Single-player games like Excessive Speed
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Excessive Speed, 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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Gas Guzzlers Extreme
Single-player alternative to Excessive Speed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Excessive Speed.
Gas Guzzlers Extreme is a fast, furious, armed-to-the-teeth, trigger-happy shooter, shifted into top gear! Take a white knuckle ride in this crazily addictive combat racing game.
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BlazeRush
Single-player alternative to Excessive Speed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Excessive Speed.
BlazeRush is a dynamic arcade racing survival game with no health, no levelling and no brakes! You can assemble a team of friends to play in local or online multiplayer, choose a car to your taste and chase, blow up and cut off! Adapt your style and tactics to new enemies, obstacles and tracks.
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GRIP: Combat Racing
Single-player alternative to Excessive Speed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Excessive Speed.
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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Little Racers STREET
Single-player alternative to Excessive Speed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Excessive Speed.
Little Racers STREET fuses the fun-oriented simplicity of top-down racing games with the excitement of street racing, and the results couldn't be better!
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FlatOut
Single-player alternative to Excessive Speed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Excessive Speed.
Ram through pile-ups and smash through your windshield as you push racing to the edge! FlatOut™ delivers more heart-stopping thrills than any sane driver can handle!
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Slipstream
Single-player alternative to Excessive Speed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Excessive Speed.
Arcade-style racing game inspired by the spirit of the early 90s, with drifting mechanics and exotic tracks.
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Ultimate Racing 2D 2
Single-player alternative to Excessive Speed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Excessive Speed.
The ultimate top-down racing game is back! Ultimate Racing 2D 2 includes new cars, new tracks, car/track editor, time-trial mode, improved online multiplayer and career mode, new settings and more.
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Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
Single-player alternative to Excessive Speed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Excessive Speed.
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.
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Billy Blade: Temple of Time
Single-player alternative to Excessive Speed — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
As Billy you'll have to travel to Ancient Persia, The Ice Age, and The Caribbean and hack and slash your way to the top in order to fight The Guardians of Time. Each level challenges the player with platform jumping as well as sword fighting and also simple puzzle solving.