Single-player games like Cowboys n' Stuff
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Cowboys n' Stuff, 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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Dinogen Online
Single-player alternative to Cowboys n' Stuff — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Cowboys n' Stuff.
Action-packed 2D multiplayer top-down shooter. Play as a human or dinosaur with hundreds of weapons, game modes, and maps!
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Redeemart: A Convenient Apocalypse
Single-player alternative to Cowboys n' Stuff — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cowboys n' Stuff.
Trapped in a convenience store with hordes of monsters waiting to devour you. You'll need to build weapons out of items in the store, collect trading cards to grow stronger and rely on the other people in the store to get over a heartbreak. Promising dual joystick action and a story like no other
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Protocol Omega: Resist and Survive
Single-player alternative to Cowboys n' Stuff — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cowboys n' Stuff.
In this 2.5D top-down shooter you command a damaged battle spaceship. Survive the waves of hostile enemies, upgrade your ship, discover hidden places and get your crew home.
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Night Ops: Undead
Single-player alternative to Cowboys n' Stuff — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Cowboys n' Stuff.
Top-down zombie survival shooter for one to six players. Board the windows, spend your points on a better gun or the next door, and keep the squad standing. Fight through the campaign from a helicopter crash to extraction, or chase a record in Waves, Overrun and Infection.
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Dragon Kings
Single-player alternative to Cowboys n' Stuff — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cowboys n' Stuff.
Dragon Kings is a top down action rogue-lite shooter. Power up weapons and drones and annihilate hoards of dragons and dinosaurs.
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Unify
Single-player alternative to Cowboys n' Stuff — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Cowboys n' Stuff.
Unify, the most fast paced top down shooter there is. Only the most skilled can survive!
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Space Crusaders
Single-player alternative to Cowboys n' Stuff — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cowboys n' Stuff.
Try to survive the demon onslaught in this fast-paced top-down shooter. Battle oncoming enemies as they try to destroy you, collect their souls to level up your character and weapons. Collect relics and unlock new characters and weapons to become more powerful!
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Plucked
Single-player alternative to Cowboys n' Stuff — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cowboys n' Stuff.
Up to 12 players, one pond. A top-down bullet-heaven roguelite where you merge your guns into increasingly stupid firepower, then find out how much of it one duck can hold. Survive the waves, outlive the swarm, quack responsibly.