Single-player games like Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic - the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic - the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, 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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Touhou Koumakyou: Classic - the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
Single-player alternative to Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic - the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic - the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil.
上海アリス幻樂団による弾幕シューティング! 東方Project第6弾。巫女の霊夢や魔法使いの魔理沙を操作して、画面を埋め尽くす弾幕をかわしながら紅い霧の異変に挑め。
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Project NEUNLEBEN Alpha Defence Force
Single-player alternative to Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic - the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic - the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil.
An attack by an alien species, emerging from a dimensional rift, has begun! Shoot 'em up your way through 11 levels with the help of the "Alpha Defence Force", consisting of three cybernetically enhanced cats, and defeat screen-sized bosses in this retro 16-bit-inspired Shmup.
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Beyond the First Star
Single-player alternative to Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic - the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic - the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil.
Beyond the First Star is a fast-paced 2D side-scrolling shoot 'em up. Choose from distinct pilots, collect and switch between varied weapons, battle through handcrafted stages, and face bosses with unique attack patterns.
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Merkava: The Sacred Armour of Meirav
Single-player alternative to Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic - the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic - the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil.
Save the world from Dinah's threat by defeating angels, demons, beasts, and aliens.
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Metal Crisis
Single-player alternative to Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic - the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic - the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil.
METAL CRISIS is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up inspired by 3D space shooters of the 90s. Pilot the most advanced ship Earth has created capable of acquiring enemy weapons as you battle through hordes of fighters and hulking bosses in it's war against the space colonies rebellion.
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Bullet Banshee
Single-player alternative to Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic - the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic - the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil.
An upward-scrolling roguelite shmup. Every run, draft from 40+ stacking items and 10 active equipments into a build that fills the screen with damage. Fork your bullets, chain lightning, collapse a black hole. Then die, upgrade your ship and climb higher.
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Celtreos
Single-player alternative to Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic - the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic - the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil.
1-2 players, game controller support. NO in-app purchases. Over 45 minutes of music! 13 detailed stages, partly-random, with bosses. Tons of weapons, guards and special moves. Play in a window or in Full Screen.
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Shmandala
Single-player alternative to Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic - the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic - the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil.
Shmandala is a delirious arcade-style shoot'em up choreographed to a banging soundtrack!