Single-player games like Patchman vs. Red Circles
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Patchman vs. Red Circles, 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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System Under Surveillance
Single-player alternative to Patchman vs. Red Circles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Patchman vs. Red Circles.
System Under Surveillance (SUS) is a charming stealth puzzle adventure, where you have to avoid and trick enemies rather than fight them. Take control of Adam and his little robot, TURBO. Use their unique abilities to navigate a maze-like dystopian city. Do you have what it takes to escape?
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Code Zodiac
Single-player alternative to Patchman vs. Red Circles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Patchman vs. Red Circles.
Fight for the future in this story-heavy, boss-fights-only action game. Defeat, debug, and repair massive robots as you uncover the dark secrets of the Zodiac System.
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Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
Single-player alternative to Patchman vs. Red Circles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Patchman vs. Red Circles.
Shantae embarks on her first full HD adventure! When a mysterious crime wave sweeps Sequin Land, it’s up to Half-Genie Hero Shantae to save the day! Use Shantae’s devastating Hair-Whip Attack to send monsters flying, or Belly Dance to transform her into more powerful forms!
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Kill to Collect
Single-player alternative to Patchman vs. Red Circles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Patchman vs. Red Circles.
Welcome to the last city on Earth. Earn your keep and die trying in Pieces Interactive’s cyberpunk action rogue-like, featuring 1-4 player co-op. Travel down the sleepless cesspool of murderous vagrants and cybernetic freaks, as you slice and dice your way to the lower levels of Geoshelter Alpha.
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Freedom Planet
Single-player alternative to Patchman vs. Red Circles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Patchman vs. Red Circles.
Fight your way across the celestial world of Avalice where cats are green, motorcycles drive up walls and monster girls do most of the buttkicking! Freedom Planet is a cartoony, combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragonoid and her friends against an alien attack force.
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We Happy Few
Single-player alternative to Patchman vs. Red Circles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Patchman vs. Red Circles.
From the independent studio that brought you Contrast, We Happy Few is an action/adventure game set in a drug-fuelled, retrofuturistic city in an alternative 1960s England. Hide, fight and conform your way out of this delusional, Joy-obsessed world.
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Oddworld: Soulstorm Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to Patchman vs. Red Circles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Patchman vs. Red Circles.
Oddworld: Soulstorm is the explosive second game in a brand new Oddworld Quintology that tells the continuing story of Abe and his comrades as they discover further crimes against Mudokonkind and look for the spark that will ignite a revolution.
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Monochroma
Single-player alternative to Patchman vs. Red Circles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Patchman vs. Red Circles.
Monochroma is a cinematic puzzle platformer. It’s a game about being a kid, growing up with a little brother that needs your help, facing obstacles and solving unique puzzles in a dystopian 1950's setting.