Single-player games like Rex Rocket
Below are 19 single-player Steam games similar to Rex Rocket, 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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Environmental Station Alpha
Single-player alternative to Rex Rocket — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rex Rocket.
Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.
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Rebel Transmute
Single-player alternative to Rex Rocket — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rex Rocket.
Rebel Transmute is a challenging 2D action-platformer epic with heart! Explore the twisting caverns of an alien planet, augment your play-style to fit your strengths, battle deadly bosses, and uncover a dark truth as Moon Mikono searches for her long lost mother.
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La-Mulana
Single-player alternative to Rex Rocket — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rex Rocket.
LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.
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Horace
Single-player alternative to Rex Rocket — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rex Rocket.
"The best platformer of 2019."Horace is a huge platforming adventure which pushes the boundaries of the genre with a profound story of a small robot learning of life, the universe and Douglas Adams. Made by videogame lovers for videogame lovers!
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Axiom Verge
Single-player alternative to Rex Rocket — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rex Rocket.
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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Castle In The Darkness
Single-player alternative to Rex Rocket — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rex Rocket.
Castle In The Darkness is a fun and challenging shout out to the early days of video games! It's an action exploration platformer with some RPG elements, much like games from the Castlevania or Metroid series. It's super fast-paced, challenging, and full of secrets!
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Gato Roboto
Single-player alternative to Rex Rocket — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rex Rocket.
Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
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The Mummy Demastered
Single-player alternative to Rex Rocket — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Rex Rocket.
A powerful ancient evil has arisen, and the war to save humanity has begun! As an elite agent in the monster-hunting Prodigium organization, you must use a variety of weapons, upgrades, and mysterious artifacts to defend mankind against the supernatural hordes of Princess Ahmanet.
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Summum Aeterna
Single-player alternative to Rex Rocket — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rex Rocket.
Summum Aeterna is a fast-paced Roguelite inspired by the Metroidvania Aeterna Noctis. Create your own worlds, challenges, difficulty and influences in each new run. Die, learn, become stronger, and achieve victory. Death is inevitable, but glory is only for the chosen.
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Mega Man X Legacy Collection
Single-player alternative to Rex Rocket — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Rex Rocket.
Mega Man X Legacy Collection includes the legendary 16-bit titles and the series’ exciting foray into the 32-bit era: Mega Man X, Mega Man X2, Mega Man X3, and Mega Man X4. Test your skills in the new X Challenge mode, which pits players against two deadly bosses at once.
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Mutant Mudds Deluxe
Single-player alternative to Rex Rocket — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rex Rocket.
Love pixels? Fond of platformers? Is there a special place in your heart for the 8-bit and 16-bit era? Want to have fun? Yes!? Well, you’ve come to the right place, my friend. Mutant Mudds Deluxe is a “12-bit” action platformer full of pixels and platforming fun!
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Super Win the Game
Single-player alternative to Rex Rocket — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rex Rocket.
Throw on your nostalgia goggles and travel back in time with Super Win the Game, a retro-core explosion of exploration and platforming action!!
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Mega Man Legacy Collection
Single-player alternative to Rex Rocket — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Rex Rocket.
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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STEEL STRIDER
Single-player alternative to Rex Rocket — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rex Rocket.
STEEL STRIDER is the follow up to the acclaimed GIGANTIC ARMY and pays homage to the great run and gun games such as Turrican and Super Contra, but adds mouse / dual analogue stick-operated weapons!
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Single-player alternative to Rex Rocket — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rex Rocket.
A twisted, hand-drawn action RPG set in a fantastical world of absolute ignorance. All shall be pure of thought.
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Mega Man Legacy Collection 2
Single-player alternative to Rex Rocket — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Rex Rocket.
The Blue Bomber is back in this second collection of classic Capcom titles! Featuring faithful reproductions of Mega Man 7, 8, 9, & 10, this collection is bursting with additional content, from time trials and remix challenges to a music player and an extensive gallery of rare illustrations.
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Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King
Single-player alternative to Rex Rocket — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Rex Rocket.
Explore a huge open game world in classic action-adventure fashion! Prove your worth by fighting through monster-infested dungeons to save the Kingdom of Blossom!
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Cattle Country
Single-player alternative to Rex Rocket — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Rex Rocket.
Howdy partner! Welcome to Cattle Country, the Cozy Cowboy Adventure Life Sim. Become a determined pioneer traveling west to start a new life. Make a home in the mountains, take on bandits, discover dastardly plots, build a farm, develop your town, and make friends with fellow residents.
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Blossom Tales II: The Minotaur Prince
Single-player alternative to Rex Rocket — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Rex Rocket.
The Minotaur King has returned...and it's all your fault! Lily's back for a new "classic" action-adventure set hundreds of years after The Sleeping King!