Single-player games like Flashback
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Flashback, 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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Dex
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Flashback.
Dex is a 2D, side-scrolling, open-world cyberpunk RPG with a focus on exploration and non-linear gameplay.
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Bionic Commando: Rearmed
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Flashback.
Classic side-scrolling gameplay is reporting back for duty with Bionic Commando Rearmed, a remake of the classic NES game, out now on PC.20 years after the 8-bit classic was released, Bionic Commando Rearmed recreates the world of the original with a complete "2.5D" visual revamp.
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Shadow Complex Remastered
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Flashback.
ChAIR’s fresh twist on classic side-scrolling design with modern gameplay is amplified in Shadow Complex Remastered. 10+ hrs of exploration and fast-paced combat from award-winning original game, updated with graphical enhancements, dynamic melee take-downs, and new Master Challenges.
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Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Flashback.
Built from scratch, enjoy breathtaking visuals, enhanced audio and improved, deeper gameplay as New 'n' Tasty reignites the original Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee using the latest next-generation technology.
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Rochard
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Flashback.
Fast-paced platforming action and mind-bending puzzles based on gravity
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Axiom Verge
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Flashback.
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
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Another World – 20th Anniversary Edition
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Flashback.
Also known as Out Of This World™, Another World is a pioneer action/platformer that released across more than a dozen platforms since its debut in 1991. Along the years, Another World™ has attained cult status among critics and sophisticated gamers alike.
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STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜®
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Flashback.
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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Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Flashback.
Serious Sam is a high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Year 2001!
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Wasteland 1 - The Original Classic
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Flashback.
For the first time in over 20 years, we are heralding the return of a much loved piece of gaming history with the classic RPG, Wasteland! Mutants. Again. Even more than there were last time: they seem to materialize out of the very grains of the radioactive desert sand. Venomous yellow eyes.
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The OG Cake Factory
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Flashback.
You've woken up in this magnificent cake factory, but soon realize that a crazy chef is after you… Get ready to bake cakes in this stressful First-person Horror game!