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Single-player games like CrushBorgs

Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to CrushBorgs, 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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    Robot-X — Steam game cover

    Robot-X

    Single-player alternative to CrushBorgs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CrushBorgs.

    A fast-paced platform shooter inspired by 90s classics. Follow Robot-X on a journey to protect the city from a new danger, fight bosses and jump over pits in this retro experience.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mega Man Legacy Collection — Steam game cover

    Mega Man Legacy Collection

    Single-player alternative to CrushBorgs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with CrushBorgs.

    Mega Man Legacy Collection is a celebration of the 8-bit history of Capcom’s iconic Blue Bomber featuring faithful reproductions of the series’ origins with the original six Mega Man games.

    2015Action14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mega Man X Legacy Collection — Steam game cover

    Mega Man X Legacy Collection

    Single-player alternative to CrushBorgs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with CrushBorgs.

    Mega Man X Legacy Collection includes the legendary 16-bit titles and the series’ exciting foray into the 32-bit era: Mega Man X, Mega Man X2, Mega Man X3, and Mega Man X4. Test your skills in the new X Challenge mode, which pits players against two deadly bosses at once.

    2018Action19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Berserk Boy — Steam game cover

    Berserk Boy

    Single-player alternative to CrushBorgs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CrushBorgs.

    BERSERK BOY is a high speed action packed Platformer, with Metroidvania elements. Packed with vibrant and stylish pixel art. Go Berserk! as you change into different forms and use the power of Lightning, Fire, Ice, Air, and Earth to save the planet!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure20.00 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gravity Circuit — Steam game cover

    Gravity Circuit

    Single-player alternative to CrushBorgs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CrushBorgs.

    Gravity Circuit is a flashy action packed 2D platformer in the spirit of console classics. Follow Kai, a lone operative war hero who harnesses the mysterious powers of the Gravity Circuit, on an adventure in a futuristic world inhabited by sentient robots.

    2023ActionIndie16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider — Steam game cover

    Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider

    Single-player alternative to CrushBorgs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CrushBorgs.

    Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is a side-scrolling action platformer that channels the golden age of classic 16-bit action games in a full-throttle quest for revenge. Created to defend a totalitarian state, the Moonrider rejects its programming and now seeks vengeance on its creators.

    2023ActionIndie16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    LUNARK — Steam game cover

    LUNARK

    Single-player alternative to CrushBorgs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CrushBorgs.

    A pixel-art sci-fi adventure set in the midst of a rebellion against a totalitarian regime, LUNARK is a modern take on the 2D cinematic platformer genre of the '90s. Run, jump, hang, climb, roll, and shoot your way through gorgeous and mysterious locations!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tanglewood — Steam game cover

    Tanglewood

    Single-player alternative to CrushBorgs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CrushBorgs.

    Experience puzzle-platforming the way it’s meant to be. Designed and built on 90’s hardware, Tanglewood is a 16-bit love letter to the golden age of gaming. Guide Nymn home through a forest filled with danger, in classic 2D pixel-art style.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure17.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shogi — Steam game cover

    Shogi

    Single-player alternative to CrushBorgs — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Master the art of Shogi! Dive into Japan's classic strategy board game.

    2024StrategyCasual7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Contrast — Steam game cover

    Contrast

    Single-player alternative to CrushBorgs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with CrushBorgs.

    CONTRAST is a puzzle/platform game where you can move between a fantastic 3D world and a mysterious shadowy universe in 2D in the blink of an eye. Delve into a dreamlike and surreal 1920s world, inspired by the performance art world of vaudeville and film noir, and cradled by a smooth and sultry jazz ambiance.

    2013IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    California Games (C64/DOS/Atari/Lynx/NES/SMS/Genesis) — Steam game cover

    California Games (C64/DOS/Atari/Lynx/NES/SMS/Genesis)

    Single-player alternative to CrushBorgs — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Ask anyone who considered themselves a true gamer in 1987 and the chances are they will fondly remember California Games. Now on Steam for the very first time, you too can enjoy six radical and awesome events: the half-pipe, roller skating, surfing, BMX, footbag and the flying disc.

    2020Sports9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ШП - ShP — Steam game cover

    ШП - ShP

    Single-player alternative to CrushBorgs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with CrushBorgs.

    Incomprehensible interface errative puzzle game. No instructions! This product includes 3 different puzzles.

    2017IndieSimulation1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Castle of no Escape — Steam game cover

    Castle of no Escape

    Single-player alternative to CrushBorgs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CrushBorgs.

    Explore the mysterious castle full of monsters and secrets in a quest to collect all the treasures (that will also protect you from the curses on your way) and crush the main boss. The game won't let you exit the castle, no matter how you try. Technically you can win, but there is no end.

    2017ActionIndieRPGFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Void Source — Steam game cover

    Void Source

    Single-player alternative to CrushBorgs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CrushBorgs.

    Classic multi-directional (360°) shoot 'em up. Navigate your UFO through hazardous environments with dangerous enemies and beat huge bosses!

    2020ActionIndie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SoulFrost — Steam game cover

    SoulFrost

    Single-player alternative to CrushBorgs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CrushBorgs.

    This is a short but hard minimalistic scroll shooter where you race against doing too many actions to keep more energy, without which you won't make it to the end. Lightweight narrative art-game.

    2017ActionIndie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    W4RR-i/o-RS — Steam game cover

    W4RR-i/o-RS

    Single-player alternative to CrushBorgs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with CrushBorgs.

    Semi-automatic micro-sandbox with a console interface. You decide the fates, but don't see anything actually going on. Imagine your purpose is just to simulate a human's decision making system, in a lack of information beyond the spreadsheet numbers.

    2017IndieSimulation4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ШПМЛ5 (ShPML5) — Steam game cover

    ШПМЛ5 (ShPML5)

    Single-player alternative to CrushBorgs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with CrushBorgs.

    Net-art group Kreguzda presents. Tomorrow is the Hundred-Fivehundred-First lunar day. This day is good for fasting. Do not eat anything among the lines of: dairy, fried, boiled, saltcium, iodine, mercury, plutonium, chebureks 2D, chebureks 3D, pies with HTML and other useful substances. Stay healthy!

    2019IndieCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →