Single-player games like Defunct
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Defunct, 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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DeadCore
Single-player alternative to Defunct — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Defunct.
DeadCore is a Platformer-FPS blending exploration and speedrun. Become immersed in a futuristic and dreamlike adventure which will see you climb a huge Tower born from the void and truly put your capabilities to the test. Will you be able to reveal the secrets that lie beneath this fog-ridden world?
- 2
Grow Up
Single-player alternative to Defunct — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Defunct.
Leaping from mind-boggling heights, bouncing off Champolines, soaring inches from floating islands, BUD can do it all - that look of mild terror, that’s his daredevil face. Help the adorable little robot collect MOM’s scattered ship parts and return them to the moon.
- 3
Distance
Single-player alternative to Defunct — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Racing with Defunct.
Distance is an atmospheric racing platformer. Fusing futuristic arcade racing with parkour, survive a deadly, mysterious, neon-drenched city by jumping, rotating, and flying.
- 4
RKGK / Rakugaki
Single-player alternative to Defunct — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Defunct.
Turn heads. Drop jaws. Be bright. In this single-player 3D platformer, you’re the only one who can take down Mr. Buff and his lackies to restore color and life to the citizens of Cap City. Accompany Valah and the RKGK crew on their journey to take down the oppressive B Corp.
- 5
JETRUNNER
Single-player alternative to Defunct — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Defunct.
JETRUNNER is a parkour FPS, with cel shaded, comic like visuals, and a gameplay loop that can be best described as Trackmania meets Titanfall. Rich, expressive movement, and tight gunplay is what JETRUNNER is all about.
- 6
Nimbus
Single-player alternative to Defunct — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Racing with Defunct.
Nimbus is a unique combination of racing & puzzling. The player controls a craft with no means of directly propelling itself and needs to use whatever is scattered around the levels to acquire thrust and reach the goal. Traverse a world map with several distinct islands in order to recover your lost love.
- 7
Cloudbuilt
Single-player alternative to Defunct — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Defunct.
Rocket parkour your way through dizzying obstacles and lethal robot hazards, in this 3rd person action platformer with over 40 levels, and even more community levels.
- 8
Inertial Drift
Single-player alternative to Defunct — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Racing with Defunct.
An arcade racer that tears up the rule book with innovative twin-stick controls, completely re-imagined driving mechanics and a huge roster of fiercely individual cars and tracks.
- 9
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
Single-player alternative to Defunct — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Defunct.
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit launches you into a new open-world landscape behind the wheel of the world's fastest and most beautiful cars. From Criterion, the award-winning studio behind the Burnout series, Hot Pursuit will redefine racing games for a whole new generation.
- 10
Sonic Generations Collection
Single-player alternative to Defunct — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Celebrate 20 years of Sonic in an all new adventure that delivers a definitive experience to Sonic fans new and old!
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Sonic Adventure 2
Single-player alternative to Defunct — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Experience two unique adventures featuring both long-time heroes and new and returning villains as they battle for the fate of the world!
- 12
Disney•Pixar WALL-E
Single-player alternative to Defunct — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Defunct.
Based on the 2008 computer animated film from Pixar Animation Studios, the video game version of WALL-E involves playing as the lonely robot as he navigates a trash-tainted world and begins an unlikely trek across the cosmos.
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Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Single-player alternative to Defunct — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Defunct.
Blast your way through an interdimensional adventure with Ratchet and Clank – now on PC! Help them take on an evil emperor from another reality as you jump between action-packed worlds and beyond at hyper-speed!