Single-player games like Redd's Runaway
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Redd's Runaway, 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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pixelBOT EXTREME!
Single-player alternative to Redd's Runaway — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Redd's Runaway.
EXTREME! retro side-scrolling shoot 'em up with a colorful twist! Become one with your controller, learn all rocket colors by heart and master a unique color-based destruction! SHOOT DIE RESPAWN! And most importantly... NEVER GIVE UP!
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Super Time Force Ultra
Single-player alternative to Redd's Runaway — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Redd's Runaway.
Super Time Force Ultra is an insane platformer filled with robots and dinosaurs and fun and time travel... sometimes all at the same time!
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Haunted Lands
Single-player alternative to Redd's Runaway — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Redd's Runaway.
Slay grim cultists, infernal minions, and nightmarish creatures in this dark and bloody retro-inspired action platformer. Uncover secrets, acquire powerful artifacts, and face challenging bosses in the Haunted Lands.
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Atomik: RunGunJumpGun
Single-player alternative to Redd's Runaway — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Redd's Runaway.
Atomik: RunGunJumpGun is a tough as nails game that puts a gravity-defying weapon in your hands. One button lets you fly, the other blasts obstacles out of the way. With a cast of crazed characters, challenging gameplay, and a pulsing musical score, it delivers twitchy platforming goodness.
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Starr Mazer: DSP
Single-player alternative to Redd's Runaway — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Redd's Runaway.
The UNFP's been kicked in the teeth by a G'ell invasion force and their last and only hope is a planetary outpost and its fleet of experimental DSP MkI Forward Assault Fighters and anyone marshal enough to strap into one and forcefully accept some apologies.
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Neptunia Shooter
Single-player alternative to Redd's Runaway — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Redd's Runaway.
Armed to the teeth, players begin as Neptune in an unworldly 8-bit space dimension ravaged by creatures who burst endless waves of bullets. Shoot, dodge, and defeat the boss in six unique bullet-hell worlds.
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Syder Arcade
Single-player alternative to Redd's Runaway — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Redd's Runaway.
Killing zombies never gets old, but sometimes you just need a break. Get back to some serious old-school gaming with Syder Arcade! Syder Arcade is a love letter to Amiga games of the ‘90s, no coins, no upgrade grinding, just your tenacity and a motherload of alien invaders.
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I Hate Running Backwards
Single-player alternative to Redd's Runaway — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Redd's Runaway.
I Hate Running Backwards is a never-ending adrenaline packed shoot'em down roguelite that puts the emphasis on destruction and fighting never ending waves of enemies while time traveling through procedurally generated worlds!
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Defy The Abyss
Single-player alternative to Redd's Runaway — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Redd's Runaway.
Survive relentless hordes in a dungeon deep within the Abyss. Swap between heroes, unleash powerful spells, and crush nightmares, demons, and immense horrors to grow stronger with every run, in this fast-paced horde survival.