Single-player games like Run, Jesus, Run!
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Run, Jesus, Run!, 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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Thank Goodness You're Here!
Single-player alternative to Run, Jesus, Run! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Run, Jesus, Run!.
Thank Goodness You're Here! is an absurd comedy slapformer set in the bizarre Northern English town of Barnsworth. As a traveling salesman, take the time to see the sights and meet the locals, who are very eager to give you a series of increasingly odd jobs…
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BattleBlock Theater®
Single-player alternative to Run, Jesus, Run! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Run, Jesus, Run!.
Welcome to BattleBlock Theater! You’ve got no where to go but up...on stage. Play single player or co-op to free your friends and save Hatty Hattington! Jump, solve and battle your way through a mysterious theater inhabited by highly technological felines.
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Guns, Gore & Cannoli
Single-player alternative to Run, Jesus, Run! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Run, Jesus, Run!.
Guns, Gore & Cannoli - An over-the-top, comical and fast-paced action game with hand-drawn graphics set in the Roaring Twenties. An all-you-can-shoot fest where you embody Vinnie, a mobster with a mission in a city controlled by gangsters and plagued by zombies. Featuring up to 4-man local co-op.
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Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2
Single-player alternative to Run, Jesus, Run! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Run, Jesus, Run!.
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 lets you duke it out with the biggest and best fighting character roster yet! Choose your favorite brawlers, master their unique move sets, and use all-new powerful Supers to land the finishing blow with friends or across a unique, roguelike player campaign!
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Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef
Single-player alternative to Run, Jesus, Run! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Run, Jesus, Run!.
From the developers of the Guns, Gore and Cannoli franchise comes a new 2D run & gun platformer: Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & TEEF! Spearhead an Ork invasion, destroy the hive city and kill your warboss! ‘Ere we go!
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Unruly Heroes
Single-player alternative to Run, Jesus, Run! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Run, Jesus, Run!.
LET'S KUNG FU THEM ALL! Play solo or co-op and take control of four unlikely heroes that battle a diverse lineup of enemies, show off your Kung-Fu skills and journey west across stunning different environments in order to hunt for the scattered remnants of the Sacred Scroll.
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Mighty Goose
Single-player alternative to Run, Jesus, Run! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Run, Jesus, Run!.
Mighty Goose is a fast paced run & gun shooter starring a bounty hunter Goose. Use epic weapons and devastating war machines to battle against screen filling bosses and hordes of enemies!
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Tricky Towers
Single-player alternative to Run, Jesus, Run! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Run, Jesus, Run!.
With your brilliant robe and magic powers, it’s time to build some Tricky Towers! Stack your bricks in this land of fable, whose marvelous tower will be the most stable? Battle your friends and rise to fame, in this frantic physics game.