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Single-player games like BallisticNG

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to BallisticNG, 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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    GRIP: Combat Racing — Steam game cover

    GRIP: Combat Racing

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

    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.

    2018ActionIndieRacing29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Distance — Steam game cover

    Distance

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

    Distance is an atmospheric racing platformer. Fusing futuristic arcade racing with parkour, survive a deadly, mysterious, neon-drenched city by jumping, rotating, and flying.

    2018ActionIndieRacing24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pacer — Steam game cover

    Pacer

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

    PACER is high-octane anti-gravity racing at its most destructive. Customise your craft and weapons then engage in the campaign, a single-player race or compete against your rivals in explosive online multiplayer for the ultimate combat racing experience.

    2020ActionSportsIndie39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Couch Planes — Steam game cover

    Couch Planes

    Single-player alternative to BallisticNG — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Racing with BallisticNG.

    Couch Planes is a fast-paced airborne party game where the craftiest pilot wins. Dodge missiles, grab power-ups, and race through hazard-filled maps in various game modes in chaotic local or online matches. Easy to learn, wild to master, always a blast.

    2026ActionCasualRacingSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    BlazeRush — Steam game cover

    BlazeRush

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

    BlazeRush is a dynamic arcade racing survival game with no health, no levelling and no brakes! You can assemble a team of friends to play in local or online multiplayer, choose a car to your taste and chase, blow up and cut off! Adapt your style and tactics to new enemies, obstacles and tracks.

    2014ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Phaseshift: Evolved — Steam game cover

    Phaseshift: Evolved

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

    Out pace and destroy your opponents in a nostalgic, cyberpunk sci-fi combat racing world. Unlock and upgrade your vehicle, customise your livery and ability loadout, then duke it out in a plethora of game modes with intelligent, personality driven AI. 

    ActionIndieRacingSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cosmic Race: Galactic Showdown — Steam game cover

    Cosmic Race: Galactic Showdown

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

    Cosmic Race is a sci-fi Combat Racing game inspired by retro arcade racers. Race across vibrant alien worlds, defeat opponents in destruction-rich environments, and become the Cosmic Champion.

    ActionSportsIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Screamer — Steam game cover

    Screamer

    Single-player alternative to BallisticNG — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with BallisticNG.

    High-octane action and anime aesthetics collide in this arcade racing game, featuring fighting mechanics and a storyline that hits hard. In this world, some race for glory while others seek power or revenge. Every race is a fight and every battle is personal.

    2026Racing59.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    XENO WIPEOUT! — Steam game cover

    XENO WIPEOUT!

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

    After centuries of invincibility, it became popular for humans to watch live alien hunting shows, participate in alien hunts, save up money, equipment, and use all the loot you find to move on to new maps and defeat more powerful enemies.

    2024ActionIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wreckfest — Steam game cover

    Wreckfest

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

    Wreckfest is a demolition derby themed racing game with soft-body damage modeling, sophisticated driving dynamics and in-depth vehicle upgrading, featuring both demolition derbies and more traditional track races. It’s all about fun, breakneck racing and over-the-top crashes.

    2018ActionSportsIndie29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Zero-K — Steam game cover

    Zero-K

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

    With 100+ truly unique units, Zero-K is an RTS of freedom and creativity, tempered by a decade of refinement. Sculpt land into a castle and throw invaders off it with a Jugglenaut. Explore a massive campaign, solo or co-op. Hop online for epic 32 player battles or fast paced 1v1, on 100s of maps.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulationFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →