Single-player games like The Next Penelope
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to The Next Penelope, 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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Rocket Rumble
Single-player alternative to The Next Penelope — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Next Penelope.
Rocket Rumble is a 4 player party racing brawler where crossing the finish line first isn't the only goal! Smash your way through action-packed tracks, earning points along the way. Earn the most to win! Plus with procedurally generated obstacles in every track, you'll never know what's coming up!
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Assault Android Cactus+
Single-player alternative to The Next Penelope — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Next Penelope.
Assault Android Cactus is an intense arcade style twin stick shooter - pick from one of nine unique synthetic heroines and blast your way through overwhelming robots hordes to save the ship from its own workforce. Supports single player and local co-op game modes.
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Rock n' Rush: Battle Racing
Single-player alternative to The Next Penelope — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Next Penelope.
Multiplayer Combat Racing Game inspired by the 90's classics like Rock n' Roll Racing and Mario Kart.
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GRAL
Single-player alternative to The Next Penelope — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Next Penelope.
GRAL is a futuristic racing game with combat elements, a tribute to the 90s games such as Megarace, POD, DethKarz. Rides fast racing cars that spin 600Mph on articulated tracks with shortcuts, jumps, parabolic and death rides!
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Retro Rally!
Single-player alternative to The Next Penelope — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Next Penelope.
Get ready to embark on a nostalgic journey back to the golden era of arcade gaming with Retro Rally! This top-down racing game pays homage to the classic arcade racers of yesteryears, offering an adrenaline-pumping experience that will have you hooked from the moment you hit the accelerator.
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BlazeRush
Single-player alternative to The Next Penelope — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Next Penelope.
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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Obliteracers
Single-player alternative to The Next Penelope — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Next Penelope.
Award-winning same-screen party racing for up to 16 players! Race brutal-cute aliens on exotic planets, using weapon powerups and physics-based vehicles to annihilate your competition in frantic round-based combat. Connect spare gamepads, laptops and smart devices as extra controllers.
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ThunderWheels
Single-player alternative to The Next Penelope — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Next Penelope.
ThunderWheels is a retro racing game with a classic top-down racing perspective plus third and first person view, realistic physics and really fun circuits full of 80's nostalgia.
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Zero-K
Single-player alternative to The Next Penelope — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Next Penelope.
With 100+ truly unique units, Zero-K is an RTS of freedom and creativity, tempered by a decade of refinement. Sculpt land into a castle and throw invaders off it with a Jugglenaut. Explore a massive campaign, solo or co-op. Hop online for epic 32 player battles or fast paced 1v1, on 100s of maps.
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Micro Machines World Series
Single-player alternative to The Next Penelope — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with The Next Penelope.
The legend is back! Micro Machines World Series combines the thrilling madness of racing micro vehicles with epic team battle strategies, set against the extraordinary interactive backdrops of the everyday home! Grab your NERF blaster, try to avoid the jam, and take on the world!
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Roadkill
Single-player alternative to The Next Penelope — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Next Penelope.
In a dystopian future, drivers race through deadly tracks, earning points by running over pedestrians as well as winning. Armed with brutal vehicles, they score for kills, with bonus points for gruesome takedowns. The ruthless battle where survival means sacrificing humanity for fame and fortune.
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Microbes and Machines
Single-player alternative to The Next Penelope — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Next Penelope.
Microbes and Machines is a roguelite action game where you control a little bubble robot that fights against the forces of evil.
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RoadKill
Single-player alternative to The Next Penelope — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Next Penelope.
You dodged death once — but it's not finished with you yet. Alone in an eerie town, you must search, hide, and survive while a relentless mechanical predator stalks the streets. Stay alert. Stay alive.