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Single-player games like Backseat Drivers

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Backseat Drivers, 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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    Track Day: From Street to Circuit — Steam game cover

    Track Day: From Street to Circuit

    Single-player alternative to Backseat Drivers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Backseat Drivers.

    Track Day is a realistic racing game built around a deep career. Buy a used car, turn it into a track machine part by part, compete in grassroots events, earn your licenses, and work your way into professional motorsport.

    SportsIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Slotracers VR — Steam game cover

    Slotracers VR

    Single-player alternative to Backseat Drivers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Backseat Drivers.

    Slotracers VR is a full slotracing experience built for VR. Race miniature cars against your friends on race tracks created by yourself, your friends or the community. Build your own tracks together with your friends and share them on the Steam Workshop for other people to enjoy.

    2021IndieSimulationCasual14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Total Arcade Racing — Steam game cover

    Total Arcade Racing

    Single-player alternative to Backseat Drivers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Backseat Drivers.

    Total Arcade Racing is a fun 2D top-down arcade racing game where you zip around closed circuits. Play solo or with up to 8 friends on the same screen in various game modes.​ This game is a tribute to old school arcade racing games like Super Sprint, Slicks 'n' Slide and Super Cars.

    2021ActionSportsIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Speed Rivals - Slot Racing — Steam game cover

    Speed Rivals - Slot Racing

    Single-player alternative to Backseat Drivers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Backseat Drivers.

    Speed Rivals is a slot-racing game where speed meets chaos. Build, race, and share your own circuits. Create impossible tracks, challenge friends and rivals, and climb the leaderboards with a hit of toy-box nostalgia.

    2026ActionSportsIndie11.00 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ferrano: Beyond Redline — Steam game cover

    Ferrano: Beyond Redline

    Single-player alternative to Backseat Drivers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Backseat Drivers.

    Feel the rush at the limit. Weave through tight traffic in legendary retro supercars within a decaying synthwave simulation. Enter the flow state, synchronize with mates, or drive solo to break the limits and reach beyond the redline.

    IndieCasualRacingSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Jank Yard — Steam game cover

    Jank Yard

    Single-player alternative to Backseat Drivers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Backseat Drivers.

    Jank Yard is a chaotic online party game about building ridiculous brick vehicles. Race, jump, joust and fall to pieces across silly obstacle courses. Build it. Jank it. Send it.

    ActionIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wheelchair For Two — Steam game cover

    Wheelchair For Two

    Single-player alternative to Backseat Drivers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Backseat Drivers.

    Start a chaotic co-op adventure in one wheelchair. Two players control different sides of the chair and must work together to survive brutal obstacles, dangerous jumps, and physics-based challenges. Play solo or online with a friend — one small mistake can send you both falling down.

    2026SportsIndieAdventure3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Drift King: Survival — Steam game cover

    Drift King: Survival

    Single-player alternative to Backseat Drivers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Backseat Drivers.

    The first racing survival game with an absolutely unbelievable atmosphere! Test yourself in three complicated drifting modes. Tune your car as nobody else to survive on the track. Taste the freedom of drift in super freestyle mode. Get up to the top in ranking and prove that you are the DriftKing!

    2016SportsIndieSimulation4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Beam Bound — Steam game cover

    Beam Bound

    Single-player alternative to Backseat Drivers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Backseat Drivers.

    Trapped in a scifi labyrinth but BOUND for freedom, you must BEAM your way out of the HALL OF MIRRORS by solving its DEVILISH PRISMATIC PUZZLES.

    2024StrategyIndieCasual4.79 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →