Single-player games like Pulling No Punches
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Pulling No Punches, 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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Shing!
Single-player alternative to Pulling No Punches — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pulling No Punches.
Experience the most exciting and immersive beat-em-up combat system ever – become a kickass ninja and slice some demons in style!
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Cymatically Muffed
Single-player alternative to Pulling No Punches — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pulling No Punches.
Don't you hate it when you wake up and some scientist has experimented on you and stolen your headphones? Muffed is a fast-paced shooter where you and your friends can find that guy and make him pay. Or fight everyone you know in split screen PvP for up to 16 players!
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Impound Rumble
Single-player alternative to Pulling No Punches — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pulling No Punches.
Impound Rumble is an upcoming indie platform fighter bursting with personality! Rumble online with rollback or offline in a co-op story mode or duke it out PvP-style. Pop-off and go crazy with Turbo Mode and send friends and foes flying through stages that adapt to the chaos you create!
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Jitsu Squad
Single-player alternative to Pulling No Punches — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pulling No Punches.
Jitsu Squad is a Marvel vs Capcom inspired 4 player co-op TAG TEAM beat ‘em up with epic character transformations and fast paced combat.
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Josh Journey: Darkness Totems
Single-player alternative to Pulling No Punches — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pulling No Punches.
Josh Journey: Darkness Totems is a hand drawn beat’em up game about four brave heroes, that use their skills to defeat the Nightmare Monsters using special combo attacks in a co-op gameplay.
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Young Souls
Single-player alternative to Pulling No Punches — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pulling No Punches.
Young Souls is a gorgeous 2D brawler meets story-rich action RPG. Fight hordes of belligerent goblins, level up with hundreds of weapons and accessories, explore, and journey between worlds, as rebellious twins battle their way to save their foster father.
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We Could Be Heroes
Single-player alternative to Pulling No Punches — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Pulling No Punches.
We Could Be Heroes is a retro style, action packed beat ‘em up in the style of classic 90s brawler arcade titles. Featuring 40 unique stages, destructible environments and brutal deaths. Become a hero and fight bad guys while stopping crimes and rescuing innocent civilians along the way.
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Bottom-Up Beatdown: Hostile Takeover
Single-player alternative to Pulling No Punches — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Pulling No Punches.
Bottom-Up Beatdown: Hostile Takeover is an intense 2D beat em' up set in a world dominated by corporations led by monsters! The only way out is up! Begin your freelance kaiju career in campaign mode, or play with friends in the traditional, challenging arcade mode!
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Mother Russia Bleeds
Single-player alternative to Pulling No Punches — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pulling No Punches.
An old-fashioned beat 'em up with big doses of adrenaline and trippiness, somewhere between the classic style of Streets of Rage and the ultra-violence of Hotline Miami. Set in a cold, ruthless Soviet Union, Mother Russia Bleeds aims to conjure up anxiety, unease, and drug-addled frenzy.
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Streets of Rage 4
Single-player alternative to Pulling No Punches — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pulling No Punches.
Amongst the best beat’em up series ever created, jammin’ ‘90s beats and over the top street fighting, the iconic series Streets of Rage comes back with a masterful tribute to and revitalization of the classic action fans adore.
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Scott Pilgrim vs. The World™: The Game – Complete Edition
Single-player alternative to Pulling No Punches — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Pulling No Punches.
Rediscover the beloved 2D arcade-style beat 'em up inspired by the iconic comic and movie Scott Pilgrim vs. The World!
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Demolition
Single-player alternative to Pulling No Punches — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pulling No Punches.
Have enough of the day? Need some escapism? Go blow up some stuff to relieve the stress but don't break anything or real.
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Final Night
Single-player alternative to Pulling No Punches — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pulling No Punches.
A nightmarish descent into your worst memories awaits. In "Final Night," you're forced to relive your darkest traumas - now twisted into monstrous, living horrors that hunt you relentlessly. Every shadow hides a piece of your broken past, eager to drag you into the abyss.