Single-player games like Whackerball
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Whackerball, 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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FLERP
Single-player alternative to Whackerball — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Whackerball.
Fend off hordes of enemies in this arcade tower defense roguelite with autobattler elements. Build up a team of powerful synergies and become unstoppable.
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Temp Zero
Single-player alternative to Whackerball — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Whackerball.
Temp Zero is a minimalist roguelike which mixes intense action and musical bullet hell. Fight enemies which attack to the beat, choose perks, defeat the final boss, unlock new weapons, spells & soundtracks!
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Vampire Survivors
Single-player alternative to Whackerball — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Whackerball.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
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Spelunky
Single-player alternative to Whackerball — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure.
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Windowkill
Single-player alternative to Whackerball — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Whackerball.
Windowkill is a twin-stick shooter, but the game window itself is constantly closing in on you. Shoot the window edges to push it around your screen as you fight and dodge enemies and bosses in their own windows.
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Downwell
Single-player alternative to Whackerball — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Whackerball.
Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.
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Minutescape
Single-player alternative to Whackerball — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Dodge bullets and upgrade yourself in Minutescape, a retro-inspired incremental game that keeps unfolding. Unlock new abilities and keep upgrading yourself to survive for 5 consecutive minutes.
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Striving for Light: Survival
Single-player alternative to Whackerball — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Whackerball.
Striving for Light: Survival brings the exploration of infinite expanding skill trees to the arena survival roguelite genre. Unlock new characters, weapons, skills and maps, slay hordes of monsters and take on massive boss fights.
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SNKRX
Single-player alternative to Whackerball — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Whackerball.
SNKRX is an arcade shooter roguelite where you control a snake of heroes that automatically attack nearby enemies. Combine different heroes to unlock class bonuses and create unique builds, and steer your unstoppable party as they ravage through endless waves of enemies.
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Breakout
Single-player alternative to Whackerball — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Whackerball.
Experience fast-paced shotgun carnage in this mini-roguelite boomer shooter like no other! Explore over 100 procedurally linked combat arenas as a metal army hellbent on destruction stand between you and freedom. Are you ready to take them on?
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Cornerpond
Single-player alternative to Whackerball — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A chill idle-fishing desktop toy in the corner of your screen. Buy upgrades, catch rare fish, and customize your avatar at your own pace!
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Facehand
Single-player alternative to Whackerball — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Facehand is a synergy-driven roguelike deckbuilder with autobattling mechanics. Craft the perfect deck and chain card abilities to create wild combos!
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Mouselash
Single-player alternative to Whackerball — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Whackerball.
Mouselash is an action roguelite where you are the mouse cursor. Create your build by combining weapons and stats as you satisfyingly pop waves of enemies!