Single-player games like Don't Bow
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Don't Bow, 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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Chasm: The Rift
Single-player alternative to Don't Bow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Don't Bow.
Prepare for terror in this ground-breaking classic old-school FPS. Following the destruction of Time you are left to battle in this horrific hellhole of multilevel interconnected missions populated by gruesome grotesque creatures.
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DEAD TRASH
Single-player alternative to Don't Bow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Don't Bow.
Years into a brutal lockdown, a once-thriving city lies in ruins, abandoned by its government and overrun by vicious, mindless infected. Grab your hammer, collect your nerves and enter the mayhem.
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CULTIC
Single-player alternative to Don't Bow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Bow.
Death is only the beginning. Crawl from your grave and gear up to fight your way through the ranks of a mysterious and twisted cult. You, your guns, and your dynamite will have to shoot, slide, blast, duck, dodge, and maybe throw a gib or two to survive in this old-school-inspired shooter.
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HROT
Single-player alternative to Don't Bow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Bow.
HROT is a single-player retro FPS set in a small socialist country neighboring Soviet Union (Czechoslovakia) after an unspecified disaster in 1986. Those times were dark and terrifying and so is the game.
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Ion Fury
Single-player alternative to Don't Bow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Bow.
3D Realms, creators of Duke Nukem 3D, Prey, and Max Payne, team up with Voidpoint to bring back the legendary Build Engine, famous for classic shooters like Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, and Blood. Fast-paced FPS combat across huge, secret-packed levels. Ion Fury is the real deal!
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Turbo Overkill
Single-player alternative to Don't Bow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Bow.
Enter Paradise as Johnny Turbo—half-metal, half-human, all-murder machine. Clean up the streets with a chainsaw leg, 15+ weapons and your hovercar as you battle the rogue AI Syn, rival bounty hunters and cyberpunks aplenty. Apogee’s most outrageous FPS since Duke Nukem 3D. Good hunting, Sir!
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Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
Single-player alternative to Don't Bow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Bow.
Load up your Boltgun and unleash the awesome Space Marine arsenal to blast your way through an explosion of sprites, pixels and blood in a perfect blend of Warhammer 40,000, frenetic gameplay and the stylish visuals of 90’s retro shooters.
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Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer
Single-player alternative to Don't Bow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Don't Bow.
So.... got what it takes to be a X Slayer?!?... 7 weapons, blood and gore, twisted music by Seepage & Psyko Syndikate, and maps where you can blow up everything. its awesome. started making it in 1998 in high school with my friend and now im 37, so i have life experience now.
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Bearly Alive
Single-player alternative to Don't Bow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Bow.
Dash, Shoot and run. Those monsters want to steal your candy. Build and fight for the good of bearkind in this Tower Defense and 3rd Person Action hybrid!