Single-player games like Monkey Barrels
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Monkey Barrels, 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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Quantum of Hope
Single-player alternative to Monkey Barrels — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Monkey Barrels.
Quantum of Hope is an action-packed Twin-Stick shooter game set on Earth overrun by aliens. Use your Fabricator and different weapons to shoot your way through alien swarms to rescue mysterious Princess in distress.
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Utopos
Single-player alternative to Monkey Barrels — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Monkey Barrels.
Utopos is a MOSA - Multiplayer Online Space Arena! Gameplay is from a top-down angle, dual-stick shooter and you can play against your friends online, or against AI-controlled opponents.
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Re-Loaded
Single-player alternative to Monkey Barrels — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Monkey Barrels.
Introducing the roll call of shame as Mamma, Bounca, Butch, Cap'n Hands, Sister Magpie and The Consumer blast their way through six huge blood soaked worlds to inflict brutal revenge on the supremely evil C.H.E.B.
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Tanks Etc.
Single-player alternative to Monkey Barrels — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Monkey Barrels.
Tanks Etc. is a modern reimagining of co-op overhead arcade classics; it offers classic gameplay while adding in depths of strategy to keep players reinventing strategies for waging war with their friends.
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Sharded World
Single-player alternative to Monkey Barrels — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Monkey Barrels.
Sharded World is a reversed bullet hell, rogue-lite, ARPG game combining simple gameplay and great rpg progression. Each level has its own unique features and challenges. Upgradable characters, weapons and orbs. Challenges, daily quests, and leaderboards. Fight, get stronger and defeat the Lich!
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Livelock
Single-player alternative to Monkey Barrels — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Monkey Barrels.
Livelock is a co-operative top-down shooter where you play solo or with up to two allies to break the cycle of infinite war between machines. As one of the remaining Capital Intellects, your role is to unlock Eden and revive humanity.
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Earl vs. the Mutants
Single-player alternative to Monkey Barrels — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Monkey Barrels.
Save humanity in a mutant-ridden apocalypse! Dive headfirst into Earl vs. the Mutants, a high-octane top-down survival action-roguelite set in the aftermath of a nuclear apocalypse.
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Insect Swarm
Single-player alternative to Monkey Barrels — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Monkey Barrels.
The insect swarm is a swarm consists of millions of alien insects, and you, as the only survival on this barren planet, will have to fight against them dauntlessly. Good luck!
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BAKERU
Single-player alternative to Monkey Barrels — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Monkey Barrels.
Bakeru's adventure begins in this Japan-esque Wild Action Game!