Single-player games like Need for Speed™ Rivals
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Need for Speed™ Rivals, 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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Need for Speed™
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Rivals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Ready to own the streets? Get behind the wheel of iconic cars and floor it through Ventura Bay, a sprawling urban playground. Explore overlapping stories as you build your reputation – and your dream car – and become the ultimate racing icon.
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Need for Speed™ Most Wanted
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Rivals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
The open-world action in Need for Speed Most Wanted gives you the freedom to drive your way. Hit jumps and shortcuts, switch cars, lie low or head for terrain that plays to your vehicle’s unique strengths. Fight your way past cops and rivals using skill, high-end car tech and tons of nitrous.
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Burnout™ Paradise Remastered
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Rivals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Burnout Paradise Remastered provides the ultimate driving playground for you and your friends to play online. This remaster includes all add-ons from the Year of Paradise, including the Big Surf Island update, meticulously recreated and ready to wreck in 4K.
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Need for Speed™ Payback
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Rivals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Set in the underworld of Fortune Valley, you and your crew were divided by betrayal and reunited by revenge to take down The House, a nefarious cartel that rules the city’s casinos, criminals and cops. In this corrupt gambler’s paradise, the stakes are high and The House always wins.
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PapyPanic
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Rivals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Take the wheel as a reckless Senior in a high-stakes survival race! Dodge deadly barriers, grab the cash, and keep your engine from exploding. The catch? Your Twitch Chat triggers the traps in real-time. Can you survive the ultimate road rage?
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Bird Brigade
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Rivals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Become birds together with your friends! Defend your nests and steal your rivals' eggs, race as penguins and roosters, explore an open world in a story campaign, and collect unique birds with the DNA system.
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Forza Horizon 5
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Rivals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Explore the vibrant open world landscapes of Mexico with limitless, fun driving action in the world’s greatest cars.
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Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Rivals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit launches you into a new open-world landscape behind the wheel of the world's fastest and most beautiful cars. From Criterion, the award-winning studio behind the Burnout series, Hot Pursuit will redefine racing games for a whole new generation.
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Need for Speed™ Unbound
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Rivals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Racing with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Race to the top, definitely don’t flop. Outsmart the cops, and enter weekly qualifiers for The Grand: the ultimate street race. Pack your garage with precision-tuned, custom rides, and light up the streets with your style.
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Screamer
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Rivals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
High-octane action and anime aesthetics collide in this arcade racing game, featuring fighting mechanics and a storyline that hits hard. In this world, some race for glory while others seek power or revenge. Every race is a fight and every battle is personal.
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Wreckfest
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Rivals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Wreckfest is a demolition derby themed racing game with soft-body damage modeling, sophisticated driving dynamics and in-depth vehicle upgrading, featuring both demolition derbies and more traditional track races. It’s all about fun, breakneck racing and over-the-top crashes.
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Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Remastered
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Rivals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Racing with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Feel the thrill of the chase and the rush of escape behind the wheels of the world’s hottest high-performance cars in Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Remastered– a heart-pumping, socially competitive racing experience.
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Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Rivals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.
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Red Dead Redemption 2
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Rivals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and bounty hunters massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal, and fight their way across the rugged heartland in order to survive.
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Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Rivals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Download Burnout™ Paradise: The Ultimate Box today. Paradise City is the largest and most dangerous setting yet for the best-selling Burnout series. The massive setting gives players an open-ended world to explore, as they race their vehicles through hundreds of miles of roads and underground passages with more than 70 different cars.
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TrickStyle
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Rivals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Racing with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Grab your board, surf through the air, show your stuff, and win eternal glory with your off-the-chain skills. Re-Live this Dreamcast Classic Today!