Single-player games like Zone of Lacryma
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Zone of Lacryma, 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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Nevultra
Single-player alternative to Zone of Lacryma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Zone of Lacryma.
Nevultra is an exciting shoot'em up that will take you back to the 8bit/16bit era. The protagonist, Nina, needs your help to reach her destination in deep space.
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∀stralbringer -Shaded Arkarium-
Single-player alternative to Zone of Lacryma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zone of Lacryma.
Shoot 'em up has reached a new frontier! 2D bullet-hell sci-fi action shooter with mouse control and multiple buttons!
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Broken Sky
Single-player alternative to Zone of Lacryma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zone of Lacryma.
Broken Sky is a fast paced dogfighting shooter featuring unlockable planes, explosive weapons, special abilities and Shoot 'em up madness. Responsive controls combined with super fast air combat will have you coming back for more in your bullet hell quest to defeat the alien takeover.
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Space Dragons
Single-player alternative to Zone of Lacryma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zone of Lacryma.
Choose your spaceship and defeat the alien threat that comes from the Moon. Blast your way crushing, ripping apart and exploding hostile aliens that are taking control of powerful weapons and military technology from Earth. Find the entity that controls the threat and make it explode into blood.
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Crush The Rebellion!
Single-player alternative to Zone of Lacryma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zone of Lacryma.
The galactic empire is under siege from the rebel scum in all directions! Fight through endless waves of rebel ships using all of the weapons and resources at your disposal as you execute your sole orders: to Crush The Rebellion!
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Chronos Bound: How We Became Heroes
Single-player alternative to Zone of Lacryma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zone of Lacryma.
Pilot a lone ship through a collapsing orbital station in a modern 2.5D shoot ’em up. Block bullets with a 360° directional shield, destroy grotesque wreck-born enemies, defeat colossal bosses, and build new upgrade paths with every run — a love letter to classic shoot ’em ups.
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Astebreed: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Zone of Lacryma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zone of Lacryma.
Climb into the cockpit of an otherworldly war machine and fly into battle against a horrifying alien race bent on eradicating humanity to preserve their own civilization.
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Graceful Explosion Machine
Single-player alternative to Zone of Lacryma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zone of Lacryma.
Skillfully pilot the Graceful Explosion Machine, a fighter ship armed with a ludicrously overpowered quad-weapon array! Lost in deep space, you'll shoot, dash and combo your way through jewel-hued uncharted planets, fighting an alien armada to find a way home.
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The Guilt and the Shadow
Single-player alternative to Zone of Lacryma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Zone of Lacryma.
"unbearable... this place stinks... i need to get out of here. the boat is waiting for me."
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4 Months of You
Single-player alternative to Zone of Lacryma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Zone of Lacryma.
Some memories should be left in the past. A first-person psychological horror game where you explore a slow-paced atmospheric world with graphics inspired by the PS1 era.
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Fork the Rich
Single-player alternative to Zone of Lacryma — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Billionaires should not exist. It's time to Fork the Rich!