Single-player games like Canabalt
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Canabalt, 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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FOTONICA
Single-player alternative to Canabalt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Canabalt.
Ever wondered what running at 140mph feels like? FOTONICA is a first-person game about the thrill of speed and traveling flawlessly through complex environments.FOTONICA is simple, but is not easy: it follows a tradition of arcade games that are easy to pick up and almost impossible to master.
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Stealth Bastard Deluxe
Single-player alternative to Canabalt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Canabalt.
Armed with only your wits and a pair of Stealthing Goggles, it’s your job to sneak your way through a deadly facility that’s determined to extinguish your fragile little life.
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BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition
Single-player alternative to Canabalt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Canabalt.
With BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition, experience the multi-award-winning action adventure like never before - redesigned for Steam.
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Black Future '88
Single-player alternative to Canabalt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Canabalt.
Black Future ’88 is a Synth-Punk roguelike 2D action Shooter. Vertically climb an always evolving procedural tower to reach the top and kill its insane owner…before your heart explodes. Shoot, slash, dash and upgrade yourself to survive the endless waves of Homicidal AI, Traps & Colossal Wardens.
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Dino Run DX
Single-player alternative to Canabalt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Canabalt.
DINOSAURS. PIXELS. PYROCLASTIC DOOM WALLS. MASSIVE INDIE CROSSOVERS. Dino Run DX has all of that and more. Come rediscover the original runner and escape extinction all over again.
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HUNTDOWN
Single-player alternative to Canabalt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Canabalt.
In the mayhem-filled streets of the future where criminal gangs rule and cops fear to tread, only the bounty hunters can free the city from the corrupt fist of felony. Lay waste to the criminal underworld and make a killing in this hard boiled action comedy arcade shooter.
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Run or Die
Single-player alternative to Canabalt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Canabalt.
Run or Die is a fast paced Endless Runner that focuses on movement based abilities (and a huge Ion Cannon)! Players must make decisions in the blink of an eye in order to make their way through a hazardous city environment where every run is different!
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Cobalt
Single-player alternative to Canabalt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Canabalt.
Forget everything you’ve learned about combat. Cobalt’s slo-mo mechanic lets you perform moves that other games can’t comprehend. Discover the secrets of a distant colony in a cosmic campaign, take on challenges and rule the leaderboards, or face off against others in local and online multiplayer.
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Vector
Single-player alternative to Canabalt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Canabalt.
Vector is an exciting, arcade-style game featuring you as the exceptional free runner who won’t be held down by the system. In this totalitarian world freedom and individually is nothing more than a distant dream. But the heart of a freerunner is strong, and so you break free.
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Super Hexagon
Single-player alternative to Canabalt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Canabalt.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
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ANIME TETRIS
Single-player alternative to Canabalt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Canabalt.
The legendary game "Tetris" in a unique performance and atmosphere
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Overland
Single-player alternative to Canabalt — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Take care of a group of travelers on a post-apocalyptic road-trip across the United States in this turn-based survival game.