Single-player games like Rocket Knight
Below are 22 single-player Steam games similar to Rocket Knight, 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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Valdis Story: Abyssal City
Single-player alternative to Rocket Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Rocket Knight.
Assume the role of Wyatt in this Action/Exploration Platformer as you explore the ruins of a holy city that was lost many years ago. Battle various types of demons, angels, and a new threat known only as the “Ferals”, using swordsmanship, martial arts, and sorcery.
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STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜®
Single-player alternative to Rocket Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Rocket Knight.
Strider returns in a brand new adventure, complete with incredible side-scrolling action, and lightning fast combat all in a massive interconnected world! Download the full game February 19th and become the original assassin!
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GIGANTIC ARMY
Single-player alternative to Rocket Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Rocket Knight.
Side-scrolling mech-shooting bad-assery is BACK!GIGANTIC ARMY is a heartfelt homage to 16-bit era mech shooters such as Cybernator / Assault Suits Valken, Metal Warriors, and Front Mission: Gun Hazard, developed by the studio behind the acclaimed shooter SATAZIUS.
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Rad Rodgers - Radical Edition
Single-player alternative to Rocket Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Rocket Knight.
Bringing back the 90's-era PC platformer with a game inspired by classics like Commander Keen, Conker, Ruff'n'Tumble & Jazz Jackrabbit.
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Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians
Single-player alternative to Rocket Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Rocket Knight.
Awakened from his slumber, Beatbuddy journeys through lush hand-painted environments on a quest to save his companions and his own immortality. Beatbuddy interacts with the living breathing environment that pulses to the beat of an original soundtrack, aiding him as he unlocks new paths and solves puzzles.
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Blazing Chrome
Single-player alternative to Rocket Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Rocket Knight.
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
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Abyss Odyssey
Single-player alternative to Rocket Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Rocket Knight.
From indie Chilean developer ACE Team comes a new side-scrolling action adventure game featuring a complex fighting engine in procedurally generated levels that destines its three warriors to battle a different abyss each time! Choose your hero and also learn to possess your enemies in the abyss…
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Shu
Single-player alternative to Rocket Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Rocket Knight.
Shu is a stylish 2.5D platformer set in a beautiful and engrossing world. Guide Shu and a cast of beautifully hand-drawn characters as they run, jump and glide their way across exotic lands, forever pursued by the monstrous and unrelenting Storm. CAN YOU OUTRUN THE END OF THE WORLD?
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ReCore: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Rocket Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Rocket Knight.
From creator Keiji Inafune and the makers of Metroid Prime comes the ReCore: Definitive Edition, an action-adventure crafted for a new generation. As one of the last humans, forge friendships with robotic companions and lead them on an epic adventure through a dynamic world.
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Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked
Single-player alternative to Rocket Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Rocket Knight.
Rocket Knight Adventures:Re-Sparked has 3 games. This collection immerses players in these thrilling classic titles on Steam.
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Skybolt Zack
Single-player alternative to Rocket Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Rocket Knight.
Skybolt Zack is a brand new fast-paced arcade gaming experience! With his Rocket Punches Zack leaps from enemy to enemy, destroying anything standing in his way! Match the colour of the enemies with the buttons on the gamepad to rid the world of Dr Kaz’s robot army!
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Adventures of Pip
Single-player alternative to Rocket Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Rocket Knight.
Play as the ultimate digital underdog in the Adventures of Pip,an action-platformer with a fresh gameplay twist inside a retro 32-bit world. Alas, Pip is an unlikely 1-pixel hero yet has the unique ability to absorb the pixels of his defeated enemies to evolve into three different forms.
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Blaster Master Zero 2
Single-player alternative to Rocket Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Rocket Knight.
Join Jason, Eve, and Fred on an intergalactic journey! The side-scrolling/top-down hybrid action adventure title "Blaster Master Zero" returns with its long-awaited sequel! Experience the yet-untold story of Jason and Eve after defeating Earth's mutant scourge in "Blaster Master Zero".
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
Single-player alternative to Rocket Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Rocket Knight.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge reunites Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael as they kick shell in a beautifully realized beat ’em up.
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Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
Single-player alternative to Rocket Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Celebrating its first year of delighting millions of global players, the award-winning and best-selling strategy franchise continues with Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition, putting you at the center of even more epic historical battles that shaped the world.
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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition
Single-player alternative to Rocket Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Rocket Knight.
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition is the complete edition of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, a dark and vivid new re-imagining of the Castlevania mythology. It is the end of days and ungodly powers isolate the Earth.
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Returnal™
Single-player alternative to Rocket Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Rocket Knight.
BREAK THE CYCLE Fight to survive as this award-winning third-person shooter brings Selene’s story to PC. Take on roguelike challenges. Engage enemies in bullet hell-fuelled clashes. Share your journey through Returnal™ with another player.
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Assassin’s Creed® Chronicles: China
Single-player alternative to Rocket Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Rocket Knight.
The first entry in the Assassin’s Creed Chronicles saga takes place in China, 1526, as the Ming dynasty starts to crumble. You embody Shao Jun, the last remaining Assassin of the Chinese Brotherhood, returning to her homeland with a vendetta.
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Assassin’s Creed® Chronicles: Russia
Single-player alternative to Rocket Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Rocket Knight.
Join Nikolaï Orelov in his search for redemption as you journey through an iconic, propaganda art style Russia in 2.5D gameplay. • Survive the aftermath of October Revolution & travel accross Russia. • Experience the thrill of being a stealthy Assassin in an exclusive modern setting.
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Assassin’s Creed® Chronicles: India
Single-player alternative to Rocket Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Rocket Knight.
Embody Arbaaz in his quest for retribution through a colourful depiction of Colonial India in 2.5D stealth gameplay. • Travel across an amazing 19th Century India and its legendary landmarks. • Experience the thrill of a stealthy assassin with a unique set of skills and weapons such as the double kill moves and the chakram.
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DCL - The Game
Single-player alternative to Rocket Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Rocket Knight.
DCL - The Game is the official videogame of the Drone Champions League - the world’s leading series for Drone Racing Teams. Fly the original tracks from DCL and experience Drone Racing like a professional pilot. Join the flying revolution!
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Sudeki
Single-player alternative to Rocket Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Rocket Knight.
Sudeki, a world torn apart into light, shadow and dark. Rent asunder by deceit and betrayal, the land cries out for a peace that only four united heroes can bring. Beyond the protective walls of Illumina Castle lie miles of pastoral, rolling countryside, though once a serene landscape, the Aklorian forces have transformed the countryside...