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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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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Assault Android Cactus+
Single-player alternative to Monkey Barrels — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Monkey Barrels.
Assault Android Cactus is an intense arcade style twin stick shooter - pick from one of nine unique synthetic heroines and blast your way through overwhelming robots hordes to save the ship from its own workforce. Supports single player and local co-op game modes.
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God's Trigger
Single-player alternative to Monkey Barrels — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Monkey Barrels.
Slay enemies with speed and precision in an over-the-top show of blood and explosions. Play solo or with others, make split-second decisions, dodge bullets, and use weapons and abilities to inflict violence in the most graphic way possible.
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Nuclear Throne
Single-player alternative to Monkey Barrels — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Monkey Barrels.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
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Guns n Zombies
Single-player alternative to Monkey Barrels — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Monkey Barrels.
This is the world after a zombie apocalypse in which the main characters have to go through many perils. It is a story about ordinary people who, when faced with danger, decided not to run away from it, but to fight back. As the story goes along, you will learn what caused the disaster and help other survivors to overcome its aftermath.
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On Rusty Trails
Single-player alternative to Monkey Barrels — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Monkey Barrels.
Conformity is everything in this lightning-fast platformer - get ready to shift your friendships each and every second!
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Killsquad
Single-player alternative to Monkey Barrels — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Monkey Barrels.
Hack and slash? Check. Twin-stick-shooter? Check. 4 player coop to slay hordes of aliens & bosses with your friends? Check. Skills, upgrades, weapons, gears, talismans and more to make you stronger? Check. Wake up, bounty hunter. We have a mission for you. Time to clean up the scum of the galaxy.
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Bullet Bunny
Single-player alternative to Monkey Barrels — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Monkey Barrels.
Bullet Bunny is a twin-stick shooter with rogue-like elements. Fend off an onslaught of enemies, level up, and create unique builds every run while trying to survive 500 seconds!
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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!