Single-player games like Solar Wind
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Solar Wind, 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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Jets'n'Guns Gold
Single-player alternative to Solar Wind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Wind.
Jets'n'Guns is a heavy piece of ground shaking rock blasting action with graphics and special effects that will blow you eyes out! Enjoy yourself in almost-insane action adventure of saving the universe from the deadly threat of more than 270 unique monsters in the campaign of 43 levels.
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SATAZIUS
Single-player alternative to Solar Wind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Wind.
The year is 2051. Location: SATAZIUS, a long-abandoned planet. The cruiser Agano was on patrol when it was attacked and stricken by a confederacy of space pirates that had established a base on SATAZIUS. The pirates attacked the Agano intending to steal the assault ship ‘Trafalgar’ that was stowed aboard the Agano, but the Trafalgar made...
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Syder Arcade
Single-player alternative to Solar Wind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Wind.
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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Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection
Single-player alternative to Solar Wind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Solar Wind.
8 KONAMI arcade classics of the 80s, from Nemesis to TwinBee. Including bonus eBook packed with new information never before revealed to the public.
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REMOTE LIFE
Single-player alternative to Solar Wind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Wind.
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.
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Starr Mazer: DSP
Single-player alternative to Solar Wind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Wind.
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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Really Big Sky
Single-player alternative to Solar Wind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Wind.
A super fast, twin analogue shooter for the modern age!
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ARMED SEVEN
Single-player alternative to Solar Wind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Wind.
The year is 1989. 12 years have passed since the Gogoh Army’s invasion of Earth. Exposure to alien technology during the war enabled Earth’s own technologies to take massive leaps forward. International conflict that was previously rife in the history of mankind fell to an all-time low, and the Earth Federation was established as a...
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Fungoids - Steam version
Single-player alternative to Solar Wind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Wind.
Fungoids is a classic styled, retro themed plant bomber, inspired by the games of the 1980's. Play in 2 modes, Classic, for the original experience, or Alpha for extended game play.
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Firebird - Steam version
Single-player alternative to Solar Wind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Wind.
Love retro shooters? Firebird is a blend of some of our teams favourite games from the space invasion genre. Battle aliens, giant space birds, tractor beams, air burst weapons, robot terrorists and massive motherships in a fight for domination.
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Solstice
Single-player alternative to Solar Wind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Solar Wind.
Solstice is a turn-based, menu driven war-game, set in a large, open fantasy world, inspired by the retro classics of the past.
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The Eye of Borrack
Single-player alternative to Solar Wind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Solar Wind.
The Eye of Borrack will take you back to yesteryear, with our take on the classic text adventure. You'll put the world of action games to one side, as you delve deeply into a rich, funny, imagination led text adventure.
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Stranded 2
Single-player alternative to Solar Wind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Solar Wind.
Following a not highly unexpected crash landing (which seems to happen to you a lot), you find yourself stranded on a hostile alien world full of humour, mystery and quite a bit of walking - Your task is clear, find a way off of this planet and get home. - Should be simple!
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Zannon
Single-player alternative to Solar Wind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Solar Wind.
Zannon is our take on the classic shooters of the late 1980's and early 1990's. Blast your way through 10 challanging levels, collect awesome power-ups, battle numereous different enemies, base and gun platforms. - Love retro and you'll love Zannon.