Single-player games like Breaking Gates
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Breaking Gates, 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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Paper Animal Adventure
Single-player alternative to Breaking Gates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Breaking Gates.
Paper Animal Adventure is a cute roguelike game where you can explore a colorful world, fight scary enemies, and relax with your friends at the campfire! Will you be the one to seal the timelines and find the missing king?
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Shattered Divinities
Single-player alternative to Breaking Gates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Breaking Gates.
Begin your adventure in Shattered Divinities to reveal the truth! Traverse the land where deities have perished, explore abandoned divine realms, battle mutated monsters, gather divine power to awaken your strength, and unveil the truth behind the deities’ fall.
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Frontier Hunter: Erza’s Wheel of Fortune
Single-player alternative to Breaking Gates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Breaking Gates.
This is an anime-style Metroidvania game with an RPG progression system, numerous weapons for switching, and an emphasis on equipment building. It offers three switchable characters, smooth gameplay, impactful combat feedback, and anime-style story scenes.
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Blasphemous 2
Single-player alternative to Breaking Gates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Breaking Gates.
The Penitent One awakens as Blasphemous 2 joins him once again in an endless struggle against The Miracle. Dive into a perilous new world filled with mysteries and secrets to discover, and tear your way through monstrous foes that stand between you and your quest to end the cycle once and for all.
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Bladed fury
Single-player alternative to Breaking Gates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Breaking Gates.
An action game set in the Ancient China, bringing players addictive experiences with its unique Chinese traditional art-style and sound design.
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Glimmer in Mirror
Single-player alternative to Breaking Gates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Breaking Gates.
Glimmer in Mirror is a 2D story-rich action shooting game. Play as Shiro in a collapsed world, to meet various unique NPCs and monsters, and gradually uncover the truth of the world through a gripping story.
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Absolum
Single-player alternative to Breaking Gates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Breaking Gates.
Fight as the outcast heroes of Talamh in a fierce battle to retake magic from Sun King Azra’s grasp in Absolum, an original roguelite beat ‘em up by Dotemu.
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Primal Planet
Single-player alternative to Breaking Gates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Breaking Gates.
Unveil a heartfelt story of family, dinosaurs, and UFOs! Craft, upgrade, and survive in a realm of primeval predators, savage tribes and... ancient aliens. Rise from a humble cave dweller to the planet’s last hope — alone or in local co-op. Welcome to the dinovania!