Single-player games like Race Arcade
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Race Arcade, 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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Circuit Superstars
Single-player alternative to Race Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Indie with Race Arcade.
Circuit Superstars is a top down racing game with a tactile arcade physics model, pitstops, and a pure motorsport approach. It includes 16 categories that span different styles and eras of motorsport.
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GeneRally 2
Single-player alternative to Race Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Indie with Race Arcade.
GeneRally 2 is a top-down arcade racing game with a built-in track editor. Challenge the track records in time-trial; compete on the sofa with friends; or race online against people from around the world!
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Ultimate Racing 2D
Single-player alternative to Race Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Indie with Race Arcade.
The ultimate top-down racing game, with 35 racing classes, over 45 visual stunning tracks, extensive career mode, championship mode and online/offline multiplayer modes.
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Ultimate Racing 2D 2
Single-player alternative to Race Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Indie with Race Arcade.
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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Super Arcade Racing
Single-player alternative to Race Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Indie with Race Arcade.
Bring back the 80s! Classic top-down retro-racing with a gripping story mode, local and online multiplayer and leaderboard. Customise your car and race through more than 60 tracks on several biomes, defeat dodgy rivals and uncover a gripping mystery. Pure arcade fun with an 80s-inspired OST.
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Little Racers STREET
Single-player alternative to Race Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Racing with Race Arcade.
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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Horizon Chase Turbo
Single-player alternative to Race Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Indie with Race Arcade.
Thrilling arcade racing game, inspired by the super-fun-straight-to-the-point classic racing games from the 90s.
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SpeedRunners
Single-player alternative to Race Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Indie with Race Arcade.
Cut-throat multiplayer running game that pits 4 players against each other, locally and/or online. Run, jump, swing around, and use devious weapons and pick-ups to knock opponents off-screen! One of the most competitive games you'll ever play.
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New Star™ GP
Single-player alternative to Race Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Indie with Race Arcade.
New Star™ GP is a fast and exciting arcade motorsport game with crisp retro visuals. Play career mode and work your way through decades of racing while upgrading your car and your support team... or chase high scores in championship mode on your own or in split-screen with up to three friends!
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Cities: Skylines II
Single-player alternative to Race Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into a thriving metropolis with the most realistic city builder ever. Push your creativity and problem-solving to build on a scale you've never experienced. With deep simulation and a living economy, this is world-building without limits.
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Surviving the Aftermath
Single-player alternative to Race Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.
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Ice Lakes
Single-player alternative to Race Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Indie with Race Arcade.
Ice Lakes is a modern ice fishing simulator with different single and multiplayer game modes and sandbox approach to wintertime fishing. Use and customize wide selection of fishing gear and learn how changing season, bottom topology, time of day and weather conditions affects fish behavior.
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Premium Pool Arena
Single-player alternative to Race Arcade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports with Race Arcade.
Premium Pool Arena is a modern arcade style pool game with single player, online and local multiplayer modes. If you love a relaxed game of 8 ball, this is the game for you!