Single-player games like Cube Samurai: RUN!
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Cube Samurai: RUN!, 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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NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
Single-player alternative to Cube Samurai: RUN! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cube Samurai: RUN!.
A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja adventure.
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JumpJet Rex
Single-player alternative to Cube Samurai: RUN! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cube Samurai: RUN!.
Test your dinosaur jump-jet skills with a game that redefines the platformer genre, aptly renaming it "platflyer." Simply put, you're a t-rex with rocket boots trying to save earth from an incoming asteroid. Do you have what it takes to stop it?
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SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance
Single-player alternative to Cube Samurai: RUN! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cube Samurai: RUN!.
The iconic SHINOBI returns in an all-new 2D action platformer with a unique hand-drawn look created by the team behind the hit brawler Streets of Rage 4.
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Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider
Single-player alternative to Cube Samurai: RUN! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cube Samurai: RUN!.
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is a side-scrolling action platformer that channels the golden age of classic 16-bit action games in a full-throttle quest for revenge. Created to defend a totalitarian state, the Moonrider rejects its programming and now seeks vengeance on its creators.
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Panzer Paladin
Single-player alternative to Cube Samurai: RUN! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cube Samurai: RUN!.
Hop in the Paladin power armor, seize melee weapons from the demonic invaders and give them a taste of their own medicine!
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BattleBlock Theater®
Single-player alternative to Cube Samurai: RUN! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Cube Samurai: RUN!.
Welcome to BattleBlock Theater! You’ve got no where to go but up...on stage. Play single player or co-op to free your friends and save Hatty Hattington! Jump, solve and battle your way through a mysterious theater inhabited by highly technological felines.
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Sonic Mania
Single-player alternative to Cube Samurai: RUN! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Cube Samurai: RUN!.
Sonic Mania is an all-new adventure with Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles full of unique bosses, rolling 2D landscapes, and fun classic gameplay.
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Slain: Back from Hell
Single-player alternative to Cube Samurai: RUN! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cube Samurai: RUN!.
Slain: Back from Hell. A heavy metal inspired arcade combat with puzzle elements and gore galore. Stunning visuals and true old school gameplay accompanied by the most metal soundtrack you've ever heard.
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Steel & Steam: Episode 1
Single-player alternative to Cube Samurai: RUN! — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Steel & Steam takes the best elements from the fantasy JRPG’s of old, such as great stories, awesome characters, and classic monsters, and combines them with a touch of steampunk. It’s like taking Lord of the Rings and mixing in the Wild West.
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First Impact: Rise of a Hero
Single-player alternative to Cube Samurai: RUN! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cube Samurai: RUN!.
First Impact: Rise of a Hero immerses you in a beautiful comic book world where you can run, jump, fly, and summon elemental powers to protect citizens. Experience a lush array of islands and cityscapes and uncover the truth about a mysterious force sending meteors to Earth. For PC & VR!
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Bring to Light
Single-player alternative to Cube Samurai: RUN! — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Trapped in the city subway system due to a sudden disaster, you explore the depths of the tunnels to find your way out. The further you explore, the more you realize there is more to this disaster...and the lurking shadows are following your every move.
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Project Dark
Single-player alternative to Cube Samurai: RUN! — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Project Dark is an episodic, narrative-driven audio game that uses binaural sound and "choose your own adventure" style storytelling to immerse players in its varied worlds. Close your eyes, and see.