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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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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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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Scott Pilgrim vs. The World™: The Game – Complete Edition
Single-player alternative to Castle Crashers® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Castle Crashers®.
Rediscover the beloved 2D arcade-style beat 'em up inspired by the iconic comic and movie Scott Pilgrim vs. The World!
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Full Metal Furies
Single-player alternative to Castle Crashers® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Castle Crashers®.
From the creators of Rogue Legacy comes a "true-cooperative" action RPG. FULL METAL FURIES puts an emphasis on team play with a unique combat system where everyone is important. Play on the couch, alone or with friends, or make it an online party for up to four players!
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Charlie Murder
Single-player alternative to Castle Crashers® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Castle Crashers®.
It’s a punk rock apocalypse! Team up with your friends to lead embattled punk rock band Charlie Murder in their epic quest to save the world from rival death metalers Gore Quaffer and their legions of evil.
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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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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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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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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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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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Rotwood
Single-player alternative to Castle Crashers® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Castle Crashers®.
The world has been thrown into chaos, and it's up to you and your friends to battle the corrupted beasts of the Rotwood. Upgrade your gear, choose your preferred weapon, and hone your skills to defend your safe haven.
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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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Trine 2: Complete Story
Single-player alternative to Castle Crashers® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Castle Crashers®.
Three Heroes make their way through dangers untold in a fairytale world, featuring physics-based puzzles, beautiful sights and online co-op.
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Overcooked
Single-player alternative to Castle Crashers® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Castle Crashers®.
Overcooked is a chaotic couch co-op cooking game for one to four players. Working as a team, you and your fellow chefs must prepare, cook and serve up a variety of tasty orders before the baying customers storm out in a huff.
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Sacred Citadel
Single-player alternative to Castle Crashers® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Castle Crashers®.
Sharpen your axe, string your bow, brew your potions! Ancaria needs heroes like you. Grab your friends to join the resistance!The once peaceful land of Ancaria is in grave danger. The evil Ashen empire has enslaved its population and is using the orc-like Grimmoc to wipe out the Seraphim, who swore to protect it.
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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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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!