Single-player games like Asteranova
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Asteranova, 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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Arcade Survivors
Single-player alternative to Asteranova — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Asteranova.
It's 1996. Lightning strikes the strip-mall arcade and monsters pour from every screen. Grab a Super Soaker, load your VHS bombs, and survive until dawn in this neon-soaked bullet heaven where your weapons fight for you. One more quarter. One more run.
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SorcerialBladeCannon
Single-player alternative to Asteranova — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Asteranova.
■Bullet Hell Shmup with a Huge Sword This game is a bullet hell shmup to have you satisfy with a beginner and the arcade senior player! Swing a huge sword around if you become dangerous!
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Jack Big Chin: Alien Invasion
Single-player alternative to Asteranova — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Asteranova.
Save humanity! Help Jack Big Chin defeat the alien invaders, in a hard action-adventure game with 3D platform elements, where you must improve your weapons and activate cannons to complete your missions.
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SUPER SCORE SHOOTER CLASSIC
Single-player alternative to Asteranova — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Asteranova.
A fast-paced vertical shooter built for short sessions! 2-Minute and 5-Minute score attack modes with beautiful X68000-style pixel art.
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GANA FORCE
Single-player alternative to Asteranova — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Asteranova.
Gana Force is a Horizontal shooter where you'll unleash powerful firepower, skillfully dodge bullets, and utilize the terrain to maneuver and defeat enemies. Game environments include alien cell levels, scorching sun, space battleships, and more. Powerful bosses and bullet hell challenges await you!
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In Space
Single-player alternative to Asteranova — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Early Access with Asteranova.
In Space is a 2D top-down Arena Shooter where you are on an alien planet, and you have to survive to a horde of alien creatures that want your blood
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MoonLess
Single-player alternative to Asteranova — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Asteranova.
Moonless is a challenging side-scrolling platformer in the style of classic arcade games of the 1980s, where you control a helpless astronaut who has been left stranded on the moon, and now has to face an invading alien force to earn a chance to go home.
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MIHASHIRA
Single-player alternative to Asteranova — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Asteranova.
A 2D top-down arena shooter. A freely scrolling shooter. Pixel graphics reminiscent of the SNES. Easy to control with the directional pad, two shot buttons, and a bomb button. Make full use of your two shots to smash through enemies.