Single-player games like Castle Crashers®
Below are 19 single-player Steam games similar to Castle Crashers®, 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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Brimstone Brawlers - Early Access
Single-player alternative to Castle Crashers® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Castle Crashers®.
A gothic arena brawler combining hazard-filled stages with MOBA-style abilities. Battle as unique misfits in a cursed city teetering on the edge of ruin.
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Clan N
Single-player alternative to Castle Crashers® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Castle Crashers®.
Fight alone or with your friends, master the art of battle and bring peace back to the land in this arcade inspired epic brawler!
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Jelly Brawl
Single-player alternative to Castle Crashers® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Castle Crashers®.
Jelly Brawl is a sticky and destructive multiplayer party game where you gotta jiggle, flop, and pop your way to the top! Fight alone or against friends for freedom from a mad king across tons of stages, mini games, and modes as you wrestle to be the last jelly standing!
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Lost Castle / 失落城堡
Single-player alternative to Castle Crashers® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Castle Crashers®.
Lost Castle is an action RPG beat'em up with roguelike elements and randomized dungeons for up to four players online and local!
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Sacrifice Your Friends
Single-player alternative to Castle Crashers® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Castle Crashers®.
Succumb to madness and come Sacrifice Your Friends! Dangerous arenas, eldritch weapons, lovecraftian creatures, and a lot of fun await you.
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Cannibal Cuisine
Single-player alternative to Castle Crashers® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Castle Crashers®.
The god Hoochooboo is hungry… for you. But serving is better than being served in this co-op cook 'em up! Chop up vegetables, fruits and tourists and serve your divine delicacies in arcade style with up to 4 chefs!
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River City Super Sports Challenge ~All Stars Special~
Single-player alternative to Castle Crashers® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Castle Crashers®.
This is the River City sports challenge! The Rule is simple, be the # 1 in 4 events by all means. That's it! Hitting and kicking? Of course! Wooden swords dumbbells and even bombs are available to use. The great sports challenge where anything's possible has just begun!!!
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Son of a Witch
Single-player alternative to Castle Crashers® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Castle Crashers®.
Action roguelike for 1-4 players with cute graphics and deep game mechanics. Combine dozens of different weapons, magic items, potions and spells with unique effects to beat 8 enemy factions and 28 bosses. Can you find the ancient goblin artifact at the end of the dungeon?
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Broforce
Single-player alternative to Castle Crashers® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Castle Crashers®.
Broforce is an action-packed side-scrolling run ‘n’ gun ode to freedom, putting you in control of an under-funded, overpowered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force.
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BattleBlock Theater®
Single-player alternative to Castle Crashers® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Castle Crashers®.
Welcome to BattleBlock Theater! You’ve got no where to go but up...on stage. Play single player or co-op to free your friends and save Hatty Hattington! Jump, solve and battle your way through a mysterious theater inhabited by highly technological felines.
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Streets of Rage 4
Single-player alternative to Castle Crashers® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Castle Crashers®.
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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Absolum
Single-player alternative to Castle Crashers® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Castle Crashers®.
Fight as the outcast heroes of Talamh in a fierce battle to retake magic from Sun King Azra’s grasp in Absolum, an original roguelite beat ‘em up by Dotemu.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
Single-player alternative to Castle Crashers® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Castle Crashers®.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge reunites Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael as they kick shell in a beautifully realized beat ’em up.
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Foul Play
Single-player alternative to Castle Crashers® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Castle Crashers®.
Play as the daemon-hunter Baron Dashforth in a side-scrolling co-op brawler set entirely on the grand spectacle of a theatre stage that rewards performance over pummeling. Perform shattering takedowns and reversals!
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River City Ransom: Underground
Single-player alternative to Castle Crashers® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Castle Crashers®.
Alex and Ryan must take to the streets to help a new crop of fighters. You'll earn money, unlock moves, and upgrade your skills in a sprawling city. This modern take on an old classic features over 500 unique street fighting moves, dozens of weapons, and fun online multiplayer modes.
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Pit People®
Single-player alternative to Castle Crashers® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Castle Crashers®.
In this fast-paced, turn-based, co-op adventure you'll quest and explore, find awesome loot, customize your fighters, and recruit strange species! Come master your destiny in this strategic game of positioning.
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Alien Hominid Invasion
Single-player alternative to Castle Crashers® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Castle Crashers®.
Old friends and bitter enemies await as you invade Earth alongside a Mothership full of alien friends! Blast, beam, and bite your way through an endless swarm of enemies as you and up to three of your fellow hominids cause mayhem with a huge arsenal of weapons, mutations, and acrobatic maneuvers.
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Alien Hominid HD
Single-player alternative to Castle Crashers® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Castle Crashers®.
The 2D side-scrolling shooter from The Behemoth is back! With your mighty blaster and a group of mysterious kids by your side, destroy the agency and reclaim your spaceship!
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BEHEMOTH
Single-player alternative to Castle Crashers® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Castle Crashers®.
Dodge ‘n flap your wings in this new arcade extravaganza from The Behemoth! In BEHEMOTH™, you become one with the chicken to secure your flock in the nest and collect as much candy corn as possible!