Single-player games like Road Defense Racing
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Road Defense Racing, 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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Retro Kart
Single-player alternative to Road Defense Racing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Road Defense Racing.
Retro Wreckfest is a fast-paced online race where you can blow your enemies to smithereens to a gorgeous soundtrack that you can add yourself, while enjoying the gorgeous views of the stylized RetroWave tracks
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Drift Survivor
Single-player alternative to Road Defense Racing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Road Defense Racing.
Paying Tribute to Classic Arcade Shooting Games. Drift Survivor is an addictive and fast-paced arcade shooting game that combines "drifting" with a "bullet hell" gameplay style!
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GRIP: Combat Racing
Single-player alternative to Road Defense Racing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Road Defense Racing.
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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Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now
Single-player alternative to Road Defense Racing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Road Defense Racing.
The world's first high-speed internal organ liberation simulator is back in full 3D! The slaughter is bloodier, the body parts fly further, and the destruction is heavier. Crash and burn through the 3D rendered crowds with the pedal to the metal.
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Danger Zone
Single-player alternative to Road Defense Racing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Road Defense Racing.
Danger Zone is a vehicular destruction game from seasoned genre veterans Three Fields Entertainment. Step into the shoes of a dangerous driver and cause the biggest car crashes ever seen in a video game. Danger Zone combines real physical crashes with explosive gameplay.
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Super Indie Karts
Single-player alternative to Road Defense Racing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Road Defense Racing.
Super Indie Karts is a classic retro 16 to 64-bit style karting game, with Time Trials, Grand Prix, Splitscreen GP, Mission Mania, and Battle Mania! Featuring 48 racetracks, with many more coming soon. You don't have to wait until completion though as you can join the race now with Early Access!
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FlatOut 2
Single-player alternative to Road Defense Racing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Road Defense Racing.
Experience the drive of your life as you throw yourself around on and off the track causing fences to shatter, tyre walls explode, water tanks and barrels fly across the track into other cars.
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FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage Collector's Edition
Single-player alternative to Road Defense Racing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Road Defense Racing.
Ready for the aggressive, adrenaline-filled ride that leaves you breathless? FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage Collector's Edition is all about destructive action. With carnage modes like the Deathmatch derby, Carnage Race and Head-on races are pure wreck-filled, adrenaline-pumping rides of maximum mayhem.
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Road Defense: Outsiders
Single-player alternative to Road Defense Racing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Road Defense Racing.
Protect vehicles on the road and survive! Road Defense: Outsiders is a game that combines elements of the 'roguelike' and 'tower defense' genres. Upgrade the towers and your own skills to be able to annihilate all the life around you!
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Cat Slide Tiles
Single-player alternative to Road Defense Racing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Road Defense Racing.
Move the sliding tiles to unblock a path for the kitten to walk to the exit.
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Unlock The Cat
Single-player alternative to Road Defense Racing — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
You need to move all the stones which prevent the little kitten.
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Underland
Single-player alternative to Road Defense Racing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Road Defense Racing.
Use the elements at your disposal, such as excavators, pumps, plumbing, among others, to drill the soil to the indicated location. The dynamic scenario, fluid mechanics and the laws of physics must be manipulated correctly to achieve the goal. Find the city of Underland!
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Underland: The Climb
Single-player alternative to Road Defense Racing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Road Defense Racing.
Use the elements of the scenery, such as picks and many others to drill the soil to the indicated location. Destructive terrain, fluid mechanics and the laws of physics must be handled correctly to solve the puzzles. Escape the city of Underland!
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Farm Kitten - Puzzle Pipes
Single-player alternative to Road Defense Racing — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Help the kitten rotate the pipes to bring water to his farm. The more the kitten plants, the more money he has to fulfill his dreams as a cat.
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Mining Cats
Single-player alternative to Road Defense Racing — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Mining Cats is a logic puzzle that involves blasting rocks and creating paths that connect mines of gemstones of the same color.
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Jigsaw Bestiary
Single-player alternative to Road Defense Racing — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Let's put the pieces together and meet amazing creatures. Here, the true mythologies behind the monsters are explained after solving each jigsaw. The beasts were illustrated by Alexandre Rocha (@semdizer) in his unique artistic style.