Single-player games like The Baconing
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to The Baconing, 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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DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue
Single-player alternative to The Baconing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with The Baconing.
Join DeathSpank in the hunt for the Thongs of Virtue! Fight through all new environments and quests and collect all new weapons, armor, and loot in one of the funniest action-RPGs to date!
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Super Cane Magic ZERO - Legend of the Cane Cane
Single-player alternative to The Baconing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Baconing.
Crash-land in the psychedelic world of Super Cane Magic ZERO, a local co-op Action RPG for 1 to 4 players! Immerse yourself in the mind-bending Story Mode or pummel your friends in 8 local Battle Arenas. Smash! Loot! Eat Rocks! Fight a really big fridge!
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Children of Morta
Single-player alternative to The Baconing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Baconing.
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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Half Minute Hero: The Second Coming
Single-player alternative to The Baconing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with The Baconing.
The world's speediest homage/roast to JRPGs! Can you save the world in 30 seconds? Get a quest, find those in need, fight through dungeons, earn cash, get cool loot and level up until YOU>EVIL. Don't have enough time? Pay the Goddess to reset the clock and try again! Over 100 mini-JRPGs for you to test your might with!
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West of Loathing
Single-player alternative to The Baconing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with The Baconing.
West of Loathing — a slapstick comedy stick-figure wild west adventure role-playing game.
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The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled
Single-player alternative to The Baconing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Baconing.
You are the Bard, a selfish rogue weary of pointless sub-quests and rat-infested cellars. Now includes original classic games The Bard’s Tale 1, 2 & 3!
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Rampage Knights
Single-player alternative to The Baconing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Baconing.
Rampage Knights is a cooperative beat 'em up game mixed up with randomized dungeon crawling and exploration, which you can play alone or with a friend online.
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Magicka
Single-player alternative to The Baconing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with The Baconing.
Magicka is a satirical action-adventure game set in a rich fantasy world based on Norse mythology. The player assumes the role of a wizard from a sacred order tasked with stopping an evil sorcerer who has thrown the world into turmoil, his foul creations besieging the forces of good.
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Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3
Single-player alternative to The Baconing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Baconing.
The Startling Developments Detective Agency springs into action as On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 begins, set in motion by a call from a mysterious source. The ever escalating perils on the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness will season our tender heroes to their very core!
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Return to Monkey Island
Single-player alternative to The Baconing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Baconing.
Return to Monkey Island is an unexpected, thrilling return of series creator Ron Gilbert that continues the story of the legendary adventure games.
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DeathSpank
Single-player alternative to The Baconing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with The Baconing.
For uncounted years, DeathSpank has been a Dispenser of Justice, a Vanquisher of Evil, and a Hero to the Downtrodden.
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Precipice of Darkness, Episode One
Single-player alternative to The Baconing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with The Baconing.
On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One is the first installment in the RPG-Adventure game series based on the web comic Penny Arcade. Create your character in the classic comic style, and join Gabe and Tycho in the alternate 1920s universe of New Arcadia, where you'll combat savage enemies, solve mysteries, meet bizarre new...
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Precipice of Darkness, Episode Two
Single-player alternative to The Baconing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with The Baconing.
On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode Two is the second installment in the RPG-adventure game series based on the web comic Penny Arcade. Whether you're a fan of the first installment or new to the series, you'll be able to pick up and play Episode Two as a standalone experience.