Single-player games like Space Invaders Extreme
Below are 20 single-player Steam games similar to Space Invaders Extreme, 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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DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours
Single-player alternative to Space Invaders Extreme — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Space Invaders Extreme.
DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours is the latest installment in Taito's DARIUS series of arcade-style shooting games. Blast hordes of alien sea-monsters, and blaze your own trail through branching environments.
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Syder Arcade
Single-player alternative to Space Invaders Extreme — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Space Invaders Extreme.
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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R-Type Dimensions EX
Single-player alternative to Space Invaders Extreme — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Space Invaders Extreme.
R-Type and R-Type II, the legendary coin-op space shooters, are now together on Steam!
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Starr Mazer: DSP
Single-player alternative to Space Invaders Extreme — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Space Invaders Extreme.
The UNFP's been kicked in the teeth by a G'ell invasion force and their last and only hope is a planetary outpost and its fleet of experimental DSP MkI Forward Assault Fighters and anyone marshal enough to strap into one and forcefully accept some apologies.
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Super Galaxy Squadron EX Turbo
Single-player alternative to Space Invaders Extreme — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Space Invaders Extreme.
Super Galaxy Squadron is a fast-paced vertical shooter designed for human beings as well as SHMUP veterans. Featuring multiple game modes, a challenging but merciful difficulty curve, forgiving health system, and SEVENTEEN playable ships.
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The Hurricane of the Varstray -Collateral hazard-
Single-player alternative to Space Invaders Extreme — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Space Invaders Extreme.
【About "The Hurricane of the Varstray"】"The Hurricane of the Varstray" is a vertically scrolling shoot'em up with a SF story: in the distant future, to defend the Earth against the invasion of mystery mechanical structures, 4 girls head to "the Varstray sector," far away from the Earth and considered as the v
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Astebreed: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Space Invaders Extreme — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Space Invaders Extreme.
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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Earthion
Single-player alternative to Space Invaders Extreme — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Space Invaders Extreme.
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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PAC-MAN™ Championship Edition DX+
Single-player alternative to Space Invaders Extreme — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Space Invaders Extreme.
It's time to gear up!Get ready for more ghost chain gobbling and frantic action in PAC-MAN® CE-DX+! The award-winning chomping game makes a shattering debut on Steam with even more content and a refined user-interface to compare high scores with your friends!
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ARCADE GAME SERIES: Ms. PAC-MAN
Single-player alternative to Space Invaders Extreme — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Space Invaders Extreme.
Developed in America and first released in 1981, Ms. PAC-MAN finally comes to Steam! Move Ms. PAC-MAN up, down, left, and right to avoid the ghosts and gobble up all the Pac-Dots!
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Rez Infinite
Single-player alternative to Space Invaders Extreme — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Space Invaders Extreme.
The legendary action-shooter finally comes to PC, and in style! Blast your way through mind-melting visuals and amazing beats, all in your quest through cyberspace to save a world on the verge of collapse. Playable on your desktop or in fully immersive VR.
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PAC-MAN WORLD Re-PAC
Single-player alternative to Space Invaders Extreme — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Space Invaders Extreme.
PAC-MAN arrives home on his birthday to find the Ghosts have kidnapped PAC-MAN’s family and ruined his party! Off to the rescue, PAC-MAN sets out to Ghost Island!
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Groove Coaster
Single-player alternative to Space Invaders Extreme — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Space Invaders Extreme.
Riding the rhythmic rails of success from smart phone, into the arcades, now GROOVE COASTER arrives on Steam! Are you ready to ride a roller coaster of sound and light through a universe of music?
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G-Darius HD
Single-player alternative to Space Invaders Extreme — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Space Invaders Extreme.
You will see the creation of new lives... Capture enemies and fire them back at their allies as enormous beams of energy in this horizontally scrolling shooting game, featuring 5 versions of G-Darius with new features, enhancements, and Steam exclusive extras!
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Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade
Single-player alternative to Space Invaders Extreme — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Space Invaders Extreme.
Darius is one of the pioneers of the side-scrolling shoot 'em genre, and the Steam version replicates the multi-screen arcade experience with 4 different titles and 7 versions filled with aquatic-lifeform-themed bosses and epic, Zuntata-composed soundscapes!
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Bubble Bobble 4 Friends: The Baron's Workshop
Single-player alternative to Space Invaders Extreme — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Space Invaders Extreme.
Use your bubble-blowing abilities to trap your enemies and conquer a variety of stages in this action-puzzle game! Includes the original arcade game, The Baron is Back expansion, and a new exclusive Workshop Mode only on Steam!
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Bubble Bobble Sugar Dungeons
Single-player alternative to Space Invaders Extreme — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Space Invaders Extreme.
More Quests, More Power! An All New Bubble Bobble Experience! Go on an adventure through strange dungeons that change every time you step inside!
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TIMEGAL HD-Remaster
Single-player alternative to Space Invaders Extreme — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Space Invaders Extreme.
Reika, the Time Gal, is warping onto Steam from 1985! Encounter dinosaurs, cavemen, giant robots, aliens, maniacally laughing villains, and more in this time-travelling, interactive-anime adventure!
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NINJA HAYATE HD-Remaster
Single-player alternative to Space Invaders Extreme — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Space Invaders Extreme.
Ninja Hayate infiltrates Steam, braving the evil ninja clan's lair and battling a dragon in this thrilling, interactive anime adventure, remastered from its 1984 debut!
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Puzzle Bobble Everybubble!
Single-player alternative to Space Invaders Extreme — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Space Invaders Extreme.
Play solo! Play with friends! The original bubble shooter is back! The latest entry in the iconic action-puzzle series PUZZLE BOBBLE—also known as BUST-A-MOVE— is finally on Steam! Match three or more bubbles of the same color to clear the board in the ultimate evolution of this legendary classic.