Single-player games like Jetpack Kiwi
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Jetpack Kiwi, 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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Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef
Single-player alternative to Jetpack Kiwi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Jetpack Kiwi.
From the developers of the Guns, Gore and Cannoli franchise comes a new 2D run & gun platformer: Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & TEEF! Spearhead an Ork invasion, destroy the hive city and kill your warboss! ‘Ere we go!
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Deathsmiles
Single-player alternative to Jetpack Kiwi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Jetpack Kiwi.
Deathsmiles is CAVE's bullet-hell shoot-'em-up where you take the role of one of five Angels to defend the magical land of Gilverado from an invasion by Hell itself! Eradicate this devilish assault!
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Guns, Gore & Cannoli
Single-player alternative to Jetpack Kiwi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Jetpack Kiwi.
Guns, Gore & Cannoli - An over-the-top, comical and fast-paced action game with hand-drawn graphics set in the Roaring Twenties. An all-you-can-shoot fest where you embody Vinnie, a mobster with a mission in a city controlled by gangsters and plagued by zombies. Featuring up to 4-man local co-op.
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HUNTDOWN
Single-player alternative to Jetpack Kiwi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Jetpack Kiwi.
In the mayhem-filled streets of the future where criminal gangs rule and cops fear to tread, only the bounty hunters can free the city from the corrupt fist of felony. Lay waste to the criminal underworld and make a killing in this hard boiled action comedy arcade shooter.
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DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours
Single-player alternative to Jetpack Kiwi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Jetpack Kiwi.
DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours is the latest installment in Taito's DARIUS series of arcade-style shooting games. Blast hordes of alien sea-monsters, and blaze your own trail through branching environments.
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Super Time Force Ultra
Single-player alternative to Jetpack Kiwi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Jetpack Kiwi.
Super Time Force Ultra is an insane platformer filled with robots and dinosaurs and fun and time travel... sometimes all at the same time!
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Valfaris: Mecha Therion
Single-player alternative to Jetpack Kiwi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Jetpack Kiwi.
Therion returns as the hunt for Lord Vroll continues. Pilot an advanced machine of death and destruction in this explosive 2.5D side-scrolling shoot ‘em up, and sequel to the critically acclaimed Valfaris. Strap in and unleash mecha hell!
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Shoot 1UP DX
Single-player alternative to Jetpack Kiwi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Jetpack Kiwi.
Why play shoot 'em ups one ship at a time? Launch them all at once! Unleash an entire armada of ships in Shoot 1UP!
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In Space
Single-player alternative to Jetpack Kiwi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Jetpack Kiwi.
In Space is a 2D top-down Arena Shooter where you are on an alien planet, and you have to survive to a horde of alien creatures that want your blood
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Dotto Botto
Single-player alternative to Jetpack Kiwi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Jetpack Kiwi.
Dotto Botto: a classic Super Mario Bros. style platformer game.
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Towerland
Single-player alternative to Jetpack Kiwi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Jetpack Kiwi.
A 2D top-down 4-directional shooter with RPG and roguelite elements.
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The Last Man
Single-player alternative to Jetpack Kiwi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Jetpack Kiwi.
A topdown survival space horror where a single enemy hit can end your life
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Boing Bang Adventure
Single-player alternative to Jetpack Kiwi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Jetpack Kiwi.
Boing Bang Adventure is a 2D arcade game in the style of the classic arcade game "Pang" Face almost 50 levels, in 8 different world in single player or in local co-op!
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Toilet Paper Please
Single-player alternative to Jetpack Kiwi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Jetpack Kiwi.
In Toilet Paper, please! you are a Toilet Paper Roll who wants to collect all the pieces of toilet paper in the world. Face more the 100 levels in this classic but challenging avoid and collect game.
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Purrrification
Single-player alternative to Jetpack Kiwi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Jetpack Kiwi.
An innocent-looking platformer. Jump, collect, progress. But something feels off. Levels shift, sounds distort, the screen... reacts. This is more than just a game. How far are you willing to go?