Single-player games like Barold
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Barold, 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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Runner Overdrive
Single-player alternative to Barold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Barold.
Something tore your world apart. Now it's on you to keep it running, one delivery at a time. Blast your way through this action-packed precision platformer, make weird friends and even weirder enemies, and uncover the truth behind why everything went to ash.
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Faroda
Single-player alternative to Barold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Barold.
Faroda is a challenging 2D platformer game with colorful pixel-art graphics and chiptune soundtrack. Travel across the 5 islands of a remote archipelago, completing over 100 levels, collecting treasure chests and many hidden gems along the way.
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Mousey Mick
Single-player alternative to Barold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Barold.
Mousey Mick is a 2D Platformer developed by Jackrifleman. In Mousey Mick, you run, jump, wall-jump, dodge and dash your way through various worlds and their stages.
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Drakula's Ascension
Single-player alternative to Barold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Barold.
Prove your ability to reach your true potential and enjoy retro platforming and combat with a potential cost of starting from the bottom all over again in Drakula's Ascension! Overcome the demons keeping you down, all for your freedom and the view at the top of your castle that once was yours.
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Double Pug Switch
Single-player alternative to Barold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Barold.
Double Pug Switch is a tough sidescrolling platformer, you take control of a pug who can switch dimensions due to a catastrophe in a lab. Run, jump, power-up and cry your way through several levels of doggy dimension goodness.
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Hellbreachers
Single-player alternative to Barold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Barold.
A journey to the hell and back! Hellbreachers is a retro styled action-platformer with RPG character progression system. Choose one of three heroes and than one of ten specializations, progress through spectacular locations and take on challenging bosses!
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Trash Quest
Single-player alternative to Barold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Barold.
Trash Quest is a compact metroidvania with a single spawn point, run and gun action and tight platforming. Navigate an interwoven maze of rooms through this space station, destroying robots, collecting power ups and unlocking shortcuts.
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RUN: The world in-between
Single-player alternative to Barold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Barold.
RUN: The World In-Between is a new “Die and Retry” platformer game with a procedurally-generated path. Be fast, jump, and run to unlock new content.
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Barold: Inferno
Single-player alternative to Barold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Barold.
"Barold: Inferno" is an action-packed dungeon crawler roguelike. Navigate through procedurally generated dungeons, craft items, defeat enemies and talk to the Infernal residents. Highly replayable with 21 distinctive abilities, 120+ upgrades and a wide variety of bosses.