Single-player games like Bowling
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Bowling, 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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TrackMania² Valley
Single-player alternative to Bowling — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports with Bowling.
TrackMania² Valley is the third environment of TrackMania², the sequel to Nadeo Studio’s online racing phenomenon TrackMania, already enjoyed by millions of players. Valley is a new take on the classic arcade rally racing genre. Flirting between arcade and simulation, Valley marks a new checkpoint in the history of racing games.
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Blood Bowl 2: Legendary Edition (Classic)
Single-player alternative to Bowling — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports with Bowling.
Blood Bowl 2 smashes Warhammer and American football together, in an explosive cocktail of turn-based strategy, humour and brutality, adapted from Games Workshop’s famous boardgame.
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Poker Night 2
Single-player alternative to Bowling — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports with Bowling.
The chips are down and the ante is up in this sentence already bursting with poker clichés! Take the fifth seat in Poker Night 2, at a table featuring Claptrap (Borderlands 2), Brock Samson (The Venture Bros.), Ash (Army of Darkness) and Sam (Sam and Max series).
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AO Tennis 2
Single-player alternative to Bowling — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports with Bowling.
AO Tennis 2 is the only tennis experience designed for and by its community. Create your own players, stadiums and legendary matches. Enter the competition to reach the top of world tennis in Career Mode.
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Master of Chess
Single-player alternative to Bowling — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports with Bowling.
Play chess with help from your AI character, solve chess puzzles, build an unrivaled openings repertoire, and win tournaments worldwide. Become World Champion in the first and only chess career simulator!
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Cursed to Golf
Single-player alternative to Bowling — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports with Bowling.
Cursed to Golf is a challenging golf-like adventure where every shot counts. Players are tasked with making it out of Golf Purgatory to become a Golfing Legend. With insane hazards, otherworldly power-ups and tons of replayability, will you make it back alive or will you forever be… Cursed to Golf!?
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Frozen Cortex
Single-player alternative to Bowling — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports with Bowling.
A hard-hitting simultaneous-turn-based tactical game from the creators of Frozen Synapse. Defeat your opponent’s plans on a randomly-generated playfield in this brutal futuresport.
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Qvadriga
Single-player alternative to Bowling — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports with Bowling.
Qvadriga is a tactical game of chariot racing in ancient Roman circuses, where you take control of a four horse chariot team. Choose your preferred upgrade combinations and prove your skills at the arena.
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Robox
Single-player alternative to Bowling — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Robox is an easy to play fast action, fierce fighting Robot boxing game, with breathtaking graphics that will make you want to play again and again.