Single-player games like Ship of Fools
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Ship of Fools, 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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PlateUp!
Single-player alternative to Ship of Fools — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ship of Fools.
Cook and serve your dishes, design and decorate your restaurants, and expand your culinary kingdom with new unlocks, abilities and dishes in procedurally-generated locations. Classic cooking action with permanent roguelite progression. Hire your friends - or do it all yourself!
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Ember Knights
Single-player alternative to Ship of Fools — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Ship of Fools.
Ember Knights is an action rogue-lite for 1-4 players where you play as legendary knights, the last spark of hope against the mad sorcerer Praxis and his hordes of unwavering fiends. Wield weapons & skills, build synergies with game-changing relics and free the universe of Praxis’ corruption.
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For The King II
Single-player alternative to Ship of Fools — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Ship of Fools.
Battle against Fahrul's tyrannical Queen alone or as a party of four players in the sequel to For The King, the massively popular turn-based roguelite tabletop RPG. Will you unravel the once beloved Queen's terrible secret?
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Children of Morta
Single-player alternative to Ship of Fools — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ship of Fools.
Children of Morta is a story-driven action RPG game about an extraordinary family of heroes. Lead the Bergsons, with all their flaws and virtues, against the forthcoming Corruption. Will you be able to sacrifice everything to save the ones you care for?
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Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos
Single-player alternative to Ship of Fools — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ship of Fools.
Rogue Heroes is a topdown, roguelite adventure game inspired by the Zelda franchise. Play solo or team up with your friends to combat procedurally generated dungeons and take down the evil Titans that threaten to overwhelm the land of Tasos!
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Streets of Rogue
Single-player alternative to Ship of Fools — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ship of Fools.
Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.
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Bravery and Greed
Single-player alternative to Ship of Fools — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ship of Fools.
Bravery and Greed is a beat 'em up, roguelite, dungeon brawler for up to four players. Choose from four classic fantasy classes, engage in a deep robust combat system, and play a variety of co-operative and competitive game modes with friends via local, online or both. Get rich, or die trying!
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AK-xolotl: Together
Single-player alternative to Ship of Fools — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ship of Fools.
The cutest, deadliest top-down roguelike shooter featuring AK-wielding Axolotls. Blast your way through the animal kingdom with an arsenal of kick-ass guns, mighty power-ups and even raise an army of trigger-happy baby axolotls. 🔫🔫 Double the firepower! Local co-op update now live!
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Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
Single-player alternative to Ship of Fools — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ship of Fools.
Explore a neon galaxy in your very own battleship in this 1- to 4-player couch co-op adventure.
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We Need To Go Deeper
Single-player alternative to Ship of Fools — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ship of Fools.
DIVE. DISCOVER. DIE. Crew a submarine with friends in We Need To Go Deeper - a 2-4-player cooperative submarine roguelike set in a Verne-inspired undersea universe.
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Risk of Rain 2
Single-player alternative to Ship of Fools — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ship of Fools.
Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.
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Hyperspaced
Single-player alternative to Ship of Fools — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ship of Fools.
Blast your enemies, extinguish fires, clean up, repair, recycle and explore where no one has screwed up before! Team up and face swarms of foes as you pilot your way through a procedurally generated galaxy. Save the Multiverse in Hyperspaced, a chaotic co-op space action game for 1-4 players!
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Cult of the Lamb
Single-player alternative to Ship of Fools — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ship of Fools.
Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland Followers and spread your Word to become the one true cult.
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DuneCrawl
Single-player alternative to Ship of Fools — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ship of Fools.
DuneCrawl is an open world action-adventure game, where you take to the sandy seas atop a gigantic crustacean festooned with black powder cannons. Play as a solo Crab Keeper, or with a crew of up to three other friends in local and online coop.
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Super Raft Boat Together
Single-player alternative to Ship of Fools — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ship of Fools.
The world's been flooded. All you have left is your Super Raft Boat… and your friends! Work together to expand your raft while fending off the strangely violent (and wealthy??) creatures of the sea in this multiplayer roguelike shooter. Will your crew survive and reach the Final Island?
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PLATE
Single-player alternative to Ship of Fools — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ship of Fools.
Rogue like monster battler where every decision counts.
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Don't Kill Them All
Single-player alternative to Ship of Fools — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Ship of Fools.
Orcs don’t die: THEY RAGE! Embody their Warchief and lead them out of misery in this brutish strategy game with base-building, where one Orc outburst can turn victory into disaster. Forge bonds between units, shape their personalities, and unleash their true potential both in and out of battle.