Single-player games like Fire Arrow Plus
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Fire Arrow Plus, 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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Super XYX
Single-player alternative to Fire Arrow Plus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fire Arrow Plus.
Super XYX is a new shmup from the creator of Fire Arrow X, Megatank, ZPF and a couple of others. Co-developed and published by Team Grybanser Fox.
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RagingBlasters
Single-player alternative to Fire Arrow Plus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fire Arrow Plus.
Raging Blasters is a vertical scroll shmup featuring high speed scrolling and the exhilaration of destruction.
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Super Hydorah
Single-player alternative to Fire Arrow Plus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fire Arrow Plus.
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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Ikaruga
Single-player alternative to Fire Arrow Plus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fire Arrow Plus.
Shoot! Dodge! and... Get Hit!? "Ikaruga" is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay. Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets! Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!
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Andro Dunos II
Single-player alternative to Fire Arrow Plus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Fire Arrow Plus.
The sequel of the famous Shoot'em up from the Visco studio is back, 30 years after the first opus, released exclusively on Neo-Geo MVS and Neo-Geo AES in 1992 . It's time to bring out your good old battle ship in ANDRO DUNOS 2!
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Beat Hazard
Single-player alternative to Fire Arrow Plus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fire Arrow Plus.
Experience your music collection like never before with this intense music driven arcade shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.
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Crisis Wing
Single-player alternative to Fire Arrow Plus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fire Arrow Plus.
Crisis Wing is 90's style vertically scrolling arcade shooter. Master 7 intense vertical stages, and take down massive bosses. Play solo or with a friend in local co-op. Get ready for pure, high-octane action.
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Crimzon Clover WORLD IGNITION
Single-player alternative to Fire Arrow Plus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fire Arrow Plus.
Prepare yourself for an insatiable rain of bullets, bombs, and beams in Crimzon Clover. From Japanese indie developer Yotsubane, this retro top-down shooter is a wild ride you won't want to miss out on.
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Zenohell
Single-player alternative to Fire Arrow Plus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Fire Arrow Plus.
Zenohell is a 90s inspired shoot-em'up (shmup) that is all about simple gameplay, just dodge, shoot, score, with vibrant pixel visuals and a kicking 28 track soundtrack, with lots of content to boot.
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Zenodyne R
Single-player alternative to Fire Arrow Plus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fire Arrow Plus.
Zenodyne R is a new 90s-style shoot-'em-up game filled with YM2612 music and real Blast Processing action, where your reflexes and patience will be tested in their entirety! Packed with 6 crazy stages filled wtih bosses, 5 unique ships, unlockables, branching paths and more!
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Jet Buster
Single-player alternative to Fire Arrow Plus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fire Arrow Plus.
Jet Buster is the new 90s anthro shmup, going back to the cuter roots of the genre.
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Zenodeath
Single-player alternative to Fire Arrow Plus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fire Arrow Plus.
Zenodeath is the final entry in the Zeno series, the final evolution, featuring a modern OST by HeavyViper and two gameplay types.