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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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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Aggelos
Single-player alternative to Rocket Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Rocket Knight.
Critically-acclaimed action-RPG that takes the template laid down by classics like Wonder Boy, nails the 16-Bit aesthetics for nostalgia fans, but updates the mechanics to feel fresh and modern. Explore a beautiful open world and plunder dungeons, caves and forests to help take down epic bosses!
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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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Timespinner
Single-player alternative to Rocket Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Rocket Knight.
Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.
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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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Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
Single-player alternative to Rocket Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Rocket Knight.
Take control of Lara and her new partner Totec, a Mayan tribesman, and uncover the ancient artifact known as the "Mirror of Smoke" in this all new action adventure game.
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Mighty No. 9
Single-player alternative to Rocket Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Rocket Knight.
Mighty No. 9 is a 2D Side-scrolling Action game that takes the best elements from 8 and 16-bit classics that you know and love and transforms them with modern tech, fresh mechanics, and fan input into something fresh and amazing!
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Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara
Single-player alternative to Rocket Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Rocket Knight.
Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara brings reworkings of two of Capcom’s classic arcade hits - Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom and Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara – together in one definitive digital package.
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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...