Single-player games like subpar pool
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to subpar 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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Drop Pockets
Single-player alternative to subpar pool — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Casual with subpar pool.
The billiards roguelike. Strategic, physics based combat against Pool Sharks who don't play by the rules. Pocket your balls and clear out your opposition in this chaotic game of pool!
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Cursed to Golf
Single-player alternative to subpar pool — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Sports with subpar pool.
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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Super Inefficient Golf
Single-player alternative to subpar pool — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Casual with subpar pool.
Super Inefficient Golf builds on top of the most inefficient game ever conceived by making it even LESS efficient. Drop your silly golf stick and start using exploding mines to guide your ball! Place them, choose the right timing, and BOOM - Birdie!
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Super Battle Golf
Single-player alternative to subpar pool — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Casual with subpar pool.
An online 1-8 player golf game where everyone plays at the same time. Swing, shoot, sabotage, and finish first by any means necessary in a free-for-all rush to the hole.
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POOOOL
Single-player alternative to subpar pool — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with subpar pool.
POOOOL is a small, pool-inspired physics puzzler where you combine balls of similar sizes to create even bigger ones, all while trying to save room for more. Chase your hi-score, share scores with friends, and master your flinging skills!
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Dangerous Golf
Single-player alternative to subpar pool — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Sports with subpar pool.
Not your traditional Golf game. Humorous destruction and over the top trickshots are the way to score big. Smash up the toilets, make a big mess in the Kitchen, destroy priceless antiques in the Palace. This is golf played indoors where the more expensive the object the higher its game value.
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WHAT THE GOLF?
Single-player alternative to subpar pool — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with subpar pool.
A silly physics-based golf parody where every golf course is a new surprising type of golf, some brilliant or hilarious, others so absurd you will ask yourself: WHAT THE GOLF?
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Balatro
Single-player alternative to subpar pool — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with subpar pool.
The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.
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holedown
Single-player alternative to subpar pool — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with subpar pool.
Bounce bounce bounce bounce BOUNCE BOUNCE BOUNCE your way to the planet core!
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rymdkapsel
Single-player alternative to subpar pool — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Build a space station. Command the tiny crew. Explore the galaxy. A meditative space strategy game.