Single-player games like Basketball Classics
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Basketball Classics, 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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Streetball The Mecca
Single-player alternative to Basketball Classics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Casual with Basketball Classics.
A new take on streetball is here, combining streetball with street fighting. If you wanna score here you're gonna have to beat your defender one on one. Break ankles and take names as you become a streetball legend!
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Super Arcade Football
Single-player alternative to Basketball Classics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Indie with Basketball Classics.
Fast-paced, arcade-style football fun with a humorous story mode, local & online multiplayer, global leaderboards, custom tournaments, and crazy modifiers like meteor showers and bears on the pitch... Simple controls will keep you focused on excitement! OST by the great Barry Leitch!
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Sportsday
Single-player alternative to Basketball Classics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Indie with Basketball Classics.
Sportsday is a fun party game where your favourite sports are mixed together - creating new weird sports! Play a tournament with your friends to see who can get the most points, or play in casual mode and try out as many sports as possible!
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NBA 2K20
Single-player alternative to Basketball Classics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports with Basketball Classics.
NOTE: All multiplayer servers for NBA 2K20 will be shutdown as of 12/31/2021. After that time, all game functions requiring online servers will no longer function.
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Ultimate Racing 2D
Single-player alternative to Basketball Classics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Indie with Basketball Classics.
The ultimate top-down racing game, with 35 racing classes, over 45 visual stunning tracks, extensive career mode, championship mode and online/offline multiplayer modes.
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New Retro Arcade: Neon
Single-player alternative to Basketball Classics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Indie with Basketball Classics.
Emulate your favorite arcade games in an environment engrossed with retro realism and extremely detailed surroundings. Be filled with nostalgia and realise what arcade life felt like back in the 80’s/early 90’s.
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Dunk Lords
Single-player alternative to Basketball Classics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Indie with Basketball Classics.
Dunk Lords is a two-on-two basketball beat 'em up featuring over-the-top special moves, devastating dunks, and game-changing equipment. Choose from 20 of the baddest ballers around, each with unique special attacks and abilities, and do battle on a variety of hazard-filled courts.
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NBA 2K Playgrounds 2
Single-player alternative to Basketball Classics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports with Basketball Classics.
NBA arcade action is back with NBA 2K Playgrounds 2! Pick your team, get ready to jam, and Ball Without Limits!
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Super Blood Hockey
Single-player alternative to Basketball Classics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Indie with Basketball Classics.
Create and manage your team in a violent, dystopic world of no-rules, fast-paced, arcade-style, ice hockey action. Adjust training regimens, control diets, administer black market pharmaceuticals, and provide healthcare (or not) to a ragtag team of convicts at the mercy of your underhanded tactics.
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Double
Single-player alternative to Basketball Classics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Basketball Classics.
Double is an action-quest game telling about a fight with a mental disorder by immersing in dreams. Choose your way and find out how this mystical story ends.
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Super Mega Baseball 3
Single-player alternative to Basketball Classics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Indie with Basketball Classics.
Run up the score in a relaxed slugfest or push the limits of your reflexes in this refined baseball simulator. The third entry in the series features all-new Franchise and Online Leagues modes, major graphical enhancements, and on-field additions including pickoffs and situational player traits.
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Legend Bowl
Single-player alternative to Basketball Classics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Indie with Basketball Classics.
Legend Bowl is a throwback to the classic 8-bit and 16-bit football games of the past. Take to the gridiron and fight your way to becoming a football legend! Enjoy sim-style gameplay, realistic weather, detailed stats, franchise mode, tournament mode, fully customizable rosters, and much much more!