Single-player games like BLACK BIRD
Below are 13 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.
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Ranked picks
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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!
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Deathsmiles
Single-player alternative to BLACK BIRD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BLACK BIRD.
Deathsmiles is CAVE's bullet-hell shoot-'em-up where you take the role of one of five Angels to defend the magical land of Gilverado from an invasion by Hell itself! Eradicate this devilish assault!
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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.
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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.
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Savant - Ascent REMIX
Single-player alternative to BLACK BIRD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BLACK BIRD.
Savant - Ascent REMIX is an explosive shoot-em-up / scrolling shooter, starring an acrobatic wizard on an elevator-ride. Unlock destructive spells & acrobatic moves as you survive through a tower brimming with robotic fiends!
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NeverAwake
Single-player alternative to BLACK BIRD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BLACK BIRD.
A girl who never wakes up. She has been fighting monsters in her dreams... "NeverAwake" is a nightmarish twin-stick shooter with a unique worldview and original game rules.
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Waves
Single-player alternative to BLACK BIRD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BLACK BIRD.
Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!
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Sine Mora
Single-player alternative to BLACK BIRD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BLACK BIRD.
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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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!