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Single-player games like BAKUDO

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to BAKUDO, 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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    Gallery Nocturnea — Steam game cover

    Gallery Nocturnea

    Single-player alternative to BAKUDO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BAKUDO.

    Climb to the top of the spire in 'Gallery Nocturnea', a classic 2D action game focused on boss battles. Master a variety of actions like sword attacks, dodging, and parrying to defeat diverse bosses. Dive into mysterious painted worlds with charming pixel art characters.

    ActionIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Big Boy Boxing — Steam game cover

    Big Boy Boxing

    Single-player alternative to BAKUDO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Sports with BAKUDO.

    Big Boy Boxing is an energetic Boss Rush game inspired by Punch-Out!!, featuring fluid gameplay, wacky comedy, special abilities, stylized hand-animated pixel art, and a retro banger soundtrack!

    ActionSportsIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Eldest Souls — Steam game cover

    Eldest Souls

    Single-player alternative to BAKUDO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BAKUDO.

    Fast-paced and brutally challenging, Eldest Souls is a unique Soulslike experience. In a final act of vengeance, the Old Gods have unleashed a great Desolation upon the world. Mankind's only hope lies with a lone warrior… and his greatsword of pure Obsydian.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Furi — Steam game cover

    Furi

    Single-player alternative to BAKUDO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BAKUDO.

    The jailer is the key, kill him and you’ll be free. Fight your way free in this ultra-responsive, fast-paced sword-fighting and dual-stick shooting game.

    2016ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Synthwave Burnout — Steam game cover

    Synthwave Burnout

    Single-player alternative to BAKUDO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Sports with BAKUDO.

    The lost highway awaits you to take you beyond the horizon. Relax and let the sounds of synthwave open the way into the realm of neon - a world of revived imagination and fantasy, more real than reality itself.

    2025ActionSportsIndie11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    NanoApostle — Steam game cover

    NanoApostle

    Single-player alternative to BAKUDO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BAKUDO.

    NanoApostle is a dark sci-fi boss rush action game featuring intense reaction-based combat and the unique "Destruction Point" system. Play as Anita, a child augmented with lethal nanomachines, as she battles against twisted cybernetic experiments to escape a top-secret facility.

    2024ActionIndie11.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Going Under — Steam game cover

    Going Under

    Single-player alternative to BAKUDO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BAKUDO.

    Going Under is a satirical dungeon crawler about exploring the cursed ruins of failed tech startups. As an unpaid intern in the dystopian city of Neo-Cascadia, you’ll wield office junk as weaponry as you make your way through the offbeat procedural dungeons beneath your company campus.

    2020ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    BREAK ARTS III — Steam game cover

    BREAK ARTS III

    Single-player alternative to BAKUDO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Sports with BAKUDO.

    With your uniquely crafted mech, dominate both the track and the battlefield. Fight your way through countless battles and aim for ever greater heights! This installment of BREAK ARTS is the ultimate Comprehensive Mech-Customizing Competitive Sport.

    2025ActionSportsIndie17.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →