Single-player games like Zenodeath
Below are 12 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 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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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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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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Jamestown
Single-player alternative to Zenodeath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zenodeath.
Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. It features all the intensity, depth, and lovingly handcrafted pixels of a classic arcade shooter, with a modern twist: deeply-integrated cooperative gameplay.
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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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Space War: Infinity
Single-player alternative to Zenodeath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zenodeath.
Vertical semi-procedural shmup with upgrades, real-time enemy waves, and infinite replayability. Level up your ship, unlock 20+ weapons, defeat 5 bosses, and survive endless bullet-hell combat.
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Pixel Galaxy
Single-player alternative to Zenodeath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zenodeath.
A non-shooting shoot 'em up where you must grow, make friends, and survive together.
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Mirage Feathers
Single-player alternative to Zenodeath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Zenodeath.
「Maybe one day, I won't have to fight when I fly.」
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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.