Single-player games like ReX
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to ReX, 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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Chicken with Robot Legs
Single-player alternative to ReX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ReX.
Chicken with Robot Legs is a fast-paced Runner-Vania where you're always moving and always exploring. Your goal: find a way home. Discover upgrades that let you reach new areas and uncover the secrets scattered throughout a strange, unfamiliar world.
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Super Strawberry Man
Single-player alternative to ReX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ReX.
Super Strawberry Man is a 2D Old-school Action Platformer based on the biography of Strawberry man whose mission is to reinstate peace in the Fruitis City.
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Hirocato - The Delivery Hero
Single-player alternative to ReX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ReX.
Jump, dash, rewind, and deliver food on time in Hirocato - The Delivery Hero! Play as Cato, a crazy cute cat on a food delivery mission. Parkour through tricky levels, avoid obstacles, and rewind time to fix mistakes. Enjoy hand-made pixel art and great music. Can you complete every delivery?
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RE:AKTOR
Single-player alternative to ReX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ReX.
RE:AKTOR is a metroidvania about going fast and rewinding time. Race the clock, unlock new abilities and shortcuts, and solve temporal puzzles. Tear through walls and enemies with damage that scales with momentum, and punch ever deeper into a mysterious underground facility.
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Destructivator 2
Single-player alternative to ReX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ReX.
A platform shooter that brings 90's gaming smashing into your face! Blast and insta-melee your way through hordes of alien soldiers, robots, bosses and loads more. Fight on foot, in a fighter or in a bomber. Take on bosses and ensure that the alien menace won't threaten Earth ever again!
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GRAVV: Between Two Worlds
Single-player alternative to ReX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ReX.
Control gravity, switch between two opposing worlds and overcome obstacles for as long as you can manage in this retro 2D platform game. Do you accept the challenge?
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Johnny Explorer
Single-player alternative to ReX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ReX.
As Johny, you go deeper and deeper into the cave in search of treasures, watch out for the many traps and enemies waiting for your life
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GIGANTIC ARMY
Single-player alternative to ReX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ReX.
Side-scrolling mech-shooting bad-assery is BACK!GIGANTIC ARMY is a heartfelt homage to 16-bit era mech shooters such as Cybernator / Assault Suits Valken, Metal Warriors, and Front Mission: Gun Hazard, developed by the studio behind the acclaimed shooter SATAZIUS.