Single-player games like Shoot 1UP DX
Below are 15 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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Switch 'N' Shoot
Single-player alternative to Shoot 1UP DX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shoot 1UP DX.
Endless arcade action with just ONE button - Switch directions whenever you shoot!
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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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Syder Arcade
Single-player alternative to Shoot 1UP DX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shoot 1UP DX.
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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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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Sektori
Single-player alternative to Shoot 1UP DX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shoot 1UP DX.
Sektori is an intense, fast paced twin-stick shooter infused with hard hitting techno music. A game where the high-adrenaline gameplay, visuals, and music come together to transport you into another state of consciousness.
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R-Type Dimensions EX
Single-player alternative to Shoot 1UP DX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shoot 1UP DX.
R-Type and R-Type II, the legendary coin-op space shooters, are now together on Steam!
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Drifting Lands
Single-player alternative to Shoot 1UP DX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shoot 1UP DX.
Drifting Lands is an hybrid of classical horizontal shoot'em'up with a lot of strong gameplay elements coming straight from the action-RPG genre. If you want an original diablo-like game or you want a different kind of shoot'em'up, you're in the right place!
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Space Elite Force
Single-player alternative to Shoot 1UP DX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shoot 1UP DX.
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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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!