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Single-player games like Split/Second

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Split/Second, 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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    GRIP: Combat Racing — Steam game cover

    GRIP: Combat Racing

    Single-player alternative to Split/Second — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Racing with Split/Second.

    Harness gravity-defying speed in classic combat racing taken to the EXTREME. Master wall-riding, ceiling-surfing tracks, and unleash devastating weapons across 29 blistering circuits. Race solo, split-screen, or online with up to 10 players. GRIP delivers white-knuckle racing like nothing else.

    2018ActionIndieRacing29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box — Steam game cover

    Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box

    Single-player alternative to Split/Second — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Split/Second.

    Download Burnout™ Paradise: The Ultimate Box today. Paradise City is the largest and most dangerous setting yet for the best-selling Burnout series. The massive setting gives players an open-ended world to explore, as they race their vehicles through hundreds of miles of roads and underground passages with more than 70 different cars.

    2009RacingSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Redout: Enhanced Edition — Steam game cover

    Redout: Enhanced Edition

    Single-player alternative to Split/Second — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Split/Second.

    Redout is a tribute to the old racing monsters such as F-Zero, WipeOut, Rollcage, and POD. It is designed to be an uncompromising, fast, tough and satisfying driving experience, soaked in that vertigo that stands at the core of the arcade racing genre.

    2016Racing19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Distance — Steam game cover

    Distance

    Single-player alternative to Split/Second — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Racing with Split/Second.

    Distance is an atmospheric racing platformer. Fusing futuristic arcade racing with parkour, survive a deadly, mysterious, neon-drenched city by jumping, rotating, and flying.

    2018ActionIndieRacing24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    GRID Autosport — Steam game cover

    GRID Autosport

    Single-player alternative to Split/Second — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Split/Second.

    It’s all about the teams, the rivals and the race as you become driver for hire, specialising in your favourite disciplines or conquering them all in an intense world of professional motorsport.

    2014SportsRacingDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Horizon Chase Turbo — Steam game cover

    Horizon Chase Turbo

    Single-player alternative to Split/Second — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Split/Second.

    Thrilling arcade racing game, inspired by the super-fun-straight-to-the-point classic racing games from the 90s.

    2018ActionSportsIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Star Drift Evolution — Steam game cover

    Star Drift Evolution

    Single-player alternative to Split/Second — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Split/Second.

    Speed up and powerslide through twisty corners in this minimalistic arcade racer. No braking required. Stay on the throttle and feel the adrenaline of highspeed drifting. Race against AI, leaderboard ghosts or friends online or in split screen. Easy to learn, hard to master!

    2021Racing14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    GRID 2 — Steam game cover

    GRID 2

    Single-player alternative to Split/Second — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Split/Second.

    Be fast, be first and be famous as the race returns in GRID 2, the sequel to the BAFTA-award winning, multi-million selling Race Driver: GRID.

    2013SportsRacingDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit — Steam game cover

    Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit

    Single-player alternative to Split/Second — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Split/Second.

    Need for Speed Hot Pursuit launches you into a new open-world landscape behind the wheel of the world's fastest and most beautiful cars. From Criterion, the award-winning studio behind the Burnout series, Hot Pursuit will redefine racing games for a whole new generation.

    2010RacingDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
  10. 10
    Need for Speed™ — Steam game cover

    Need for Speed™

    Single-player alternative to Split/Second — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Racing with Split/Second.

    Ready to own the streets? Get behind the wheel of iconic cars and floor it through Ventura Bay, a sprawling urban playground. Explore overlapping stories as you build your reputation – and your dream car – and become the ultimate racing icon.

    2020ActionAdventureSimulation7.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    XENO WIPEOUT! — Steam game cover

    XENO WIPEOUT!

    Single-player alternative to Split/Second — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Split/Second.

    After centuries of invincibility, it became popular for humans to watch live alien hunting shows, participate in alien hunts, save up money, equipment, and use all the loot you find to move on to new maps and defeat more powerful enemies.

    2024ActionIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →