Single-player games like Shikhondo(食魂徒) - Soul Eater
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Shikhondo(食魂徒) - Soul Eater, 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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Deathsmiles
Single-player alternative to Shikhondo(食魂徒) - Soul Eater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shikhondo(食魂徒) - Soul Eater.
Deathsmiles is CAVE's bullet-hell shoot-'em-up where you take the role of one of five Angels to defend the magical land of Gilverado from an invasion by Hell itself! Eradicate this devilish assault!
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Gun Wings
Single-player alternative to Shikhondo(食魂徒) - Soul Eater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shikhondo(食魂徒) - Soul Eater.
A mysterious meteorite from deep space was detected approaching the Solar System, before the meteorite is due to hit the Earth, three of the girls who had their bodies modified as weapons are sent, along with all the hopes of humanity, to destroy the meteorite and save mankind...
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Hellsinker.
Single-player alternative to Shikhondo(食魂徒) - Soul Eater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shikhondo(食魂徒) - Soul Eater.
A legendary SHMUP influential to the best makers in the genre, Hellsinker is now available on steam in its most advanced form! Gameplay, story, graphics, and even music all united into one cohesive and highly dimensional Shoot-em-up!
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東方幕華祭 TouHou Makuka Sai ~ Fantastic Danmaku Festival
Single-player alternative to Shikhondo(食魂徒) - Soul Eater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shikhondo(食魂徒) - Soul Eater.
Fantastic Danmaku Festival is a Touhou Project fanfiction STG with colourful danmaku, beautiful remix music and original music. Besides the characters we know in Touhou Project, there is also a brand new original character named Nix in this game! With the Scarlet Devil mansion as their stage, the girls are soaring in the sky of Gensokyo!
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Danmaku Unlimited 2
Single-player alternative to Shikhondo(食魂徒) - Soul Eater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shikhondo(食魂徒) - Soul Eater.
Classic Japanese style vertical manic shooting action! Shoot, dodge and explode your way through the second entry in the critically acclaimed Danmaku Unlimited series. Battle through nail-biting bullet patterns and compete for dominance on the global leaderboard!
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Ikaruga
Single-player alternative to Shikhondo(食魂徒) - Soul Eater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shikhondo(食魂徒) - Soul Eater.
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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DoDonPachi Resurrection
Single-player alternative to Shikhondo(食魂徒) - Soul Eater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shikhondo(食魂徒) - Soul Eater.
The legendary bullet-hell shoot-’em-up series has come to Steam! DoDonPachi is ressurected after a Blissful Death with enough modes to satisfy the beginner and the expert player alike. Tonight we dine in bullet hell!
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Jigoku Kisetsukan: Sense of the Seasons
Single-player alternative to Shikhondo(食魂徒) - Soul Eater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shikhondo(食魂徒) - Soul Eater.
Jigoku Kisetsukan is a bullet hell shootergame with anime-style drawings and chip music.
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Touhou Mystia's Izakaya
Single-player alternative to Shikhondo(食魂徒) - Soul Eater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Shikhondo(食魂徒) - Soul Eater.
A brand new pixel art restaurant simulator based on the Touhou Project! Play as Mystia, the owner of a small izakaya. Collect ingredients by day, cater to the customers by night, learn recipes from familiar characters, and become the best izakaya owner in all of Gensokyo!
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Vampire Survivors
Single-player alternative to Shikhondo(食魂徒) - Soul Eater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shikhondo(食魂徒) - Soul Eater.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
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Shikhondo: Youkai Rampage
Single-player alternative to Shikhondo(食魂徒) - Soul Eater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Shikhondo(食魂徒) - Soul Eater.
Popular vertically scrolling shoot'em up game Shikhondo is back and powered up! One day, the soul-starved Youkai escape from the depths of hell. Now, the story of the Grim Reaper and the girl who has fallen into this land begins!
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Shikhondo: Blue Pieta
Single-player alternative to Shikhondo(食魂徒) - Soul Eater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shikhondo(食魂徒) - Soul Eater.
Once more, the hunt for Youkai begins! Across the ocean in a city far, far away, the side-scrolling shoot 'em up action of our two protagonists unfolds! Complete the Pietà of struggle that burns blue with its raging barrage!