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Single-player games like Jet Set Knights

Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Jet Set Knights, 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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    Killer Gin Battle Arcade — Steam game cover

    Killer Gin Battle Arcade

    Single-player alternative to Jet Set Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Set Knights.

    Retro-inspired multiplayer platformer for up to 4 players. Battle friends or AI in chaotic arena fights using attacks, powers, and clever tactics. Win by collecting 5 coins or being the last one standing. Skill, timing, and strategy decide the champion.

    2021ActionIndieCasual9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    COSMOS — Steam game cover

    COSMOS

    Single-player alternative to Jet Set Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Set Knights.

    COSMOS is a difficult platformer shooter where you fight through fast-paced vertical levels with the use of wall running and precise gunplay.

    2020ActionIndie0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    NETRUN — Steam game cover

    NETRUN

    Single-player alternative to Jet Set Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Set Knights.

    With dual grappling hooks in hand, swing, thrust, and dash your way to victory in this fast, momentum-based precision platformer packed with traps, enemies, and physics-based challenges.

    2026ActionIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Slam and Roll — Steam game cover

    Slam and Roll

    Single-player alternative to Jet Set Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Set Knights.

    Trap enemies in giant balls, kick them into massive combos and clear the screen. Travel the world, unlock characters, play co-op, or embrace Action Roguelike Chaos Mode.

    2024ActionSportsIndie7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Parkour Challenger — Steam game cover

    Parkour Challenger

    Single-player alternative to Jet Set Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Jet Set Knights.

    In Parkour Challenger, there is no storyline. The goal is simply to complete each parkour. Note that the word 'simply' is to be ignored. Good luck!

    2025SportsIndie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Spelunky 2 — Steam game cover

    Spelunky 2

    Single-player alternative to Jet Set Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Set Knights.

    Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a roguelike classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new. Meet the next generation of explorers as they find themselves on the Moon, searching for treasure and missing family.

    2020ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Jamestown — Steam game cover

    Jamestown

    Single-player alternative to Jet Set Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Set Knights.

    Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. It features all the intensity, depth, and lovingly handcrafted pixels of a classic arcade shooter, with a modern twist: deeply-integrated cooperative gameplay.

    2011ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gravity Heroes — Steam game cover

    Gravity Heroes

    Single-player alternative to Jet Set Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Set Knights.

    Gravity Heroes is a fast paced, chaotically beautiful 2D platform shooter, fuelled by retro arcade nostalgia with an electrifying soundtrack and popping pixel art style. Enjoy an action-packed, gravity-shifting solo campaign, or local multiplayer madness for up to four friends.

    2021ActionIndie2.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Super Crate Box — Steam game cover

    Super Crate Box

    Single-player alternative to Jet Set Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Set Knights.

    Vlambeer's SUPER CRATE BOX is coming to bring back the glory of the golden arcade age, when all that really mattered was getting on that high score list. Grab your baseball cap and loosen your pants, it's time to fight endless hordes of enemies and collect every weapon crate you can.

    2012ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    TowerFall Ascension — Steam game cover

    TowerFall Ascension

    Single-player alternative to Jet Set Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Set Knights.

    TowerFall Ascension is the definitive version of the hit archery combat game. Inspired by classics from the golden age of couch multiplayer, it's a 4-player local party game centering around hilarious, intense versus matches. The core mechanics are simple and accessible, but hard to master and combat is fierce.

    2014ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Donuts'n'Justice — Steam game cover

    Donuts'n'Justice

    Single-player alternative to Jet Set Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Set Knights.

    Donuts 'N' Justice is a fast-paced 2d horizontal shoot-'em-up wherein you take the role of one of two Super Cops in the 1980s to defend their city against gangs, violence and corruption.

    2016ActionIndie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Obludia — Steam game cover

    Obludia

    Single-player alternative to Jet Set Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Set Knights.

    Fight your way through 50 levels full of thrilling action with hordes of challenging enemies and tough bosses! Obludia is an old-school arcade arena action inspired by classics such as Robotron or Smash-TV with RPG elements.

    2014ActionIndie2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gunman Tales — Steam game cover

    Gunman Tales

    Single-player alternative to Jet Set Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Set Knights.

    Gunman Tales is an old-school action adventure game for 1-4 players set in the wild west and inspired by the legendary game from Amiga Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight and Cabal

    2018ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Numgeon — Steam game cover

    Numgeon

    Single-player alternative to Jet Set Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Jet Set Knights.

    Numgeon is tiny, retro styled, highly-addictive and fast paced casual clicker RPG. Click your way through the darkest dungeons with your mighty heroes! Slay the monsters, collect gold and gain new upgrades as you progress.

    2018IndieAdventureRPG4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    They Came From the Sky — Steam game cover

    They Came From the Sky

    Single-player alternative to Jet Set Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Set Knights.

    They Came From the Sky is tiny, retro styled, highly-addictive and fast paced arcade game wherein you take the role of one of the Flying Saucers in the 1950s with one and only one Mission: Make a delicious juicy Human Smoothie!

    2019ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Animal Up! — Steam game cover

    Animal Up!

    Single-player alternative to Jet Set Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Set Knights.

    Animal Up! is a tiny, retro styled, highly-addictive, and fast paced arcade game.Take the role of a rescue team on a mission to Save All the Cute Animals from the Flood!

    2019ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Vermitron — Steam game cover

    Vermitron

    Single-player alternative to Jet Set Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Set Knights.

    They're Coming! Get ready to defend your lovely Flower from invading insect! Prepare your Bug Spray, Call your Holo-Pet, Fortify base and don't forget your mission: Find the Watering-Can!

    2021ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Meow'n'Dash — Steam game cover

    Meow'n'Dash

    Single-player alternative to Jet Set Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jet Set Knights.

    Meow 'n' Dash is a tiny, highly-addictive and fast paced arcade game. Play as one of the adorable kittens and clear stages by turning all the yarn balls to the same color by pushing them against each other.

    2021ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →