Single-player games like Zenohell
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Zenohell, 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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Zenodyne R
Single-player alternative to Zenohell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Zenohell.
Zenodyne R is a new 90s-style shoot-'em-up game filled with YM2612 music and real Blast Processing action, where your reflexes and patience will be tested in their entirety! Packed with 6 crazy stages filled wtih bosses, 5 unique ships, unlockables, branching paths and more!
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Super XYX
Single-player alternative to Zenohell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Zenohell.
Super XYX is a new shmup from the creator of Fire Arrow X, Megatank, ZPF and a couple of others. Co-developed and published by Team Grybanser Fox.
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Jet Buster
Single-player alternative to Zenohell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Zenohell.
Jet Buster is the new 90s anthro shmup, going back to the cuter roots of the genre.
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Super Glitter Rush
Single-player alternative to Zenohell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Zenohell.
Super Glitter Rush is a boss-rush style bullet hell shoot-em-up!
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Cuphead
Single-player alternative to Zenohell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Zenohell.
Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game heavily focused on boss battles. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e. traditional hand drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings.
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Earthion
Single-player alternative to Zenohell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Zenohell.
Earthion is a side-scrolling space shooter developed natively for 16-bit systems. Guide space fighter pilot Azusa Takanashi in her fight to repel the alien invaders and save planet Earth.
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Ikaruga
Single-player alternative to Zenohell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Zenohell.
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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LUFTRAUSERS
Single-player alternative to Zenohell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Zenohell.
The skies are aflame and the seas will overflow with wreckage in Vlambeer’s stylish arcade shooter LUFTRAUSERS! Take to the skies in customized fighter planes to battle battleships, submarines, and rival aces for glory, honor, and high scores.
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Fire Arrow Plus
Single-player alternative to Zenohell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Zenohell.
Fire Arrow and Fire Arrow X are time attack style shooters with a heavy emphasis on scoring. Otherwisely, you can call them coffee break shmups.
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Zenodeath
Single-player alternative to Zenohell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Zenohell.
Zenodeath is the final entry in the Zeno series, the final evolution, featuring a modern OST by HeavyViper and two gameplay types.