Single-player games like BLACK BIRD
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to BLACK BIRD, 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.
Want the full alternatives list (paid + free + Steam Deck + cheaper picks)? See the parent games like BLACK BIRD page.
Ranked picks
- 1
LavaLoop
Single-player alternative to BLACK BIRD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BLACK BIRD.
An explosive musical show set in a hand-drawn retro-futuristic universe. From shoot’em up to rhythm game, take on the role of three punk musicians, confronting a mad queen and her planet-killing machine. Discover a surprising gameplay blending arcade, music and comics!
- 2
Jetboard Joust
Single-player alternative to BLACK BIRD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BLACK BIRD.
Fast & fluid arcade-style shooter with roguelike elements! Take flight on a lethal rocket-powered jetboard, blasting alien invaders with an explosive arsenal of ridiculous weaponry. Face off against massive, multi-stage bosses. Jetboard Joust resurrects the spirit of the arcade for the 21st century!
- 3
Devil Engine
Single-player alternative to BLACK BIRD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with BLACK BIRD.
A last ditch effort to destroy what was once to be our savior. A final mission to eliminate a disastrous future. A single ship against Earth’s entire military. The Andraste is the only hope to defeat...the Devil Engine.
- 4
Barrage Fantasia
Single-player alternative to BLACK BIRD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BLACK BIRD.
A girl named Herb who claims to be a great witch lives in a poisonous swamp on the outskirts of a faraway country. One day, a red jewel is stolen from a shrine under her control. Herb escapes the swamp for the first time in order to recover her jewels.
- 5
Earthion
Single-player alternative to BLACK BIRD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with BLACK BIRD.
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.
- 6
R-Type Dimensions EX
Single-player alternative to BLACK BIRD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with BLACK BIRD.
R-Type and R-Type II, the legendary coin-op space shooters, are now together on Steam!
- 7
Shoot 1UP DX
Single-player alternative to BLACK BIRD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BLACK BIRD.
Why play shoot 'em ups one ship at a time? Launch them all at once! Unleash an entire armada of ships in Shoot 1UP!
- 8
DEVIL BLADE REBOOT
Single-player alternative to BLACK BIRD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BLACK BIRD.
An immersive pseudo-3D shoot 'em up experience that pushes the limits of pixel art. Push your score higher with the innovative Berserk System: the closer they are, the more points you get!
- 9
moon: Remix RPG Adventure
Single-player alternative to BLACK BIRD — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Don't be a hero. Experience the love. Experience moon. moon is an anti-RPG steeped in story and character, mood and music.
- 10
No More Heroes
Single-player alternative to BLACK BIRD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with BLACK BIRD.
Fight your way to the top in this HD remaster of everyone's favorite assassin action game! As all-American otaku Travis Touchdown, use your trusty beam katana to hack-and-slash though the competition and claim the title of world's #1 assassin!
- 11
R-Type Final 2
Single-player alternative to BLACK BIRD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with BLACK BIRD.
R-Type has returned! The legendary side-scroller is back and better than ever with beautifully rendered 3D graphics, exhilarating shoot-'em-up gameplay, and a multitude of stages, ships, and weapons that will allow you to conduct a symphony of destruction upon your foes.
- 12
Little King's Story
Single-player alternative to BLACK BIRD — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Once upon a time, a little boy from our world found himself in another, more mystical world where a magical crown made him ruler over a floundering kingdom called Alpoko. You are this little boy, and it's your duty to make Alpoko great...so you can then expand its dominion and take over the world!
- 13
Fantasy Zoo
Single-player alternative to BLACK BIRD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with BLACK BIRD.
Fantasy Zoo is a thematic zoo builder where you build zoo for fantasy animals in a fantasy world. Fill the zoo with animals and monsters from mythology and fantasy pop culture. Manage and build the zoo with help of magic.
- 14
Dungeon Dungeon!
Single-player alternative to BLACK BIRD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with BLACK BIRD.
Dungeon Dungeon! is a turn-based RPG featuring roguelike elements and unique combat system. Recruit companions, upgrade skills, collect loot. Become a dungeon adventurer and lead your party to conquer the dungeons!
- 15
TYPE
Single-player alternative to BLACK BIRD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BLACK BIRD.
A fast-paced roguelike typing game with command abilities and high skill ceiling
- 16
Stray Children
Single-player alternative to BLACK BIRD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BLACK BIRD.
“The Olders, they come to eat the Children…” All of the adults have become monsters, the rumors say. Nowhere is safe outside these walls. Welcome to Stray Children — a bittersweet, fairy tale RPG.
- 17
Mon Amour
Single-player alternative to BLACK BIRD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BLACK BIRD.
ONE button is all you need in this flappy kissing game! Welcome to a wonderful world where love is... diversity. A pastel-coloured, pixelated world, where a mustachioed-monsieur will kiss a princess, and 64 of her loyal subjects!
- 18
Dandy Dungeon - Legend of Brave Yamada -
Single-player alternative to BLACK BIRD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BLACK BIRD.
Are you ready for a story-driven, rom-com, roguelite puzzle game?! Yamada-kun (Age 36) is a game programmer who hates his job. Alone in his apartment, he toils to create his own game: an RPG, where he is the hero, Brave Yamada!