Single-player games like Pixel Boy and the Ever Expanding Dungeon
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Pixel Boy and the Ever Expanding Dungeon, 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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Kill The Cute
Single-player alternative to Pixel Boy and the Ever Expanding Dungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Pixel Boy and the Ever Expanding Dungeon.
Slaughter the adorable without mercy! Choose your fighter, harvest souls, and forge devastating skill builds. Upgrade, adapt, and unleash pure chaos in this fast-paced 2D action frenzy.
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Diehard Dungeon
Single-player alternative to Pixel Boy and the Ever Expanding Dungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Boy and the Ever Expanding Dungeon.
Combining its own unique take on the real-time roguelike genre, with a nostalgic 16-bit look and feel, Diehard Dungeon is a game that feels both familiar and quite different at the same time. Followed by a trusty, treasure collecting companion chest, you must make your way through the dungeons many randomly-generated rooms and levels.
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Heroes of Hammerwatch II
Single-player alternative to Pixel Boy and the Ever Expanding Dungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Boy and the Ever Expanding Dungeon.
A rogue-lite action-rpg that offers extensive persistent progression. Build your town, upgrade and equip your heroes, before taking on the ever-changing Dark Citadel - either solo or with a team of friends.
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Ziggurat
Single-player alternative to Pixel Boy and the Ever Expanding Dungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Boy and the Ever Expanding Dungeon.
Dungeon-Crawling First Person Shooting at its finest! Fast-paced combat! Dozens of perks, spells and enemies! Level ups! Random Dungeons! Traps! Badass bosses! Carrots!
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Tor Eternum
Single-player alternative to Pixel Boy and the Ever Expanding Dungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Boy and the Ever Expanding Dungeon.
Explore the enigmatic Tor Eternum with up to 10 friends in this frenetic online co-op action RPG. Customize your character as you level up, explore the halls of the Tower, and overcome billions of different procedurally generated bosses.
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Starward Rogue
Single-player alternative to Pixel Boy and the Ever Expanding Dungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Boy and the Ever Expanding Dungeon.
Starward Rogue is a bullet hell twin-stick shooter. Blast your way through the Megalith, a rogue-lite labyrinth lodged in the side of a star. Customize your mech with a huge variety of weapons, perks, and upgrades. Steel yourself for the dangers that lurk in the depths of the dungeon.
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Space Hack
Single-player alternative to Pixel Boy and the Ever Expanding Dungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Boy and the Ever Expanding Dungeon.
Space Hack is an isometric action RPG set in space, featuring fast-paced hack-and-slash combat, loot progression, and dozens of levels to explore aboard a doomed colony ship.
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DunHero
Single-player alternative to Pixel Boy and the Ever Expanding Dungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Boy and the Ever Expanding Dungeon.
DunHero is an Action Roguelike. Choose your class, level up and collect powerful items. Defeat bosses and free the world from evil in unique adventures. Play solo or with friends in up to 4-player co-op.
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Beat Hazard
Single-player alternative to Pixel Boy and the Ever Expanding Dungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Boy and the Ever Expanding Dungeon.
Experience your music collection like never before with this intense music driven arcade shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.
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The Binding of Isaac
Single-player alternative to Pixel Boy and the Ever Expanding Dungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Boy and the Ever Expanding Dungeon.
Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!
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Spelunky
Single-player alternative to Pixel Boy and the Ever Expanding Dungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pixel Boy and the Ever Expanding Dungeon.
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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Rogue Legacy
Single-player alternative to Pixel Boy and the Ever Expanding Dungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Boy and the Ever Expanding Dungeon.
Rogue Legacy is a genealogical rogue-"LITE" where anyone can be a hero. Each time you die, your child will succeed you. Every child is unique. One child might be colorblind, another might be a dwarf with vertigo. But that's OK, because no one is perfect, and you don't have to be to succeed.
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Nuclear Throne
Single-player alternative to Pixel Boy and the Ever Expanding Dungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Boy and the Ever Expanding Dungeon.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
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Risk of Rain 2
Single-player alternative to Pixel Boy and the Ever Expanding Dungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Boy and the Ever Expanding Dungeon.
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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Slay the Spire
Single-player alternative to Pixel Boy and the Ever Expanding Dungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pixel Boy and the Ever Expanding Dungeon.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!