Single-player games like 80's OVERDRIVE
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to 80's OVERDRIVE, 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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CtrlC
Single-player alternative to 80's OVERDRIVE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Racing with 80's OVERDRIVE.
CtrlC is an arcade game with the look of the 80s and the technology of today. You have to reach your goal, level by level. The coders among you know: Ctrl+C cancels a running program in the terminal. You might need that info sometime.
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Nightrunner
Single-player alternative to 80's OVERDRIVE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Racing with 80's OVERDRIVE.
Buckle up in this minimalist retro arcade high score chaser.
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Midnight Thunder Drive
Single-player alternative to 80's OVERDRIVE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Racing with 80's OVERDRIVE.
Get your dose of '80s nostalgia! Blaze through neon streets, master turbo boosts, and chase victory. With a synthwave soundtrack and addictive gameplay, unleash your inner '80s racer!
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Road Flash
Single-player alternative to 80's OVERDRIVE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Racing with 80's OVERDRIVE.
Road Flash is a racing game inspired by the visuals, games and cars from the late 80s and early 90s.
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Slipstream
Single-player alternative to 80's OVERDRIVE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Racing with 80's OVERDRIVE.
Arcade-style racing game inspired by the spirit of the early 90s, with drifting mechanics and exotic tracks.
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Speed Factor
Single-player alternative to 80's OVERDRIVE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with 80's OVERDRIVE.
An old-school racing game featuring 2D pixelated visuals, inspired by 80s and 90s classics, arcade-style gameplay, rock songs and high speed!
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Commuter
Single-player alternative to 80's OVERDRIVE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with 80's OVERDRIVE.
Smash, bash, and plow your way through traffic in this 2D arcade throwback. Collect power-ups to survive long enough to unlock new cars with special abilities. Upgrade your vehicles to increase your survivability in this increasingly difficult highscore chaser.
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PTRL Stockcar Edition
Single-player alternative to 80's OVERDRIVE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Racing with 80's OVERDRIVE.
PTRL Stockcar Edition is a challenging arcade racer set in a fictional racing series of the 80s
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Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
Single-player alternative to 80's OVERDRIVE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with 80's OVERDRIVE.
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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Put In - Run Out
Single-player alternative to 80's OVERDRIVE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with 80's OVERDRIVE.
“Put In - Run Out” - is a runner game with some strip elements. As a true patriot, your mission is to win in a difficult fight against the main opponent of modern Russia – russophobic Zoomers. These wealthy immature citizens are subject to the negative influence of the West.
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Race Race Racer
Single-player alternative to 80's OVERDRIVE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with 80's OVERDRIVE.
Feel the rush as you tear down the track at breakneck speeds in a thrilling car race to the finish.
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Chase
Single-player alternative to 80's OVERDRIVE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with 80's OVERDRIVE.
Chase is a horror game with shooter and detective elements. The events take place in a dark and atmospheric world, you have to take on the role of a mercenary of the Inquisition, go to the dark forest of Blackwood and fulfill the terms of the contract.
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OutRUN
Single-player alternative to 80's OVERDRIVE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with 80's OVERDRIVE.
You play as two different people in the same creepy motel, and everything you think you know keeps changing. One moment you're Allison, running from something in her past, and the next you're Emma doing a late-night cleaning shift. You see the same events from totally different angles. You're JUDGE!