Single-player games like STANDBY
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to STANDBY, 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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Raccoon Roller
Single-player alternative to STANDBY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with STANDBY.
Armed with your grapple cannon, race your way through the city's raccoon built obstacle courses and climb your way to top spot on the leaderboards.
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One More Roll
Single-player alternative to STANDBY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with STANDBY.
One More Roll is a marble game heavily influenced by Super Monkey Ball & Marble Blast. So far the game has 100+ Levels across 7 different worlds with many more to come in the future. Enjoyable both for casual players and hardcore speedrunners.
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Fermi's Path
Single-player alternative to STANDBY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with STANDBY.
As a subatomic particle you start a journey into subatomic space! This arcade title takes you to the limits of your reaction speed - and with the powerful level editor you can create even harder challenges!
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BARRIER X
Single-player alternative to STANDBY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with STANDBY.
Dodge! Shoot! Go faster! Break the sound barrier in this unbelievably fast game and go straight for the first place in the leaderboard of BARRIER X!
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Road to Ballhalla
Single-player alternative to STANDBY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with STANDBY.
Roll and be trolled on your journey to the legendary place called Ballhalla. Follow the beat to overcome deadly hazards in sync with the music. Style your balls and marble at awful puns in the roll playing game of the year!
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JumpJet Rex
Single-player alternative to STANDBY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with STANDBY.
Test your dinosaur jump-jet skills with a game that redefines the platformer genre, aptly renaming it "platflyer." Simply put, you're a t-rex with rocket boots trying to save earth from an incoming asteroid. Do you have what it takes to stop it?
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NERVE
Single-player alternative to STANDBY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with STANDBY.
Hurtle through beautiful unforgiving worlds, where every frame is enthralling, every moment is exhilarating, every death is deserved, and every success is earned. RACE | DODGE | DIE | REPEAT
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Remnants of Naezith
Single-player alternative to STANDBY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with STANDBY.
With the powers granted to him by the dragon, Kayra will destroy the Remnants of Naezith, enchanted fragments of the dragon's body, to prevent anyone from exploiting their power for evil. Rush and swing through levels to top the leaderboards in this fast-paced, grappling hook precision platformer.
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Super Meat Boy
Single-player alternative to STANDBY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with STANDBY.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
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Dustforce DX
Single-player alternative to STANDBY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with STANDBY.
Take control of a nimble janitor to rid the world of dust and debris.
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10 Second Ninja
Single-player alternative to STANDBY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with STANDBY.
Ninjas are cool, this is an established fact of the universe. Nazi Robots from space are not cool, they are the complete opposite of cool, and Robot Hitler is out to get you, the world's first ninja. You have 10 seconds to destroy all Nazi Robots in your vicinity. IT. IS. ON.
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I wanna be The Cat
Single-player alternative to STANDBY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with STANDBY.
I wanna be the Cat is a challenging roguelite platformer inspired by I wanna be the Guy fangames.Fight against famous videogame characters turned into cats and try to claim "THE CAT" as the ultimate title.
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Zombie Night Terror
Single-player alternative to STANDBY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with STANDBY.
Prepare yourself for the most thrilling night of your life! Something strange has happened and people everywhere are turning into blood thirsty walking corpses. But guess who’s the brains behind this hungry undead army? YOU! So spread this pandemic and wipe humanity off the planet.