Single-player games like The Black Pool
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to The Black Pool, 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 Rogue
Single-player alternative to The Black Pool — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Black Pool.
Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.
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Dungeon Survivors
Single-player alternative to The Black Pool — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Black Pool.
Dungeon Survivors is a top-down fantasy roguelite where you can use your class abilities to fight off a horde of fantasy monsters. Choose from a variety of abilities and items to create unique builds and survive with 1-4 players.
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Broventure: The Wild Co-op
Single-player alternative to The Black Pool — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Black Pool.
Broventure = Vampire Survivors + Base building + Co-op. Band together with friends and obliterate hordes of grueling enemies, gather crucial resources, and transform your camp into a sanctuary of liberation.
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Knights of Braveland
Single-player alternative to The Black Pool — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Black Pool.
Knights of Braveland is a cooperative beat'em up action game with a generated story. You will hack, slash, and smash your way to victory. And with your friends it is much more fun. Play local or online.
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Barony
Single-player alternative to The Black Pool — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Black Pool.
Barony is the premier first-person roguelike with cooperative play! Adventure alone, or gather a party with iconic and unusual RPG classes to face off against the brutal dungeons. Test your resourcefulness, wits, and friendships, on your quest to lift the evil lich's curse!
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ArcRunner
Single-player alternative to The Black Pool — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Black Pool.
Traverse 'The Arc' in this beautiful, Cyberpunk-styled action rogue-lite as you attempt to reset an evil rogue AI. Experiment with different weapons and augments as you fight hordes of machines programmed for your annihilation! Collect Nanites & power-up after every run either solo or with friends!
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30XX
Single-player alternative to The Black Pool — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Black Pool.
Jump, shoot, and slash your way through 30XX, the roguelike action platformer you can play with a friend! Explore lush, ever-changing worlds that mix precise platforming with fevered combat. Destroy fearsome Guardians. Master unique Powers. Rediscover the thousand years we've lost.
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Rampage Knights
Single-player alternative to The Black Pool — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Black Pool.
Rampage Knights is a cooperative beat 'em up game mixed up with randomized dungeon crawling and exploration, which you can play alone or with a friend online.
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Risk of Rain 2
Single-player alternative to The Black Pool — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Black Pool.
Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.
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Returnal™
Single-player alternative to The Black Pool — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Black Pool.
BREAK THE CYCLE Fight to survive as this award-winning third-person shooter brings Selene’s story to PC. Take on roguelike challenges. Engage enemies in bullet hell-fuelled clashes. Share your journey through Returnal™ with another player.
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Crab Champions
Single-player alternative to The Black Pool — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Black Pool.
Claw your way across exotic islands combining fluid movement with fast paced combat to become a Crab Champion in this third person roguelike shooter.
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Exodus Borealis
Single-player alternative to The Black Pool — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
In this city builder and tower defense game, you will command a small band of ship wrecked colonists. Progress from struggling to survive the elements to a thriving kingdom that will smash the demon hordes that dare attack your settlement.