Single-player games like Boons & Burdens
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Boons & Burdens, 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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Eldritch Exterminators
Single-player alternative to Boons & Burdens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Boons & Burdens.
Become a possessed gun in this bullet heaven rogue-lite, mowing down hordes of Eldritch minions with chaotic firepower. Harvest souls, hoard artifacts, and craft insane builds to slay gods and break free.
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Kinetic Storm
Single-player alternative to Boons & Burdens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Boons & Burdens.
Annihilate endless swarms of enemies with devastating weaponry, survive this Kinetic Storm by unlocking powerful skills and upgrades. This sci-fi action roguelike will test your skills like no other, with responsive twin-stick controls and unique enemy design.
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Rogue Survivors
Single-player alternative to Boons & Burdens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Boons & Burdens.
Rogue Survivor is a casual top-down shooter game where you try to survive as long as enemy waves finishes. Choose different heroes and different skills to make better builds.
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Shape Shifter: Formations
Single-player alternative to Boons & Burdens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Boons & Burdens.
Shape Shifter: Formations is an action twin-stick shooter with rogue-lite elements, where you must destroy hordes of geometric enemies alone or with a friend. Select your ship and combine a large variety of weapons, abilities and infinitely stacking upgrades to craft your own unique build.
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Halls of Torment
Single-player alternative to Boons & Burdens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Boons & Burdens.
Slay hordes of terrifying monsters in this horde survival roguelite. Descend into the Halls of Torment where the Lords of the underworld await you. Treasures, magical trinkets, and a growing cast of heroes will grant you the power to vanquish these horrors from beyond. How long can you survive?
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Sharded World
Single-player alternative to Boons & Burdens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Boons & Burdens.
Sharded World is a reversed bullet hell, rogue-lite, ARPG game combining simple gameplay and great rpg progression. Each level has its own unique features and challenges. Upgradable characters, weapons and orbs. Challenges, daily quests, and leaderboards. Fight, get stronger and defeat the Lich!
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Dust & Neon
Single-player alternative to Boons & Burdens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Boons & Burdens.
Rain down hell on the robot army in DUST & NEON, an award-winning best-in-class post-apocalyptic shooter where twitchy-finger gunslingers are rewarded with fame and glory.
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DUNGEON RAZE
Single-player alternative to Boons & Burdens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Boons & Burdens.
Demolish walls to grow stronger! DUNGEON RAZE is a high-octane top-down shooter that fuses strategic destruction with exponential power scaling. Smash through the environment with overwhelming, "hyper-inflated" firepower to rescue allies and collect power-ups.
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Vampire Survivors
Single-player alternative to Boons & Burdens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Boons & Burdens.
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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Gunlocked
Single-player alternative to Boons & Burdens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Boons & Burdens.
A twin stick shooter without the twin stick, Gunlocked is a sci-fi action roguelike about careful positioning and upgrade selection. Manage unique targeting systems across multiple weapons and upgrades, as you battle legions of alien ships, and then do it all over again!
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Arcane Golf
Single-player alternative to Boons & Burdens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Boons & Burdens.
Arcane Golf is a miniature golf puzzle game set in a fantasy world full of dungeons, dangers, gems, and geometry. Play across 200 levels set in 4 unique courses inspired by classic adventure games!
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Cosmic Raze
Single-player alternative to Boons & Burdens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Boons & Burdens.
Cosmic Raze is a sci-fi tower defense strategy game. Control advanced weapons, build powerful synergies, and then blast away as aliens attempt to conquer Earth. Between rounds you'll earn unique augmentations, purchase and upgrade a huge variety of weapons, and unlock powerful synergy bonuses.
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Gunlocked 2
Single-player alternative to Boons & Burdens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Boons & Burdens.
Movement is your weapon. A sci-fi action roguelike and shmup combined, in Gunlocked 2 you'll pilot and upgrade a state-of-the-art warship against endless waves of deadly aliens. Deep customization, branching paths, and tons of unlockables offer endless replayability!
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Hellfish
Single-player alternative to Boons & Burdens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Boons & Burdens.
Hellfish is a classic side-scrolling shoot 'em up set deep in a corrupted ocean. Battle demonic sea creatures as The Pope using his holy submarine, and customize your righteous weapons in unique ways every time you play.