Single-player games like DeathCrank
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to DeathCrank, 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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Motor Strike: Racing Rampage
Single-player alternative to DeathCrank — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DeathCrank.
Welcome to the craziest racing experience! Destroy your friends in this demented shooting racing game, play alone, with the split screen mode or online. Enjoy multiple tracks, lots of vehicles and heavy artillery with multiples game modes and feed your hunger of speed, shooting and chaos!
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Faster Racer Boom Boom
Single-player alternative to DeathCrank — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DeathCrank.
Ultimate contest of wreckage and devastation, Faster Racer Boom! Boom! pits players against each other in various arenas, using their vehicles to destroy their opponents and complete numerous objectives!
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Rock n' Rush: Battle Racing
Single-player alternative to DeathCrank — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DeathCrank.
Multiplayer Combat Racing Game inspired by the 90's classics like Rock n' Roll Racing and Mario Kart.
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Smash N' Crash
Single-player alternative to DeathCrank — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DeathCrank.
Where'd you get your driver's license? A vending machine? Doesn't matter—just punch it and survive. Build your ultimate death machine and tear through high-speed chases, explosive races, and chaotic deathmatches.
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The Karters 2: Turbo Charged
Single-player alternative to DeathCrank — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DeathCrank.
Get ready for the ultimate kart racing experience on Steam & Steam Deck! Inspired by Crash Team Racing, built with its own identity, advanced gameplay systems, tons of new features and massive modding support for endless replayability!
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Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix
Single-player alternative to DeathCrank — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Racing with DeathCrank.
Nickelodeon Kart Racers is back and we’re kicking it into overdrive! In Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix, you can select from 30 playable racers and 70 team members to assemble your ultimate pit crew.
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GRIP: Combat Racing
Single-player alternative to DeathCrank — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DeathCrank.
Harness gravity-defying speed in classic combat racing taken to the EXTREME. Master wall-riding, ceiling-surfing tracks, and unleash devastating weapons across 29 blistering circuits. Race solo, split-screen, or online with up to 10 players. GRIP delivers white-knuckle racing like nothing else.
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Ultimate Racing 2D 2
Single-player alternative to DeathCrank — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Racing with DeathCrank.
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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I, Hope
Single-player alternative to DeathCrank — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DeathCrank.
I, Hope is a beautiful coming of age adventure story about a young girl named Hope, whose town has been taken over by Cancer.