Single-player games like Hobo Knight
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Hobo Knight, 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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Hotline Miami
Single-player alternative to Hobo Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hobo Knight.
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
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Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Single-player alternative to Hobo Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hobo Knight.
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is the brutal conclusion to the Hotline Miami saga, set against a backdrop of escalating violence and retribution over spilled blood in the original game.
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Downwell
Single-player alternative to Hobo Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hobo Knight.
Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.
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UFO 50
Single-player alternative to Hobo Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hobo Knight.
UFO 50 is a collection of 50 single and multiplayer games that span a variety of genres, from platformers and shoot 'em ups to puzzle games, roguelites, and RPGs. Our goal is to combine a familiar 8-bit aesthetic with new ideas and modern game design.
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Freedom Planet
Single-player alternative to Hobo Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hobo Knight.
Fight your way across the celestial world of Avalice where cats are green, motorcycles drive up walls and monster girls do most of the buttkicking! Freedom Planet is a cartoony, combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragonoid and her friends against an alien attack force.
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BUTCHER
Single-player alternative to Hobo Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hobo Knight.
BUTCHER is a fast-paced, blood-soaked 2D shooter where carnage is the only way forward. Become a ruthless cyborg tasked with eradicating humanity, leaving nothing but blood, guts, and destruction in your wake. There's no such thing as too much violence in this grim, retro-styled gorefest.
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Sonic Mania
Single-player alternative to Hobo Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Hobo Knight.
Sonic Mania is an all-new adventure with Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles full of unique bosses, rolling 2D landscapes, and fun classic gameplay.
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Penarium
Single-player alternative to Hobo Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hobo Knight.
Penarium is a frantic 2D arena arcade game where you take on the role of Willy, trapped in a sinister circus show. Run, jump and avoid an array of killer death-traps while being cheered on by a sadistic crowd that’s out for blood.