Single-player games like The Running Man
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Running Man, 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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SpeedRunners
Single-player alternative to The Running Man — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Running Man.
Cut-throat multiplayer running game that pits 4 players against each other, locally and/or online. Run, jump, swing around, and use devious weapons and pick-ups to knock opponents off-screen! One of the most competitive games you'll ever play.
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JumpJet Rex
Single-player alternative to The Running Man — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Running Man.
Test your dinosaur jump-jet skills with a game that redefines the platformer genre, aptly renaming it "platflyer." Simply put, you're a t-rex with rocket boots trying to save earth from an incoming asteroid. Do you have what it takes to stop it?
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Neon White
Single-player alternative to The Running Man — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Running Man.
Neon White is a single-player speedrunning FPS where you can sacrifice your guns for godlike parkour moves.
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Mark of the Ninja
Single-player alternative to The Running Man — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Running Man.
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.
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Hot Lava
Single-player alternative to The Running Man — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Running Man.
The Floor is Hot Lava! Run, jump, climb, and surf across nostalgia-packed environments flooded with hot molten lava. Explore alone, or join your friends. And whatever you do, don’t touch the floor.
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Deadlight
Single-player alternative to The Running Man — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Running Man.
“Probably the best downloadable title on the market right now.” 9/10 – Eurogamer.se
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NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
Single-player alternative to The Running Man — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Running Man.
A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja adventure.
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KUNAI
Single-player alternative to The Running Man — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Running Man.
KUNAI is a quirky, fast-paced action platformer. You play as Tabby, a tablet who joins the fight against a robot uprising. Use your kunai and ninja parkour skills to stop Lemonkus, the A.I.-gone-evil that almost wiped out all human life.