game, featuring 5 versions of G-Darius with new features, enhancements, and Steam exclusive extras!
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Ikaruga
Single-player alternative to Shoot 1UP DX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shoot 1UP DX.
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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Serious Sam Double D XXL
Single-player alternative to Shoot 1UP DX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shoot 1UP DX.
Pile on the firepower with the revolutionary Gunstacker and fire all your weapons at once in a symphony of destruction!
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Pig Eat Ball
Single-player alternative to Shoot 1UP DX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shoot 1UP DX.
Pig Eat Ball is a top-down, action-adventure about eating, getting fat, and barfing on things to solve levels. Explore 20 giant space stations to find different Disguises, and using their Pros and Cons, fight and solve your way through over 200 action-puzzle levels using new, arcade-style mechanics.
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Weapon of Choice DX
Single-player alternative to Shoot 1UP DX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shoot 1UP DX.
Weapon of Choice is a high-energy, side-scroller in which each playable character is unique with their own special weapon and abilities! Blast insane aliens, find new player characters, and choose between branching paths!
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Explosionade DX
Single-player alternative to Shoot 1UP DX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shoot 1UP DX.
Pilot an experimental mech and shoot giant grenades to blow up sneaky aliens. Stomp their guts, destroy their base, and save the day!
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Game Type DX
Single-player alternative to Shoot 1UP DX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shoot 1UP DX.
Help Hoodie Girl fight the evil MediaBall's inane advertisements! It's a looping shooter in which each loop increases the speed and difficulty!
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Bumpy Grumpy
Single-player alternative to Shoot 1UP DX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shoot 1UP DX.
Discover the lost 1980s arcade classic, with new enhancements! Race through packed streets at break-neck speeds, zip by wacky drivers, and boost your way to a new high score!
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ChainStaff
Single-player alternative to Shoot 1UP DX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shoot 1UP DX.
ChainStaff is a brutal action-platformer with a transforming spear and grappling hook, blazing weapon upgrades, and a rocking soundtrack. Aliens have attached to your head! Swing, shoot, and spear your way through mutating hordes and bone-shaking boss fights, and get this thing off your head!