Single-player games like Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare, 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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Terraria
Single-player alternative to Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
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Hollow Knight
Single-player alternative to Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
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Don't Starve Together
Single-player alternative to Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
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INSIDE
Single-player alternative to Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare.
Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.
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Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons
Single-player alternative to Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare.
Guide two brothers on an epic fairy tale journey from visionary Swedish film director, Josef Fares and top-tier developer Starbreeze Studios. Control both brothers at once as you experience co-op play in single player mode, like never before.
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Enter the Gungeon
Single-player alternative to Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare.
Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell dungeon crawler following a band of misfits seeking to shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip their way to personal absolution by reaching the legendary Gungeon’s ultimate treasure: the gun that can kill the past.
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Grim Dawn
Single-player alternative to Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare.
Enter an apocalyptic fantasy world where humanity is on the brink of extinction, iron is valued above gold and trust is hard earned. This ARPG features complex character development, hundreds of unique items, crafting and quests with choice & consequence.
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LIMBO
Single-player alternative to Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare.
Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO
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Placid Plastic Deck - A Quiet Quest
Single-player alternative to Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare.
A story-driven adventure featuring card battles, multiple-choice dialogue, and funny characters! A friendship to mend, and a cast of opponents to beat, each with a uniquely built deck. But you're in luck… yours is all ducks!
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CUCCCHI
Single-player alternative to Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare.
CUCCCHI is a game where you explore beautiful dioramas and go through dangerous and trippy labyrinths, in a journey inside the paintings of Enzo Cucchi.
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Funtasia
Single-player alternative to Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare.
Funtasia, a colorful paradise being polluted by airborne garbage. Only a handful of heroes and their goofy wheel machinations can help fend off the trash. Push pedal to metal, drive fast, and survive the Furry Road in this physics-based, side-scrolling racing game for single and co-op shenanigans!
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Cannibal Tales - Episode 1
Single-player alternative to Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare.
Horror thriller visual novel written by cult director Ruggero Deodato. A cannibal story in three episodes. Embark on a challenging journey, where every choice has a price and consequences. Will you be able to reach the end without getting your soul devoured? Dare to decide!
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Black Paradox Reloaded
Single-player alternative to Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare.
Experience chaos in this remastered, hyper-stylized roguelite. As bounty hunter Black Paradox, travel through space to defeat the Hellraisers – now with enhanced pixel art, rebalanced gameplay, and an intense endless mode.
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Desktop Driller
Single-player alternative to Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
An idle game that runs while you work. Your activity powers the drill: dig, earn, upgrade and go deeper. Build your system, automate everything and reach the center of the Earth.
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Scratcher Simulator
Single-player alternative to Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A scratch-card roguelike engine-builder in the back room of an Italian bar. You can't pay your tab, so the barista points you to the machine: tickets that exist nowhere else. Scratch them, stack charms into game-breaking combos, beat rising targets. Lose, and it mints a new coin for the jar: yours.