Single-player games like I Hate Running Backwards
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to I Hate Running Backwards, 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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Rocket!
Single-player alternative to I Hate Running Backwards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with I Hate Running Backwards.
Destroy enemy ships, blast away asteroids and unlock new weapons / ship abilities in this endless arcade roguelite. Earn resources through each of the 7 game modes to upgrade your weapons to outlast them all.
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Rogue Bricks
Single-player alternative to I Hate Running Backwards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with I Hate Running Backwards.
Classic brick breaker action evolved! Blast through bricks, grab epic loot, and level up your game. Customize your playstyle with mods and star shards. Build your perfect loadout and bounce beyond limits!
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Woodpunk
Single-player alternative to I Hate Running Backwards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with I Hate Running Backwards.
Woodpunk is an exhilarating roguelike bullet hell retro pixel art shooter in a medieval Woodpunk universe, where the primary energy resource is WOOD.
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Beat Hazard 3
Single-player alternative to I Hate Running Backwards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with I Hate Running Backwards.
Are you ready to explore your music collection mapped as a stunning galaxy of wonders? Experience your music collection as never before with this intense music driven twin stick shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.
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The Crackpet Show
Single-player alternative to I Hate Running Backwards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with I Hate Running Backwards.
The Crackpet Show is an action-packed rogue-lite shoot’em-up about mutated animals that fight in a bizarre TV show, crushing their opponents with a variety of weapons. Choose your beastie, gear ‘em up, and go kill your enemies in the name of fame and sweet sponsorship deals!
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CRYPTARK
Single-player alternative to I Hate Running Backwards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with I Hate Running Backwards.
Cryptark is a 2D sci-fi shooter where you take on the role of a heavily armed privateer seeking to earn government contracts by boarding deadly alien space-hulks. It's up to you to strategize a plan of attack, pick an equipment loadout, and destroy the central core to be victorious.
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Null Vector
Single-player alternative to I Hate Running Backwards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with I Hate Running Backwards.
Trade. Gamble. Fight! Test your arcade chops in Null Vector, a twin-stick shooter rogue-lite. Discover and experiment with thousands of weapon combinations, take strategic advantage of machines to trade and gamble for new ship parts, and unleash your own bullet hell upon the Final Boss!
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Juicy Realm
Single-player alternative to I Hate Running Backwards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with I Hate Running Backwards.
Juicy Realm is a roguelike game in which players must square off against bizarre fruits all across the world. The line between the animal and the plant world has become blurred, and the food chain has been completely disrupted.
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Serious Sam 3: BFE
Single-player alternative to I Hate Running Backwards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with I Hate Running Backwards.
Serious Sam 3: BFE is a prequel to the original indie fast action FPS and Game of the Year sensation - Serious Sam: The First Encounter!
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Serious Sam II
Single-player alternative to I Hate Running Backwards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with I Hate Running Backwards.
Serious Sam II is a shot of adrenaline to the hearts of first-person shooter fans across the world. This is serious!
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Serious Sam 4
Single-player alternative to I Hate Running Backwards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with I Hate Running Backwards.
Serious Sam 4 reignites the classic FPS series in a high-powered prequel loaded with an explosive arsenal, intergalactic carnage, and perfectly timed one-liners.
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Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
Single-player alternative to I Hate Running Backwards — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.