Single-player games like River City: Rival Showdown
Below are 19 single-player Steam games similar to River City: Rival Showdown, 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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Salt and Sacrifice
Single-player alternative to River City: Rival Showdown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with River City: Rival Showdown.
Join your fellow Marked Inquisitors in this online coop successor to award-winning 2016 Soulslike Salt and Sanctuary.
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Abyss Odyssey
Single-player alternative to River City: Rival Showdown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with River City: Rival Showdown.
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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NIPH
Single-player alternative to River City: Rival Showdown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with River City: Rival Showdown.
NIPH is a stylish roguelite platformer with risky and intense combat. Slash, shoot, and learn and cast spells with more varied items as you explore a vast and diverse fantasy world!
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You are Peter Shorts
Single-player alternative to River City: Rival Showdown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with River City: Rival Showdown.
You are PETER SHORTS! You have been captured and taken to a secret cloning facility. Can you escape with your newly-cloned brethren?
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Evolver
Single-player alternative to River City: Rival Showdown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with River City: Rival Showdown.
Evolver blends competitive fighting with quantum-cyberpunk-scifi to create a world of bizarre weapons, unconventional fighting styles, and a wildly eccentric cast.
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Lost Castle / 失落城堡
Single-player alternative to River City: Rival Showdown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with River City: Rival Showdown.
Lost Castle is an action RPG beat'em up with roguelike elements and randomized dungeons for up to four players online and local!
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Satarichi: Heroes De Caelum
Single-player alternative to River City: Rival Showdown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with River City: Rival Showdown.
Join the fight for Caelum in this cooperative action RPG for up to 4 players. Control legendary heroes in real-time combat as you explore an epic world based on Satarichi's original novel. Enjoy the adventure with friends locally or through Remote Play Together.
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Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic
Single-player alternative to River City: Rival Showdown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with River City: Rival Showdown.
Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds! Enjoy fast and frantic arcade-style beat 'em up gameplay with cute characters. Beat up hordes of weird enemies with awesome special attacks. Local co-op and PVP supported for up to 4 players!
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River City Ransom: Underground
Single-player alternative to River City: Rival Showdown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with River City: Rival Showdown.
Alex and Ryan must take to the streets to help a new crop of fighters. You'll earn money, unlock moves, and upgrade your skills in a sprawling city. This modern take on an old classic features over 500 unique street fighting moves, dozens of weapons, and fun online multiplayer modes.
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII
Single-player alternative to River City: Rival Showdown — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
"The ultimate depiction of the Three Kingdom. A heroic drama of a gathering of Legends. "With this as the concept behind Romance of the Three Kingdoms 13, we have compiled an experience that will immerse you even deeper into the world of the Three Kingdoms, with "human drama," seen through the interactions of the...
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Yakuza 0
Single-player alternative to River City: Rival Showdown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with River City: Rival Showdown.
SEGA’s legendary Japanese series finally comes to PC. Fight like hell through Tokyo and Osaka as junior yakuza Kiryu and Majima. Take a front row seat to 1980s life in Japan in an experience unlike anything else in video gaming, with uncapped framerates and 4K resolutions. A legend is born.
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DRAGON BALL FighterZ
Single-player alternative to River City: Rival Showdown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with River City: Rival Showdown.
DRAGON BALL FighterZ is born from what makes the DRAGON BALL series so loved and famous: endless spectacular fights with its all-powerful fighters.
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GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE-
Single-player alternative to River City: Rival Showdown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with River City: Rival Showdown.
The cutting-edge 2D/3D hybrid graphics pioneered in the Guilty Gear series have been raised to the next level in “GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE-“. The new artistic direction and improved character animations will go beyond anything you’ve seen before in a fighting game!
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BlazBlue Centralfiction
Single-player alternative to River City: Rival Showdown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with River City: Rival Showdown.
Combining a 2D fighting game with a visual novel, the BlazBlue series continues on with massive fan support! The latest installation, BlazBlue: Centralfiction, serves as the ending to the Azure Saga, revealing the hidden truth of the world!
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GUILTY GEAR Xrd REV 2
Single-player alternative to River City: Rival Showdown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with River City: Rival Showdown.
Astonishing 3D cell animations and overwhelming content volume, the next-generation fighting game "GUILTY GEAR Xrd REV 2" is now out on Steam! Total cast of 25 unique characters, and tons of game modes, get ready to ROCK!
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Granblue Fantasy: Versus
Single-player alternative to River City: Rival Showdown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with River City: Rival Showdown.
A new game in the Granblue Fantasy universe, available on Steam! This fantasy game blends fighting game action and RPG-style adventure. Throw yourself into matches or enjoy powering up your characters!
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Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising
Single-player alternative to River City: Rival Showdown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with River City: Rival Showdown.
Rise to the challenge in Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising! This powered up, revamped sequel to GBVS is more enjoyable and accessible than ever before. With simplified input options, even newcomers can engage in thrilling and strategic matches!
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GUILTY GEAR XX ACCENT CORE PLUS R
Single-player alternative to River City: Rival Showdown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with River City: Rival Showdown.
Ultimate battle action, and the epitome of the GUILTY GEAR XX series now on Steam! Bonus soundtracks included!
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Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
Single-player alternative to River City: Rival Showdown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with River City: Rival Showdown.
A Persona 4 Smackdown!