Single-player games like Space Wave Race
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Space Wave Race, 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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GRIP: Combat Racing
Single-player alternative to Space Wave Race — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Racing with Space Wave Race.
Harness gravity-defying speed in classic combat racing taken to the EXTREME. Master wall-riding, ceiling-surfing tracks, and unleash devastating weapons across 29 blistering circuits. Race solo, split-screen, or online with up to 10 players. GRIP delivers white-knuckle racing like nothing else.
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Need for Speed™ Payback
Single-player alternative to Space Wave Race — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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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BlazeRush
Single-player alternative to Space Wave Race — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Space Wave Race.
BlazeRush is a dynamic arcade racing survival game with no health, no levelling and no brakes! You can assemble a team of friends to play in local or online multiplayer, choose a car to your taste and chase, blow up and cut off! Adapt your style and tactics to new enemies, obstacles and tracks.
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Gas Guzzlers Extreme
Single-player alternative to Space Wave Race — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Space Wave Race.
Gas Guzzlers Extreme is a fast, furious, armed-to-the-teeth, trigger-happy shooter, shifted into top gear! Take a white knuckle ride in this crazily addictive combat racing game.
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Redout 2
Single-player alternative to Space Wave Race — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Space Wave Race.
The fastest racing game in the universe. Redout 2 is a tribute to classic arcade racing games and the sequel to the critically acclaimed Redout. Reach impossible speeds in exhilarating futuristic races across an extensive single-player campaign and competitive multiplayer.
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FlatOut 2
Single-player alternative to Space Wave Race — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Space Wave Race.
Experience the drive of your life as you throw yourself around on and off the track causing fences to shatter, tyre walls explode, water tanks and barrels fly across the track into other cars.
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BattleTrucks
Single-player alternative to Space Wave Race — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Space Wave Race.
Battle Trucks it is a race on huge and furious trucks. Your aim is to destroy anyone who stands on your way to victory.
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Phantom Spark
Single-player alternative to Space Wave Race — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Space Wave Race.
The best feeling racing game out there. Precision time-trial racing against npc champions in the campaign or other players on the leaderboards.
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The Demon - Nicolas Eymerich Inquisitor Audiogame
Single-player alternative to Space Wave Race — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The inquisitor is back. Nicolas Eymerich has returned for the final battle! The plague... the cursed village... the Devil's dark plan is revealed in the final chapter of the Inquisitor saga. An accessible audio game with engaging game mechanics and 8 different scenarios.