Single-player games like Jackal
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Jackal, 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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Kusan: City of Wolves
Single-player alternative to Jackal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jackal.
Kusan: City of Wolves is a high-octane hardcore top-down shooter where players fight through a brutal urban jungle ruled by gunfire and corruption to save Haru — a girl fitted with a city-grade atomic weapon.
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KILL KNIGHT
Single-player alternative to Jackal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Jackal.
KILL KNIGHT is an ultra-responsive arcade-inspired isometric action shooter. Condemned to eternal sufferance, deep within the voids of an eldritch arena, you must wield an arsenal of devastating weaponry to obliterate swarms of otherworldly horrors - and MASTER THE DEMON WITHIN.
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OTXO
Single-player alternative to Jackal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Jackal.
Enter an inexplicable, abstract mansion to rescue a loved one in this fast-paced, brutal, and dark roguelite filled with precise but savage gunplay and time-bending slow motion. Face your inner demons and unveil the secrets of the Mansion.
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The Hong Kong Massacre
Single-player alternative to Jackal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jackal.
Blast your way through the streets of Hong Kong in a fast-paced, top-down shooter. Inspired by classic action movies, The Hong Kong Massacre places you at the center of a hard-boiled revenge story, filled with brutal, cinematic shootouts and vivid underworld locations.
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Intravenous 2
Single-player alternative to Jackal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Jackal.
Intravenous 2 is the ultimate blend of tactical gameplay and immersive storytelling. Will you embrace the shadows or confront your foes head-on? The choice is yours. Experience a new era of tactical stealth action. Save lives. Uncover secrets. Take vengeance.
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Hotline Miami
Single-player alternative to Jackal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jackal.
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
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Dead as Disco
Single-player alternative to Jackal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jackal.
Martial arts meets music video in Dead as Disco, a neon-drenched Beat ‘Em Up where every punch, kick, and combo syncs to the music. Join Charlie Disco on a quest to confront the villainous Idols and reunite the band.
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Midnight Fight Express
Single-player alternative to Jackal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jackal.
A former member of the criminal underworld is lured back into “the life” by a mysterious drone claiming they have until sunrise to prevent a citywide criminal takeover together.
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King Arthur's Gold
Single-player alternative to Jackal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jackal.
Would you enjoy building CASTLES, traps and siege machines in MULTIPLAYER? And then undermine your opponents castle and collapse it with 2D PHYSICS & DESTRUCTION?
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Maniac
Single-player alternative to Jackal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jackal.
Ever just tired of it all? Ready for change? Wanna bet it all on sheer mayhem and destruction? In comes Maniac, a rogue-lite crime action game in which the world goes against you, and your insanity creates chaos!
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BUTCHER
Single-player alternative to Jackal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jackal.
BUTCHER is a fast-paced, blood-soaked 2D shooter where carnage is the only way forward. Become a ruthless cyborg tasked with eradicating humanity, leaving nothing but blood, guts, and destruction in your wake. There's no such thing as too much violence in this grim, retro-styled gorefest.
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Soldat 2
Single-player alternative to Jackal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jackal.
Soldat 2 is a 2D deathmatch shooter with real guns, ragdoll violence and physics-based movement. Based on classic Soldat with team game modes, ranked multiplayer, bots and built-in customization and level editing. Made by MM - creator of the original.
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Trench Run
Single-player alternative to Jackal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jackal.
Trench Run is a mayhem-filled, laugh a minute casual 4-player action game brought to you by the makers of King Arthur’s Gold and Soldat.
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Soldat
Single-player alternative to Jackal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jackal.
Soldat is a unique 2D (side-view) multiplayer action game. Soldiers fight against each other in 2D battle arenas using a deadly arsenal of military weapons, across 7 default game modes.