Single-player games like Ripple Effect
Below are 7 single-player Steam games similar to Ripple Effect, 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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Zaccaria Pinball
Single-player alternative to Ripple Effect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ripple Effect.
Play free and try tables in trial mode with Zaccaria Pinball, featuring 175+ tables, including 40+ officially licensed from Zaccaria was founded by three brothers: Marino, Franco, & Natale. Zaccaria was one of the three largest pinball manufacturers in the world, next to Bally & Williams.
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Deadly Hunter VR
Single-player alternative to Ripple Effect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Ripple Effect.
Deadly Hunter is an immersive first-person defense game designed exclusively for VR. You play as a renowned Orc hunter whose goal is to learn the enemy’s weaknesses and use the best-suited traps to blow their heads off!
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Desert Bus VR
Single-player alternative to Ripple Effect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Free To Play with Ripple Effect.
Desert Bus is back and better than ever! The 1998 Penn and Teller cult hit mini-game is coming to virtual reality, so you can fully immerse yourself in the thrilling eight-hour trip from Arizona to Nevada. It’s almost like you’re driving the “wheel” thing!
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DEFCON VR
Single-player alternative to Ripple Effect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ripple Effect.
DEFCON VR allows you to spectate DEFCON games in the comfort of your own virtual War Room. Join others and marvel at total global annihilation as nuclear missiles arc over the globe on their path to destruction. Watch Armageddon unfold as everybody dies….
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Bigscreen Beta
Single-player alternative to Ripple Effect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with Ripple Effect.
Bigscreen lets you use your PC desktop in VR. Watch movies with friends in a virtual movie theater. Play your favorite PC video games on a huge screen. Hangout in social VR chat rooms. Participate in weekly 3D Movie Nights, VR LAN parties, live rocket launch events, and more!
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Ready Player One: OASIS beta
Single-player alternative to Ripple Effect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ripple Effect.
The Ready Player One: OASIS beta is the 2018 beta phase of the immersive virtual universe from the film, Ready Player One. In the OASIS, you can go anywhere, do anything, be anyone—the only limits of reality are your own imagination.
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Plenty: Skyhearth
Single-player alternative to Ripple Effect — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ripple Effect.
You are here to kill as many birds as you can with your bow and your HTC Vive or Oculus Rift. Skyhearth features tracked motion controller aiming for Vive and head aiming for Rift and Vive. It's easy to play and challenging to master.