Single-player games like MissileDancer
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to MissileDancer, 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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LUFTRAUSERS
Single-player alternative to MissileDancer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with MissileDancer.
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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Ikaruga
Single-player alternative to MissileDancer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with MissileDancer.
Shoot! Dodge! and... Get Hit!? "Ikaruga" is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay. Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets! Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!
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RagingBlasters
Single-player alternative to MissileDancer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with MissileDancer.
Raging Blasters is a vertical scroll shmup featuring high speed scrolling and the exhilaration of destruction.
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Waves
Single-player alternative to MissileDancer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with MissileDancer.
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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HUNTDOWN
Single-player alternative to MissileDancer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with MissileDancer.
In the mayhem-filled streets of the future where criminal gangs rule and cops fear to tread, only the bounty hunters can free the city from the corrupt fist of felony. Lay waste to the criminal underworld and make a killing in this hard boiled action comedy arcade shooter.
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Syder Arcade
Single-player alternative to MissileDancer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with MissileDancer.
Killing zombies never gets old, but sometimes you just need a break. Get back to some serious old-school gaming with Syder Arcade! Syder Arcade is a love letter to Amiga games of the ‘90s, no coins, no upgrade grinding, just your tenacity and a motherload of alien invaders.
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Blazing Chrome
Single-player alternative to MissileDancer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with MissileDancer.
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
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Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved
Single-player alternative to MissileDancer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with MissileDancer.
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved is a old school style shooter, but remixed for the 21st century with next generation graphics and deep, modern gameplay. Playing is simple: you are a geometric "ship" trapped in a grid world, facing off against waves of deadly wanderers, snakes, and repulsars.
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GeminiArms
Single-player alternative to MissileDancer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with MissileDancer.
GeminiArms is a side scrolling 2D shoot'em up.
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Moon Dancer
Single-player alternative to MissileDancer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with MissileDancer.
Moon Dancer is a vertically scrolling shmup featuring an exhilarating lock-on laser.
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Terra Flame
Single-player alternative to MissileDancer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with MissileDancer.
Terra Flame is a horizontal shmup inspired by the 90's. The feature is that you can switch between three types of weapons in real time.
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Missile Dancer 2
Single-player alternative to MissileDancer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with MissileDancer.
Missile Dancer 2 is a new sprite scaler shmup that combines rail shooter and caravan STG.
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Crystal Breaker
Single-player alternative to MissileDancer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with MissileDancer.
Shoot the enemy at close range! Crystal Breaker is a vertically scrolling shmup that focuses on close range attack.
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Blaze of Storm
Single-player alternative to MissileDancer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with MissileDancer.
Blaze of Storm is a arcade-style vertical scrolling shmup. You will fight against enemies in cyberspace as a cyber diver.