Single-player games like Shmups Skill Test
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Shmups Skill Test, 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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TRIZEAL Remix
Single-player alternative to Shmups Skill Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shmups Skill Test.
Transform or die. TRIZEAL Remix has classic shoot-’em-up style with a refined depth just below the surface. Strategically transform your ship to switch between and upgrade three distinct weapons: a wide shot, a narrow laser, and guided missiles. Shoot with intelligence!
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EXZEAL
Single-player alternative to Shmups Skill Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shmups Skill Test.
A sequel that isn’t afraid to be different. EXZEAL is the followup to TRIZEAL Remix, but it’s much more than a simple rehash. Choose between multiple ships and specialize in each one’s weapon system. Will you focus on shooting, shot charging, or close-range attacks? In EXZEAL, it’s your choice.
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Acceleration of SUGURI 2
Single-player alternative to Shmups Skill Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shmups Skill Test.
Acceleration of SUGURI 2 is a lightning-paced duel-style shoot'em'up from Orange Juice, featuring all favorite characters from the SUGURI universe.
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Super Hydorah
Single-player alternative to Shmups Skill Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shmups Skill Test.
Super Hydorah is a nonlinear horizontal shoot’ em up designed to offer a challenging experience, sublimating the richness of traditional shmup classics. Face the menace of the Meroptians aboard the Delta Lance, alone or with your friends in this game with direct action and nostalgic art.
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Jamestown
Single-player alternative to Shmups Skill Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shmups Skill Test.
Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. It features all the intensity, depth, and lovingly handcrafted pixels of a classic arcade shooter, with a modern twist: deeply-integrated cooperative gameplay.
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I Hate Running Backwards
Single-player alternative to Shmups Skill Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shmups Skill Test.
I Hate Running Backwards is a never-ending adrenaline packed shoot'em down roguelite that puts the emphasis on destruction and fighting never ending waves of enemies while time traveling through procedurally generated worlds!
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Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef
Single-player alternative to Shmups Skill Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shmups Skill Test.
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!
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DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours
Single-player alternative to Shmups Skill Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shmups Skill Test.
DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours is the latest installment in Taito's DARIUS series of arcade-style shooting games. Blast hordes of alien sea-monsters, and blaze your own trail through branching environments.
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XIIZEAL
Single-player alternative to Shmups Skill Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shmups Skill Test.
Enjoy a fast and frantic arcade shmup from Triangle Service! Attack in all directions and rack up the multipliers - do you have XIIZEAL?
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DELTAZEAL
Single-player alternative to Shmups Skill Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shmups Skill Test.
Triangle Service presents the essential arcade experience! Power up your ship, evade enemy fire, and blast your way to the final boss in DeltaZeal!
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MINUS ZERO
Single-player alternative to Shmups Skill Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shmups Skill Test.
Triangle Service’s MINUS ZERO is a shooter that focuses on a tried-and-true shoot-’em-up weapon: the lock-on laser. It’s shoot-’em-up purity: just you, your lock-on laser, and a whole bunch of enemies. As long as you continue to blast away at the waves of enemies, you’ll maintain invincibility, but if you lose track of your position...
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Arcade Love / ゲーセンラブ。
Single-player alternative to Shmups Skill Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shmups Skill Test.
Arcade Love. (a.k.a Ge-sen Love) contains unique Beat'-em-up and Shmup games of arcade style, which has been well-played at Arcades all over Japan.
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GyroShooter
Single-player alternative to Shmups Skill Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shmups Skill Test.
Aim the targets approaching from all sides! The game looks like a shoot'em up but no, this new style game involves no shooting!
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DELAY SIMULATOR / ゲーミングハード技能検定
Single-player alternative to Shmups Skill Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shmups Skill Test.
Improve your gaming skills in [Reflexes TEST] and [STICK TEST], and break your own records in the shooting games [B-POINT] and [Bullet Bullet Bullet]