Single-player games like Split/Second
Below are 9 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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Ridge Racer™ Unbounded
Single-player alternative to Split/Second — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Split/Second.
The latest title in the RIDGE RACER franchise, RIDGE RACER Unbounded gears up to carve its own destructive path with a new breed of arcade racing.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Remastered
Single-player alternative to Split/Second — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Racing with Split/Second.
Feel the thrill of the chase and the rush of escape behind the wheels of the world’s hottest high-performance cars in Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Remastered– a heart-pumping, socially competitive racing experience.
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Wreckfest
Single-player alternative to Split/Second — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Split/Second.
Wreckfest is a demolition derby themed racing game with soft-body damage modeling, sophisticated driving dynamics and in-depth vehicle upgrading, featuring both demolition derbies and more traditional track races. It’s all about fun, breakneck racing and over-the-top crashes.
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FlatOut 2
Single-player alternative to Split/Second — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Split/Second.
Experience the drive of your life as you throw yourself around on and off the track causing fences to shatter, tyre walls explode, water tanks and barrels fly across the track into other cars.
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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.