Single-player games like Rysen
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Rysen, 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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Dead End City
Single-player alternative to Rysen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rysen.
A post-apocalyptic arcade shooter. Collect fuel and dodge enemy fire as you fight back against the evil Scorpio gang. Mixes cars, shmups and themes that would have been right at home in 80's anime and arcades..
- 2
.Decluster & .Decluster Zero
Single-player alternative to Rysen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rysen.
The vertical scrolling shooter game '.Decluster' and its sequel '.Decluster Zero' are now available in one package.
- 3
DoDonPachi Resurrection Reignite
Single-player alternative to Rysen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rysen.
CAVE's arcade bullet hell shooter returns as DoDonPachi Resurrection Reignite. New stages, a new character, new music, and other new elements set the stage for a new challenge.
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Meteor Storm
Single-player alternative to Rysen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rysen.
Welcome back to 1996! This shared screen space shooter is the perfect 4-player competitive game for some casual fun!
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Marimoth
Single-player alternative to Rysen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rysen.
Marimoth is a short shoot 'em up that puts in control of a moth whose shots bounce off the walls. Calculate your aim, evade enemy attacks by learning their patterns and collect coins to power up.
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STARR RINGER
Single-player alternative to Rysen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rysen.
Grab the fate of all life in your hands. Blast your way through the cosmos, destroying monstrous cosmic beasts and the space cultists summoning them, on your path to stopping your mother from unleashing the chaos realm upon the universe, in this sci-fi cosmic horror bullet-hell, STARR RINGER.
- 7
Blast'N Bounty
Single-player alternative to Rysen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rysen.
Blast’N Bounty is a vertical scrolling shoot’em up featuring 8 stages players can tackle in the order of their choosing. Cruise through a crazy solar system in a mix of pixel art and low poly 3D with action that’s easy to learn but tough to master!
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Space Waves
Single-player alternative to Rysen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Rysen.
Space Waves is a procedurally generated 2D arcade style shooter with multiple collectable power ups and varying enemy types. This game will casually draw you in and then increase the pace and difficulty as you progress through the never ending levels.
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Warawara Invaders
Single-player alternative to Rysen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rysen.
Even if you are not good at avoiding bullets or shmup games there is no problem. A 2d casual rolling shooter best for killing time!
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Starship Scarwolf
Single-player alternative to Rysen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rysen.
Starship Scarwolf is a 2D top-down omnidirectional shooter. As I'm a fan of vector scan games, I aimed to create an expression using only wireframe rendering. However, I couldn't achieve this with just dots and lines, so I also used fill and circle drawing functions.