Single-player games like Flashback
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Flashback, 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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Another World – 20th Anniversary Edition
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Flashback.
Also known as Out Of This World™, Another World is a pioneer action/platformer that released across more than a dozen platforms since its debut in 1991. Along the years, Another World™ has attained cult status among critics and sophisticated gamers alike.
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LUNARK
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Flashback.
A pixel-art sci-fi adventure set in the midst of a rebellion against a totalitarian regime, LUNARK is a modern take on the 2D cinematic platformer genre of the '90s. Run, jump, hang, climb, roll, and shoot your way through gorgeous and mysterious locations!
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The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED]
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Flashback.
The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED] is a remake of the original "ETERNAL CASTLE" from 1987, with additional game mechanics, sophisticated sound design, polished 2-bit CGA animated graphics, and modernized game design.
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VirtuaVerse
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Flashback.
VirtuaVerse is a challenging old school cyberpunk point & click adventure set in a future not so far away narrating tales of technomancers, AVR graffiti writers, hacker groups, tribes of cryptoshamans, digital archeology, epic cyberwars and virtual reality debauchery.
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The Way
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Flashback.
Journey to another planet and discover its secrets in order to bring your loved one back to life. Experience an adventure, inspired by old school classics like Another World, Heart of Darkness and Flashback.
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Chronicles of the Wolf
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Flashback.
Hunt the legendary Beast of Gévaudan in Chronicles of the Wolf! Step into the boots of Mateo Lombardo in this epic adventure featuring brutal bosses, vast castles, and secrets to uncover. Narration by the legendary Robert Belgrade and other special appearances!
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Berserk Boy
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Flashback.
BERSERK BOY is a high speed action packed Platformer, with Metroidvania elements. Packed with vibrant and stylish pixel art. Go Berserk! as you change into different forms and use the power of Lightning, Fire, Ice, Air, and Earth to save the planet!
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Hard Reset Extended Edition
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Flashback.
Over-the-top destruction, loads of enemies & a beautifully realized cyberpunk setting. Hard Reset is here to shake up the shooter scene. Try the demo now.
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Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Flashback.
Built from scratch, enjoy breathtaking visuals, enhanced audio and improved, deeper gameplay as New 'n' Tasty reignites the original Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee using the latest next-generation technology.
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The Running Man
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Flashback.
If you want to relax, this game is not for you, this game is made to make you rage. go through challenging and hard levels and run to the finish line. will you take the challenge?
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Elijah and the Out of this World Adventure
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Flashback.
A sci-fi action game that explores the great sites of Ohio!
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Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Flashback.
Armed with your investigative skills and the tools of the Blade Runner trade, you'll be immersed in a world that lives and breathes around you with breakthrough lighting and visual effects. Your ability to survive will be put to the test in the richest game environment ever created.
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PREDATOR AND WRECK
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Flashback.
Test your mettle with the award-winning stealth horror/sci-fi game PREDATOR AND WRECK. Keep your eyes and ears open, and be on the lookout for the strange, mutating, man-eating life form stalking the space station while you attempt to make your escape and unravel a mystery.
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Prince of Persia: Warrior Within™
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Flashback.
Enter the dark underworld of Prince of Persia Warrior Within, the sword-slashing sequel to the critically acclaimed Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time™. Hunted by Dahaka, an immortal incarnation of Fate seeking divine retribution, the Prince embarks upon a path of both carnage and mystery to defy his preordained death.
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Prince of Persia®
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Flashback.
The critically acclaimed Prince of Persia® franchise returns for the first time on next-generation platforms with an all-new epic journey. Built by the same award-winning Ubisoft Montreal studio that created Assassin's Creed™, Prince of Persia has been in development for over three years to deliver a whole new action-adventure gaming...
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Subject 13
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Flashback.
Play as Franklin Fargo, a quiet physics professor who has led a bitter existence ever since his fiancée died in a holdup in which he was supposed to be the victim. One morning, he wakes up in the middle of an abandoned scientific facility. His only link with the outside world is a voice that calls him "Subject 13".
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Flashback 2
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Flashback.
Immerse yourself in an action-packed cyberpunk universe where the fate of humanity itself hangs in the balance. The Morphs are preparing their final attack, determined to enslave every civilization in the Solar System — and it's your mission to fight back!
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DarkStone Restoration
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Darkstone Restoration brings the classic action RPG back to modern PCs with improved stability, compatibility, controls, readability, and quality-of-life improvements — while preserving the spirit of the original game.