Single-player games like Knuckle Jet
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Knuckle Jet, 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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Bottom-Up Beatdown: Hostile Takeover
Single-player alternative to Knuckle Jet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Knuckle Jet.
Bottom-Up Beatdown: Hostile Takeover is an intense 2D beat em' up set in a world dominated by corporations led by monsters! The only way out is up! Begin your freelance kaiju career in campaign mode, or play with friends in the traditional, challenging arcade mode!
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NIPH
Single-player alternative to Knuckle Jet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Knuckle Jet.
NIPH is a stylish roguelite platformer with risky and intense combat. Slash, shoot, and learn and cast spells with more varied items as you explore a vast and diverse fantasy world!
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Dashoot: ABYA's Adventure
Single-player alternative to Knuckle Jet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Knuckle Jet.
Shoot to move in a hardcore precision platformer. As ABYA, a robot from ruins, use your floating cannon to trigger mechanisms, flip platforms, and launch through a post-human world guided by AI Deus. Every shot counts; one mistake resets. Uncover the truth.
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You're It!
Single-player alternative to Knuckle Jet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Knuckle Jet.
A fast 2.5D multiplayer tag game where up to eight blobs grapple, wall-jump, dodge, and shove through 40 wild arenas, passing an explosive glow before time runs out.
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IGS Classic Arcade Collection
Single-player alternative to Knuckle Jet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Knuckle Jet.
IGS Classic Arcade Collection brings together 8 classic IGS arcade hits in one collection. Relive the golden age of arcade gaming with legendary titles like the "Knights of Valour" series, "Martial Masters", "Demon Front", and more—all with up to 4-player online multiplayer.
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Wings of Vi 2: Guardian's Heart
Single-player alternative to Knuckle Jet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Knuckle Jet.
Myougi survived. She shattered the sin statues. Now the Seven Deadly Sins walk the shattered realms, and Vi returns, wings reforged, to hunt them down. The vision is a mix of what I've learned: a precision platformer with fast, fluid combat and more player agency.
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Neo Bananas
Single-player alternative to Knuckle Jet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Knuckle Jet.
In this sci-fi speedrun-platformer, destroy every neo bananas, get the S+ ranks, and uncover why you're the last gorilla on Earth. Go fast. Go wild. Go bananas!
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Salt and Sacrifice
Single-player alternative to Knuckle Jet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Knuckle Jet.
Join your fellow Marked Inquisitors in this online coop successor to award-winning 2016 Soulslike Salt and Sanctuary.
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Teslagrad
Single-player alternative to Knuckle Jet — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A journey begins... A treacherous tower... Unravel its mysteries!Discover the secrets kept in the long abandoned Tesla Tower!Magnetism and other electromagnetic powers will help you explore a non-linear world of beautiful hand-drawn environments, in a steampunk-inspired vision of old Europe.
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Teslagrad 2
Single-player alternative to Knuckle Jet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Knuckle Jet.
Lumina, a young Teslamancer, finds herself stranded after her airship crash lands in Wyrmheim, a remote and treacherous land to the North. Embark on a dangerous adventure, exploring a gigantic, abandoned tower looming over a fjordside valley, on a quest to get Lumina home and back to her family.
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Teslagrad Remastered
Single-player alternative to Knuckle Jet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Knuckle Jet.
Return to the indie classic Teslagrad, recharged to provide the ultimate electromagnetic experience! Escape a tyrant king, master the art of Teslamancy, and uncover the secrets buried deep within the Tesla Tower in this puzzle-platforming adventure!
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World to the West
Single-player alternative to Knuckle Jet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Knuckle Jet.
World to the West is a standalone followup of Teslagrad, the indie hit that sold more than 1.6 million copies worldwide. A vast world of blue skies and dark caves awaits you in this 3D action adventure, as you try to unveil the mysteries of an ancient prophecy.
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Mesmer
Single-player alternative to Knuckle Jet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Knuckle Jet.
A unique revolution simulator where every encounter matters. Mesmer! The pearl of the old world. At least it used to be. But this city has failed its people. Unite the people, spark a revolution and storm the castle. Build a better Mesmer.
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Girl Genius: Adventures In Castle Heterodyne
Single-player alternative to Knuckle Jet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Knuckle Jet.
A fabulous Action Adventure game based on the wonderful graphic novel series, Girl Genius™, by authors Phil & Kaja Foglio.