Single-player games like Railgunners
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Railgunners, 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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LUFTRAUSERS
Single-player alternative to Railgunners — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Railgunners.
The skies are aflame and the seas will overflow with wreckage in Vlambeer’s stylish arcade shooter LUFTRAUSERS! Take to the skies in customized fighter planes to battle battleships, submarines, and rival aces for glory, honor, and high scores.
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Ikaruga
Single-player alternative to Railgunners — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Railgunners.
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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DRAINUS
Single-player alternative to Railgunners — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Railgunners.
This is a side-scrolling shooting game in which you take control of the "Drainus", the Kharlal Empire's most cutting-edge fighter with the ability to absorb energy bullets, and take down the enemy ships zipping through space.
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Syder Arcade
Single-player alternative to Railgunners — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Railgunners.
Killing zombies never gets old, but sometimes you just need a break. Get back to some serious old-school gaming with Syder Arcade! Syder Arcade is a love letter to Amiga games of the ‘90s, no coins, no upgrade grinding, just your tenacity and a motherload of alien invaders.
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Assault Android Cactus+
Single-player alternative to Railgunners — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Railgunners.
Assault Android Cactus is an intense arcade style twin stick shooter - pick from one of nine unique synthetic heroines and blast your way through overwhelming robots hordes to save the ship from its own workforce. Supports single player and local co-op game modes.
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Super Hydorah
Single-player alternative to Railgunners — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Railgunners.
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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Blazing Chrome
Single-player alternative to Railgunners — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Railgunners.
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
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Earthion
Single-player alternative to Railgunners — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Railgunners.
Earthion is a side-scrolling space shooter developed natively for 16-bit systems. Guide space fighter pilot Azusa Takanashi in her fight to repel the alien invaders and save planet Earth.
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Spooky Station
Single-player alternative to Railgunners — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Railgunners.
Welcome to Spooky Station! Prepare to be amazed and bewildered by our enigmas and puzzles, afraid of our deadly enemies and extremely challenging bosses. Tons of exciting stories and distinct fictional worlds await for you in this mysterious pack!
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Super Platformer Gun
Single-player alternative to Railgunners — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Railgunners.
Super Platformer Gun is a puzzle platformer where you find yourself in a different world and with no memory. Explore and solve the problems that you will find along the way with the platformer gun, create your own solutions and find answers!
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Nami
Single-player alternative to Railgunners — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Railgunners.
Nami é um jogo de Terror em pixel arte baseado no litoral brasileiro e nas obras de Junji Ito.