Single-player games like Flywheel
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Flywheel, 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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Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 1+2 Dual Collection
Single-player alternative to Flywheel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Flywheel.
Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 1+2 Dual Collection brings together and updates the apeX of 2D action for new and old players alike. The Dual Collection includes both Luminous Avenger iX 1 and 2, with all all DLC included, as well as balance adjustments.
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Self Simulated
Single-player alternative to Flywheel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Flywheel.
Self Simulated is a fast-paced precision platformer about a robotic copy of yourself, waking up with no memory of a severe accident. Dash, dodge, and double jump through 100+ handcrafted levels, reboot instantly on every fail, and uncover the truth behind your past.
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Gravity Vs Goo
Single-player alternative to Flywheel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Flywheel.
A 2D sci-fi precision platformer where players switch gravity to avoid being consumed by sentient goo.
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Dino Space Station
Single-player alternative to Flywheel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Flywheel.
Dino Space Station is a 2D pixel art platformer. Restore power. Evade dinosaurs. Escape the wreckage. A meteor shower has wrecked a station full of resurrected dinosaurs. Navigate dark, perilous corridors, dodge raptors, and survive. Warning: Gameplay maybe anxiety-inducing.
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Five Arcade
Single-player alternative to Flywheel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Flywheel.
Shoot to move through the Five Arcade! A fast-paced twin stick 2D arcade physics platformer celebrating Five decades of gaming. Glide, fly, fall and blast through 60 pixel-perfect stages using a cracking selection of guns; from machine guns and flamethrowers to rocket launchers and high-five guns.
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Super Good Boy Adventure
Single-player alternative to Flywheel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Flywheel.
In Super Good Boy Adventure, you play as Igor trying to rescue his human, who was captured by the cats Eric and Kenny. Igor goes in a journey through fields and mountains, lakes and cities, to find the cats and bring back his loved one.
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Doppler
Single-player alternative to Flywheel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Flywheel.
Die fast. Restart even faster. Scream a little. Meet Doppler, a small blue bundle of rage with a red bandana in the wind.
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Bit ESC
Single-player alternative to Flywheel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Flywheel.
Break free from the system in Bit ESC, an action/adventure platformer where Bit sets out to escape from the tyrannic OS.