Single-player games like I Hate Running Backwards
Below are 10 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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Serious Sam: Tormental
Single-player alternative to I Hate Running Backwards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with I Hate Running Backwards.
Serious Sam: Tormental is a 3D rogue-lite top-down shooter where you blast your way through the tormented mind of demigod of destruction Mental, as he imagines worlds and monsters that stand on your path towards his inner ego. Let the showdown begin!
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Rogue Stormers
Single-player alternative to I Hate Running Backwards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with I Hate Running Backwards.
An action packed platform shooter mashed-up with roguelike and RPG elements, crazy 3D graphics and co-op multiplayer for one to 4 players.
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Nuclear Throne
Single-player alternative to I Hate Running Backwards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with I Hate Running Backwards.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
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Mega City Force
Single-player alternative to I Hate Running Backwards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with I Hate Running Backwards.
Retrowave Action Roguelike featuring tough agents battling crime to the electrifying music of artists like Droid Bishop, Timecop1983, and more! Choose your agent and dive into hardcore action against enemies and bosses, utilizing a vast arsenal and special abilities that will define your playstyle
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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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REPLIKATOR
Single-player alternative to I Hate Running Backwards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with I Hate Running Backwards.
In this twin stick roguelite shooter, you play as one of the galactic mercenaries, explore a mysterious scientific complex and uncover the secret of the REPLIKATOR project.
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Risk of Rain 2
Single-player alternative to I Hate Running Backwards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with I Hate Running Backwards.
Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.
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Heavy Bullets
Single-player alternative to I Hate Running Backwards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with I Hate Running Backwards.
Heavy Bullets is a randomized FPS dungeon crawler where players make their way through a colorful maze, while protecting themselves from aggressive creatures and malfunctioning security devices. The goal lies at the end of the 8th level, where they must reset the security mainframe to restore order and reap the rewards.
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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!