Single-player games like California Games II
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to California Games II, 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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F2D - Steer To Persevere
Single-player alternative to California Games II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports with California Games II.
F2D - Steer To Persevere 🏎️ is a top of the line Formula Racing game where similarities with real racing are entirely coincidental. Create and customize your team, upgrade your facilities to upgrade the car 🏗️ and become the world champion in campaign mode or compete with players worldwide ... 🏁
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Classic Racers Elite
Single-player alternative to California Games II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports with California Games II.
There was a time when pilots were TRUE pilots. It was the 60's. The time of Rock'n'Roll, movie stars and iconic cars. Drive furiously fast on gorgeous landscapes and fight against your monstrous car. A pure Time Attack game where you're driving cars from the "Gentlemen Drivers" era.
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Hot Lap League: Deluxe Edition
Single-player alternative to California Games II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports with California Games II.
Take complete control of your vehicle, perfect your driving, and prove your place in the Hot Lap League. Drift and race your car around 150+ mind blowing tracks, each requiring unique techniques and strategies. Improving your time by racing your best is the only way to the top.
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Z-Race
Single-player alternative to California Games II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports with California Games II.
Z-Race is a fun arcade hand-racing VR game. Control futuristic ships designed in the style of your favourite VR creators with their voice acting. Fly at super-fast speeds on chic sci-fi tracks, collecting nitro boosts and coins, avoiding energy traps and obstacles to become the first!
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Phantom Spark
Single-player alternative to California Games II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports with California Games II.
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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Hydrofoil Generation
Single-player alternative to California Games II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports with California Games II.
Hydrofoil Generation is a realistic sailing and foiling simulator. An exciting and accurate first-person simulation of multiplayer "in-shore" regattas, now featuring official Global Racing League SailGP content. Put your skills and heart to the test!
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Redout 2
Single-player alternative to California Games II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports with California Games II.
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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Torque Drift
Single-player alternative to California Games II — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Build your car, earn sponsors, and compete in online multiplayer drift battles!
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Rogue
Single-player alternative to California Games II — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Experience the commercial port of the game that spawned a thousand 'Rogue-likes'. Venture into the Dungeons of Doom in search of the legendary Amulet of Yendor, and hopefully escape with your life! Randomly generated dungeons await you, full of nasty monsters, insidious traps, and glittering loot.
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California Games (C64/DOS/Atari/Lynx/NES/SMS/Genesis)
Single-player alternative to California Games II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports with California Games II.
Ask anyone who considered themselves a true gamer in 1987 and the chances are they will fondly remember California Games. Now on Steam for the very first time, you too can enjoy six radical and awesome events: the half-pipe, roller skating, surfing, BMX, footbag and the flying disc.
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Impossible Mission II
Single-player alternative to California Games II — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Sequel to the equally-popular Impossible Mission, this classic 1980s action platformer sees you tasked with infiltrating a futuristic fortress, built to keep safe malicious mastermind Elvin Atombender. Now available on Steam for the first time, responsibility for saving the world rests with YOU!
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Temple of Apshai Trilogy
Single-player alternative to California Games II — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
In this classic dungeon crawler, hack and slash your way through over 500 rooms with dozens of terrifying monsters. A true 1980s fantasy game, experience the frustrations and triumphs of the tabletop gaming inspired combat. Temple of Apshai is waiting. Silently lurking. Patiently waiting. For you.
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The Games: Winter Edition
Single-player alternative to California Games II — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports with California Games II.
Compete in seven Winter Games events in this DOS classic from 1988, created by masters of sports simulation Epyx. Hurtle down the slopes, over jumps, or across the ice, all in search of that elusive Gold medal.
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Battle Bugs
Single-player alternative to California Games II — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
In this unconventional real-time strategy game, control a fearsome army of stink bugs, cockroaches, lightning bugs, ants and more in a miniature, pun-filled warzone! 56 battles with 22 types of Battle Bug await you!
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Jumpman (C64/MSDOS)
Single-player alternative to California Games II — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Run, climb and jump from platform to platform to collect and disarm deadly bombs, but watch out! One single misstep will send you tumbling to the ground! With 30 different challenging levels to beat, experience the thrills and spills of one of the earliest platformers.
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Snow Strike
Single-player alternative to California Games II — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Fly your F14-LBC "Rapier" on a series of air bound missions. Your task – to destroy the labs, bomb refineries, and stop the enemy convoys. But watch out for those enemies who are armed with heat and radar guided missiles!