Single-player games like FOTONICA
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to FOTONICA, 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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Boson X
Single-player alternative to FOTONICA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with FOTONICA.
Boson X is a fast-paced rotational runner set in a particle accelerator.
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Neon White
Single-player alternative to FOTONICA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with FOTONICA.
Neon White is a single-player speedrunning FPS where you can sacrifice your guns for godlike parkour moves.
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Inertia
Single-player alternative to FOTONICA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with FOTONICA.
Inertia is a first-person platformer with free-running aspects. Inspired by various other free-running and movement based games/game-modes.
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Celaria
Single-player alternative to FOTONICA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with FOTONICA.
Celaria is a first-person racing parkour platformer in which the player races against the time on various tracks. Find the fastest path to the goal and take advantage of the environment in order to improve your runs as much as possible.
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DeadCore
Single-player alternative to FOTONICA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with FOTONICA.
DeadCore is a Platformer-FPS blending exploration and speedrun. Become immersed in a futuristic and dreamlike adventure which will see you climb a huge Tower born from the void and truly put your capabilities to the test. Will you be able to reveal the secrets that lie beneath this fog-ridden world?
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Impulsion
Single-player alternative to FOTONICA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with FOTONICA.
Impulsion is a fast-paced first-person platformer designed to play with your nerves and reflexes! Make your way through 25 levels of increasing difficulty by manipulating physics to your advantage, shooting force fields to slow down or speed yourself up and the environment!
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N++ (NPLUSPLUS)
Single-player alternative to FOTONICA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with FOTONICA.
N++ is a fast-paced, momentum-based platformer about darting around obstacles, narrowly evading enemies and collecting gold in a beautiful minimalist landscape.
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Distance
Single-player alternative to FOTONICA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with FOTONICA.
Distance is an atmospheric racing platformer. Fusing futuristic arcade racing with parkour, survive a deadly, mysterious, neon-drenched city by jumping, rotating, and flying.
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Circa Infinity
Single-player alternative to FOTONICA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with FOTONICA.
Circa Infinity is a brain-melting circular platformer by Kenny Sun, with a pulse-pounding soundtrack by Jack + Jim Fay.
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Super Cloudbuilt
Single-player alternative to FOTONICA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with FOTONICA.
Rocket-powered 3D parkour platformer, built for speed running and exploration. Defeat enemies and overcome obstacles as you hurtle with break-neck momentum above a vast abyss. Collect power-ups, drop checkpoints and take your place on the international leaderboards.
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Verlet Swing
Single-player alternative to FOTONICA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with FOTONICA.
Verlet Swing brings you energetic swinging in a world that would be best described as a fever dream. Swing fast, don't crash and reach the goal as fast as possible!
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Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst
Single-player alternative to FOTONICA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with FOTONICA.
Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst raises the action-adventure bar through fluid, first person action and immerses players in Faith's story as she fights for freedom.
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MirrorMoon EP
Single-player alternative to FOTONICA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with FOTONICA.
MirrorMoon EP is a game about mystery and exploration set in outer space. These space travels begin on a red planet and its unique moon and extend across galaxies. The single player part of MirrorMoon EP blends adventure and exploration with navigation-based puzzle solving.
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Wheels of Aurelia
Single-player alternative to FOTONICA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with FOTONICA.
A narrative road trip game set in the roaring Italian 70s, it tells the story of Lella, a restless woman driving on the roads of the western coast of Italy, the famous “Via Aurelia”.
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Triennale Game Collection
Single-player alternative to FOTONICA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with FOTONICA.
The Triennale Game Collection is a free virtual exhibition of video games created for the 21st International Exhibition of Triennale Milano by five of the world’s most renowned independent game designers, showcasing these artists’ experimental approach to interactivity.
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Saturnalia
Single-player alternative to FOTONICA — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A Single-Player Survival Horror Adventure: play as a cast of characters exploring an isolated village haunted by an ancient ritual—but beware, its labyrinthine roads will change each time you lose all your characters.