Single-player games like Rex: Another Island
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Rex: Another Island, 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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Dino Run DX
Single-player alternative to Rex: Another Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rex: Another Island.
DINOSAURS. PIXELS. PYROCLASTIC DOOM WALLS. MASSIVE INDIE CROSSOVERS. Dino Run DX has all of that and more. Come rediscover the original runner and escape extinction all over again.
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Xeodrifter
Single-player alternative to Rex: Another Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rex: Another Island.
Xeodrifter is the story of an interstellar drifter traveling the stars on a simple mission of exploration. We join our nomad as he embarks on the investigation of a small cluster of four planets in the omega sector, after a collision with a rogue asteroid damaged his warp core.
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JumpJet Rex
Single-player alternative to Rex: Another Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rex: Another Island.
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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You Have to Win the Game
Single-player alternative to Rex: Another Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rex: Another Island.
You Have to Win the Game is a free exploration platformer with a retro 1980s PC aesthetic.
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Potatoman Seeks the Troof
Single-player alternative to Rex: Another Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Rex: Another Island.
Potatoman will put your reflexes and worldview to the test as you journey through scorching deserts, dark forests, busy cities, the tallest mountains and eventually your own potato-consciousness in search of the ultimate answer. Are you prepared to face the TROOF?
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Freedom Planet
Single-player alternative to Rex: Another Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rex: Another Island.
Fight your way across the celestial world of Avalice where cats are green, motorcycles drive up walls and monster girls do most of the buttkicking! Freedom Planet is a cartoony, combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragonoid and her friends against an alien attack force.
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Donut Dodo
Single-player alternative to Rex: Another Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rex: Another Island.
If a long lost arcade game from 1983 resurfaced today, it would be Donut Dodo - a classic 2D platformer from the golden era, tough as nails and challenging for the whole family! Ready to top the high score table?
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Retro Game Crunch
Single-player alternative to Rex: Another Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rex: Another Island.
Retro Game Crunch is a series of 7 games, full of the charm and challenge of the 8-bit generation. Each world feels like an authentic NES classic. A massive genre-spanning collection.