Single-player games like Flashback 2
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Flashback 2, 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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ASTRAL COURT DX
Single-player alternative to Flashback 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Flashback 2.
Astral Court DX is an arcade bullet hell platformer! You're on death-row in a prison in Heaven, HOWEVER the Astral Court grants you with a chance at bale as long as you complete their death-defying trials! How will you weigh against justice?
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Swoon! Earth Escape
Single-player alternative to Flashback 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Flashback 2.
The planet is flooded with a mysterious green acid. Help Swoon and the rest of the crew escape the Earth. Collect all the mechanical parts of your spaceship and face the most daring bosses in this epic retro-style journey!
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Tentaphage
Single-player alternative to Flashback 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Flashback 2.
Tentaphage is an adventure 3D platformer with horror elements. You play as the Tentaphage, an anomalous eldritch creature. Swing, grapple, slingshot and possess humans to save your mother and devour humans!
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Command Adventures: Starship
Single-player alternative to Flashback 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Flashback 2.
It is the year 2127, the closing of the great war is upon us. You purchase a starship to explore regions unknown and to extract untold riches from distant galaxies. Pirates and bloodthirsty alien beings wander the universe. It is a gritty and nasty period. Bravely go forth and seek your fortune!
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INCOMER
Single-player alternative to Flashback 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Flashback 2.
First-person action game against hordes of alien intruders.
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Airstrife: Assault of the Aviators
Single-player alternative to Flashback 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Flashback 2.
Use Aileron Rolling or Evading your enemies' attacks while having a realistic damage system. Use different planes with upgradable parts and numerous weapons you can mount to your planes to destroy your enemies. Fly solo or play with your friends and enjoy local coop. A modern re-invented classic.
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UFO Taxi
Single-player alternative to Flashback 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Flashback 2.
Stranded on a futuristic Earth, you and your alien pals need cash to get home! Explore a vibrant 2.5D world, go on taxi missions or assist humans and UFOs alike in this casual platformer. Can you hustle your way to a stellar escape?
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Ra Ra BOOM
Single-player alternative to Flashback 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Flashback 2.
Grab friends or family for a colorful co-op brawler. Easy to pick up and full of frantic fun, Ra Ra BOOM has you bashing bots, blasting baddies, and laughing together in 4-player local co-op. It’s got retro roots with a modern arcade spirit.
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Flashback
Single-player alternative to Flashback 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Flashback 2.
20 years after the original game’s launch, Conrad is enlisted back to active service for the triumphant return of one of the most acclaimed franchises in gaming history.It’s not a reboot. It’s Flashback re-imagined.
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Operation STEEL
Single-player alternative to Flashback 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Flashback 2.
Operation STEEL is a roguelike shoot-em-up rendered in hand-drawn art. Blow up loads of enemies, destroy huge bosses, find weapons, and upgrade your load-out between levels. Combat the electronic legion across 20+ procedurally generated levels!
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Future Wars
Single-player alternative to Flashback 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Battle it out on the proving grounds and get ready for Future Wars. Similar to classic titles such as Advance Wars and Battle Isle, the game takes strategy gaming away from the micro-management overkill that it has become and using simple, proven rock-paper-scissors principles, reopens the genre to everyone.
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Syberia: The World Before
Single-player alternative to Flashback 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Flashback 2.
Embark on a quest for identity through time, as you piece together the puzzle of two lives.
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Syberia - Remastered
Single-player alternative to Flashback 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Flashback 2.
Rediscover the clockpunk universe of Benoît Sokal in this fully remastered version of the first Syberia game. Join Kate Walker and Oscar, a strange and charming automaton, in pursuit of the brilliant inventor Hans Voralberg, and embark on an adventure more immersive and poetic than ever.
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Amerzone - The Explorer's Legacy
Single-player alternative to Flashback 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Flashback 2.
Set off on a quest for the Great White Birds in a mysterious land full of secrets! Answer the call of exploration as you travel to Amerzone, a forgotten Latin American country, to fulfill the last wishes of a late explorer.
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Syberia: The World Before - Prologue
Single-player alternative to Flashback 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Flashback 2.
Discover the prologue of the next instalment of Syberia: The World Before, which returns to the origins of the Syberia saga.