Single-player games like Zenodeath
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Zenodeath, 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 Hydorah
Single-player alternative to Zenodeath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zenodeath.
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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LUFTRAUSERS
Single-player alternative to Zenodeath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zenodeath.
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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Sine Mora
Single-player alternative to Zenodeath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zenodeath.
Sine Mora is a horizontal shoot'em up that provides a unique take on challenge, where time is the ultimate factor.
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Hell is Other Demons
Single-player alternative to Zenodeath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zenodeath.
Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.
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Bleed 2
Single-player alternative to Zenodeath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zenodeath.
Bleed 2 is a relentless arcade action game featuring air-dodging, bullet-reflecting, and tons of bosses. Now with randomly-generated levels and daily challenges, too!
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Nex Machina
Single-player alternative to Zenodeath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zenodeath.
Nex Machina is an intense arcade style twin-stick shooter from Housemarque. Taking hints from both Robotron and Smash TV, Nex Machina focuses on pure action, voxel destruction and competition in the distant, cablepunk themed future.
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Astebreed: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Zenodeath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zenodeath.
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 Zenodeath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Zenodeath.
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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Super XYX
Single-player alternative to Zenodeath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zenodeath.
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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Zenohell
Single-player alternative to Zenodeath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Zenodeath.
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 Zenodeath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zenodeath.
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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Fire Arrow Plus
Single-player alternative to Zenodeath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zenodeath.
Fire Arrow and Fire Arrow X are time attack style shooters with a heavy emphasis on scoring. Otherwisely, you can call them coffee break shmups.
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Jet Buster
Single-player alternative to Zenodeath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zenodeath.
Jet Buster is the new 90s anthro shmup, going back to the cuter roots of the genre.