Single-player games like Steel Rain
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Steel Rain, 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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Waifu Covered 2: Censored Edition
Single-player alternative to Steel Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Steel Rain.
Rescue your possible WAIFU from the evil magic. Elaborated yet EASY TO PLAY shmup action game! Remove the curse from the clothes to save the girls from the ageing spell!
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The Art Of Flight
Single-player alternative to Steel Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Steel Rain.
Play solo or with your friends in this fast-paced space shooter. Pilot multiple ships at the same time while taking on waves of enemies, finding power-ups, and gaining additional episodes along the way. Who will make it to the top of the leaderboard?
- 3
Super Mega Space Blaster Special Turbo
Single-player alternative to Steel Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Steel Rain.
The definitive 'Turbo Edition' of the easy to play hard to master space blaster. Bringing more game modes, ships, challenges, upgradable power-ups and frantic retro space blasting fun than ever before. Alone or in co-op you’ll keep coming back to unlock ships, upgrade weapons and beat your high-score.
- 4
Grand Brix Shooter
Single-player alternative to Steel Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Steel Rain.
Challenge yourself to a new kind of bullet-hell fusion shooter. Change your aircraft to get new skills just when you need them against advancing foes. Aim for the top spot!
- 5
Airstrife: Assault of the Aviators
Single-player alternative to Steel Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Steel Rain.
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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Destroiders
Single-player alternative to Steel Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Steel Rain.
No nonsense, action packed, 2.5D, Asteroids inspired shooter. Scream around speeding rocks narrowly avoiding an untimely death as you obliterate rocks whilst harvesting their valuable resources. See how far you and your friends can get. Best played with mates but also pretty fun on your own.
- 7
Super Bit Blaster XL
Single-player alternative to Steel Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Steel Rain.
A SUPER throwback to the classic quarter eating arcade games of the 80's. Super Bit Blaster XL is an (even more) enhanced version of the retro styled, addictive, and fast paced arcade shoot 'em up!
- 8
Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef
Single-player alternative to Steel Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Steel Rain.
From the developers of the Guns, Gore and Cannoli franchise comes a new 2D run & gun platformer: Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & TEEF! Spearhead an Ork invasion, destroy the hive city and kill your warboss! ‘Ere we go!
- 9
Master of Orion
Single-player alternative to Steel Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Steel Rain.
The ascendant spacefaring 4X strategy game returns! A new chapter in the epic Master of Orion saga is poised to once again capture the imaginations of millions of gamers.
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Sky Squadron
Single-player alternative to Steel Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Steel Rain.
Jump in the bloomin' gunner seat as Keith Koala to save your mates & their island paradise from the evil invading empire! Sky Squadron offers a unique Aussie twist on shooter classics like Star Fox and Panzer Dragoon, while adding thrilling & immersive VR gunner gameplay.
- 11
R-Type Final 2
Single-player alternative to Steel Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Steel Rain.
R-Type has returned! The legendary side-scroller is back and better than ever with beautifully rendered 3D graphics, exhilarating shoot-'em-up gameplay, and a multitude of stages, ships, and weapons that will allow you to conduct a symphony of destruction upon your foes.
- 12
Raiden III x MIKADO MANIAX
Single-player alternative to Steel Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Steel Rain.
Soar sky-high in Raiden III x MIKADO MANIAX, an electrifying entry in the classic arcade shoot-‘em-up series! Customize your music, wallpapers, game mode, and more before launching into high-octane aerial action!
- 13
TYPE
Single-player alternative to Steel Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Steel Rain.
A fast-paced roguelike typing game with command abilities and high skill ceiling
- 14
Sky Mercenaries
Single-player alternative to Steel Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Steel Rain.
Sky Mercenaries - Fast paced action overdose with rpg elements
- 15
ARK BOX Unlimited
Single-player alternative to Steel Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Steel Rain.
Create, share and download unlimited new Stages for this new arcade remix with integrated Stage editor!
- 16
Cyber Complex
Single-player alternative to Steel Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Steel Rain.
Cyber Complex is a unique mix of Action, Strategy and Arcade elements in a 60s-style Sci-Fi setting.
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GINSHA
Single-player alternative to Steel Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Steel Rain.
GINSHA is a unique atmospheric pixelart Action Adventure Platformer with special Gravity Shield and Dash Mechanics. It combines a versatile Platformer core with RPG, Souls and Crafting Elements to an Anomaly among Metroidvania games.
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Cryogear
Single-player alternative to Steel Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Steel Rain.
CRYOGEAR is a unique Metroidvania inspired Pixel Art platformer, set in an open sci-fi world and driven by rewarded exploration. Control the reprogrammed clone G.3.4.R as he discovers the world, learns new abilities and unveils the mystery of the Emperor AI.