Single-player games like Prison City
Below are 20 single-player Steam games similar to Prison City, 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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Guts 'n Grunts
Single-player alternative to Prison City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Prison City.
Inspired by games like Contra and Turrican, Guts 'n Grunts is a mid-paced action game with lots of shooting, swimming, and rolling. Find power-ups. Earn upgrades. Fight for pig freedom!
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Iron Meat
Single-player alternative to Prison City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Prison City.
Iron Meat is a run-and-gun arcade shooter that immerses players in an apocalyptic future overrun by "The Meat," an iron-ravenous mass mutating everything in its path. Blast your way through retro-inspired stages and bosses to uncover the shocking horrors behind secret experiments on the Moon.
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Biomechanical Toy (QUByte Classics)
Single-player alternative to Prison City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Prison City.
Run, jump, and shoot your way through a world of biomechanical toys to recover a stolen magic pendulum in a frantic, old-school run-and-gun game. Take on bosses, collect power-ups, and save the kingdom as a tough action hero!
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Eloriasha
Single-player alternative to Prison City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Prison City.
A simple but challenging old-school action-platformer with a surprisingly emotional story.
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Thunder Hoop Collection (QUByte Classics)
Single-player alternative to Prison City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Prison City.
Run, shoot, and destroy hordes of mutants in the definitive Thunder Hoop collection. Take on Professor Genbreak’s bio-monsters in two explosive retro platformers, for an authentic ’90s arcade experience!
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Farlands Journey
Single-player alternative to Prison City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Prison City.
Farlands Journey is a cute 2D platformer about a little sorceress. Using various magic wands she defeats enemies and solves puzzles to recover the stolen power of her Magic Academy.
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Berserk Boy
Single-player alternative to Prison City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Prison City.
BERSERK BOY is a high speed action packed Platformer, with Metroidvania elements. Packed with vibrant and stylish pixel art. Go Berserk! as you change into different forms and use the power of Lightning, Fire, Ice, Air, and Earth to save the planet!
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Robot-X
Single-player alternative to Prison City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Prison City.
A fast-paced platform shooter inspired by 90s classics. Follow Robot-X on a journey to protect the city from a new danger, fight bosses and jump over pits in this retro experience.
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The Messenger
Single-player alternative to Prison City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Prison City.
As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.
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Project Vic
Single-player alternative to Prison City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Prison City.
As a freelance journalist, you receive a tip-off from a policeman friend about a death. You immediately make your way to the scene to get a first-hand impression of the case. But shortly after you arrive, you realize that things are not quite right here...
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Shatterland
Single-player alternative to Prison City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Prison City.
Shatterland is a co-op zombie/Alien survival game with base-building and exploration. Loot resources, craft weapons, build with friends, and fight through a devastated world filled with the undead, hostile survivors, and military secrets.
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Contrast
Single-player alternative to Prison City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Prison City.
CONTRAST is a puzzle/platform game where you can move between a fantastic 3D world and a mysterious shadowy universe in 2D in the blink of an eye. Delve into a dreamlike and surreal 1920s world, inspired by the performance art world of vaudeville and film noir, and cradled by a smooth and sultry jazz ambiance.
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NINJA GAIDEN 4
Single-player alternative to Prison City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Prison City.
The definitive ninja action-adventure franchise returns with NINJA GAIDEN 4! Embark on a cutting-edge adventure where legacy meets innovation in a high-octane blend of style and no-holds-barred combat.
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Castle of Vania
Single-player alternative to Prison City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Prison City.
Invade the castle of the powerful Vampire Vania, face several difficult, exciting and sensual challenges to end this reign of horror and orgies.
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NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
Single-player alternative to Prison City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Prison City.
A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja adventure.
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Mega Man Legacy Collection
Single-player alternative to Prison City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Prison City.
Mega Man Legacy Collection is a celebration of the 8-bit history of Capcom’s iconic Blue Bomber featuring faithful reproductions of the series’ origins with the original six Mega Man games.
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Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit
Single-player alternative to Prison City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Prison City.
The Angry Video Game Nerd is back in 8-bits! Battle through frantic platforming levels, defeat classic AVGN bosses, and save all of gaming, or test your skills in Endless Challenge mode!
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Meme Machine
Single-player alternative to Prison City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Prison City.
Meme Machine is a color-matching puzzle action game. Pick your meme and use single- and multi-colored pieces to do battle to crush your opponent!
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Toxic Crusaders
Single-player alternative to Prison City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Prison City.
The Toxic Crusaders return for an all-new, all-action beat 'em up for one to four players! Grab your mop, tutu and attitude, and get ready to clean up the mean streets of Tromaville and beyond, one radioactive menace at a time!
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The Transylvania Adventure of Simon Quest
Single-player alternative to Prison City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Prison City.
The Transylvania Adventure of Simon Quest (TASQ) is a parody/homage platformer set in a dark 8-bit world. Your vampire-hunting rival robbed you of fame by killing Count Dracula first! Reclaim your glory by resurrecting Dracula piece by piece and slaying the dark count yourself!