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Single-player games like BLUE SHIP

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to BLUE SHIP, 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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    Orbital Hell — Steam game cover

    Orbital Hell

    Single-player alternative to BLUE SHIP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BLUE SHIP.

    A first-person bullet hell in a world that curves above you: the horde comes from every direction. Bounce off enemy swarms, unleash orbital beams and shields, and topple colossal bosses in Normal and Boss Rush. Fight for #1 on the global leaderboards with replays. Full controller support.

    2026ActionIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kill Source: Neon Hemorrhage — Steam game cover

    Kill Source: Neon Hemorrhage

    Single-player alternative to BLUE SHIP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BLUE SHIP.

    A brutal score-attack bullet hell where survival is not enough. Graze bullets, stack multipliers, and chase the leaderboards in Boss Rush and Infinite Arena. No meta progression. No unlock treadmill.

    2026ActionIndie5.39 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Space Fuel — Steam game cover

    Space Fuel

    Single-player alternative to BLUE SHIP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BLUE SHIP.

    Bite-sized arcade shmup. Slam enemies, beat Bosses, get power-ups and repeat! Pilot your ship through deep space.

    2021ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Devastation - Annihilate the Alien Race — Steam game cover

    Devastation - Annihilate the Alien Race

    Single-player alternative to BLUE SHIP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BLUE SHIP.

    Devastation - Annihilate the Alien Race, is a 2D, dual stick shoot em' up, bullet hell, arcade game. Tear up hordes of aliens with skill based game play, bombs & upgrades to obliterate everything!. Gun down 11 massive bosses, bank insane score on the leaderboards & overcome clouds of enemy fire.

    2020ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Space War: Infinity — Steam game cover

    Space War: Infinity

    Single-player alternative to BLUE SHIP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BLUE SHIP.

    Vertical semi-procedural shmup with upgrades, real-time enemy waves, and infinite replayability. Level up your ship, unlock 20+ weapons, defeat 5 bosses, and survive endless bullet-hell combat.

    2019ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Planes, Bullets and Vodka — Steam game cover

    Planes, Bullets and Vodka

    Single-player alternative to BLUE SHIP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BLUE SHIP.

    Fly through danger filled procedurally generated tunnels, avoiding thousands of enemies, on this throwback to the golden age of arcade games.

    2016ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    REMOTE LIFE — Steam game cover

    REMOTE LIFE

    Single-player alternative to BLUE SHIP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BLUE SHIP.

    Remote Life is a 2D Side scrolling space shooter (shmup) for PC. Experience a fast paced action game with insane scary graphics, and hyper jump into a brutal-frenetic-techno-alien world. Free the world from this dreadful nightmare before its nauseating breath of horror destroys mankind.

    2019ActionIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Steredenn: Binary Stars — Steam game cover

    Steredenn: Binary Stars

    Single-player alternative to BLUE SHIP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BLUE SHIP.

    Steredenn is a frenetic and chaotic space shooter, carved in big beautiful pixels, with insane boss battles. Embark in your ship and engage the fight against dreadful space pirates in a never-ending combat for your survival.

    2015ActionIndie12.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →