Single-player games like Galactix
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Galactix, 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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VOIDRAVE
Single-player alternative to Galactix — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Galactix.
A bullet hell shmup with a secret. 100 waves, 20 bosses, and the slow realization that the sector you're purging isn't a sector. You are not crossing the void. You are inside it.
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Collapsion
Single-player alternative to Galactix — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Galactix.
When a black hole generates enough strength to destroy the entire universe, it's called Collapsion. It's up to you to defend the universe for as long as possible to stop Collapsion from happening in this Arcade Shooter!
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Cosmic Cruiser
Single-player alternative to Galactix — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Galactix.
In this unique shooter from 1984. take on the role of a pilot of an out-dated Cosmic Cruiser, fighting to rescue the crew of a distant space station that had been captured by a raiding party from the sinister Rallom Empire.
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Viral Reload EX
Single-player alternative to Galactix — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Galactix.
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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Galactic Mecha GunSuit
Single-player alternative to Galactix — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Galactix.
A linear danmaku shoot-em-up with some visual novel elements. Clear 6 stages across 4 difficult settings, each with unique enemy spawns, bullet patterns and boss phases. The game is structured to have each difficulty cleared in sequence, with the full plot unfolding across each one.
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RESHOOTER
Single-player alternative to Galactix — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Galactix.
RESHOOTER offers heart-pounding shoot-em-up action that elevates classic arcade gameplay to the next level. Dive into the retroflow with electrifying visuals, immersive audio, and captivating mechanics.
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Asteroides
Single-player alternative to Galactix — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Galactix.
it's simple, fast, rocking, without pauses, without life, without time will you save the earth? Asteroides is a 70/80s shooter with realistic physics and a completely three-dimensional environment. Moving, destroying and surviving is complicated in an infinitely finite space.
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Exilus Viper
Single-player alternative to Galactix — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Galactix.
Awaken as the Nav Shard—one of five A.I. fragments aboard a mysterious fighter-jet. Battle through branching stages in a neon-infused vertical shmup. Combine elemental powers, and fight your way to the Void. No retries. No rewinds. This is Exilus Viper.
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Raptor: Call of The Shadows - 2015 Edition
Single-player alternative to Galactix — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Galactix.
The great action-crazed, guns blazing, shoot ‘em up game comes back straight out of the ‘90s. Raptor: Call of the Shadows and its futuristic world are ready to challenge your flying skills.
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DemonStar
Single-player alternative to Galactix — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Galactix.
The shareware legend DemonStar comes soaring back with new game modes and revised gameplay. Originally published in 1997, DemonStar has earned the Computer Gaming World's "Shareware Game of the Year 1999" award..