Single-player games like SPEED OF LIGHT
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to SPEED OF LIGHT, 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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Space Elite Force II
Single-player alternative to SPEED OF LIGHT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SPEED OF LIGHT.
Space Elite Force II is a frenetic space-shooter with weapon customization and insane bosses battles. Embark in your ship and fight for the survival of the human race!
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Escape Space
Single-player alternative to SPEED OF LIGHT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with SPEED OF LIGHT.
Escape Space is a classic arcade space shooter with RPG mechanics. Fight for various factions against swarms of enemies or bosses and improve your standings, level up your rank, unlock new gear and weapons, and upgrade your spaceship.
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Ranphon
Single-player alternative to SPEED OF LIGHT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SPEED OF LIGHT.
Ranphon is a side-scrolling space shooter where you control a small ship called Phon in a vast and frantic space full of hostile spaceships.
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Elecade
Single-player alternative to SPEED OF LIGHT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SPEED OF LIGHT.
Strike down rampaging machines with chain lightning. Elecade is a 1-bit action game with incremental upgrades, where you power up and climb to the top of a space facility.
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Invaders X
Single-player alternative to SPEED OF LIGHT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SPEED OF LIGHT.
Crack Spaceships, Improve your Machine, Get New Lead Pilots to the Resistence and Free our species through different "Worlds" across the Solar System. In a 2.5D Shoot 'em up. ... from a time where much less, seemed much more.
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Space Elite Force
Single-player alternative to SPEED OF LIGHT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SPEED OF LIGHT.
Gear up for an intergalactic thrill ride! Space Elite Force is a frenzied space-shooter packed with weapon customization and epic boss battles. Take command of your ship and fight for the survival of humanity!
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Void Source
Single-player alternative to SPEED OF LIGHT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SPEED OF LIGHT.
Classic multi-directional (360°) shoot 'em up. Navigate your UFO through hazardous environments with dangerous enemies and beat huge bosses!
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BANAN'EM UP!
Single-player alternative to SPEED OF LIGHT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SPEED OF LIGHT.
BANAN'EM UP! is a tiny challenging arcade shoot’em up where you shoot down quirky aliens to save your planet. Evade bullets, shoot enemies, get upgrades, survive for challenging waves to defeat the final boss, "The MONKE". Die, learn, repeat: get stronger, be powerful!