Single-player games like Exception
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Exception, 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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STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜®
Single-player alternative to Exception — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Exception.
Strider returns in a brand new adventure, complete with incredible side-scrolling action, and lightning fast combat all in a massive interconnected world! Download the full game February 19th and become the original assassin!
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Shadow Blade: Reload
Single-player alternative to Exception — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Exception.
Shadow Blade is an action-platformer set in a visually striking world where the ancient teachings of ninjas and samurai clash upon a modern landscape. Sprint through stages littered with traps, slaying enemies along your path without hesitation as Kuro, the blade of shadow!
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Hell is Other Demons
Single-player alternative to Exception — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Exception.
Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.
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Ninja Pizza Girl
Single-player alternative to Exception — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Exception.
Ninja Pizza Girl is a serious game about bullying, emotional resilience – and pizza delivering ninjas! It’s a fast, flow-based game about Gemma, a sixteen-year-old girl trying to keep her dreams alive in face of the most merciless enemies known to any teenage girl – other teenagers.
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Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams
Single-player alternative to Exception — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Exception.
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a blistering hardcore platformer with contrasting worlds.
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MULLET MADJACK
Single-player alternative to Exception — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Exception.
MULLET MADJACK is a HIGH-OCTANE-ACTION SHOOTER that put you directly inside a CLASSIC ANIME. Pick your favorite weapon and reach the last floor; Beat your best time or try again. Haste makes waste… OF YOUR ENEMIES!
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My Friend Pedro
Single-player alternative to Exception — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Exception.
My Friend Pedro is a violent ballet about friendship, imagination, and one man’s struggle to obliterate anyone in his path at the behest of a sentient banana.
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Sonic Mania
Single-player alternative to Exception — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Exception.
Sonic Mania is an all-new adventure with Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles full of unique bosses, rolling 2D landscapes, and fun classic gameplay.
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Trackmania
Single-player alternative to Exception — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Trackmania – the unique racing game that combines precision and creativity. Play for free across five stunning environments, race on the best player-made tracks every week, and climb your regional rankings.
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DeadCore
Single-player alternative to Exception — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Exception.
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?
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STEEL STRIDER
Single-player alternative to Exception — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Exception.
STEEL STRIDER is the follow up to the acclaimed GIGANTIC ARMY and pays homage to the great run and gun games such as Turrican and Super Contra, but adds mouse / dual analogue stick-operated weapons!
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Super Meat Boy
Single-player alternative to Exception — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
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Ghostrunner
Single-player alternative to Exception — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Exception.
Ghostrunner offers a unique single-player experience: fast-paced, violent combat, and an original setting that blends science fiction with post-apocalyptic themes. It tells the story of a world that has already ended and its inhabitants who fight to survive.
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STRIDE
Single-player alternative to Exception — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Exception.
STRIDE is a high-octane parkour adventure in virtual reality. Fight for your life as you hurtle through the rooftops of a futuristic metropolis. Step into the shoes of a master freerunner as you vault, swing, and shoot your way through this action-packed adventure. Multiplayer now available!
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Super Meat Boy Forever
Single-player alternative to Exception — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Exception.
Super Meat Boy is back! This time around Meat Boy is always running, literally it's an auto-runner. You will jump, dive, slide and punch your way through brutal levels and mean boss fights. We designed 5,000+ levels so you can play the game over and over without seeing the same level twice.