Single-player games like Boons & Burdens
Below are 13 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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Striving for Light: Survival
Single-player alternative to Boons & Burdens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Boons & Burdens.
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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Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel
Single-player alternative to Boons & Burdens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Boons & Burdens.
Hordes of Hel is a gripping roguelike horde-survivor game set in the dark realms of Norse Mythology. Fight waves of enemies to earn divine blessings of ancient Viking Deities, explore hostile worlds and face powerful bosses. Become a god-like warrior in this ultimate showdown.
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Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood
Single-player alternative to Boons & Burdens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Boons & Burdens.
Slash and survive a typical workday as Dracula's overworked and underappreciated servant! You'll have a bloody good time as you rampage through New Orleans to find fresh victims for your narcissistic boss.
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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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Wildkeepers Rising
Single-player alternative to Boons & Burdens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Boons & Burdens.
Tame monsters! Slay waves of enemy hordes! Explore fantasy lands! Wildkeepers Rising is a whimsical action-RPG roguelite set in a beautiful hand-drawn world that combines the power curve of bullet heaven games with the compulsive fun of a creature collector.
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Champion Shift
Single-player alternative to Boons & Burdens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Boons & Burdens.
Unleash mighty Champions in this thrilling co-op bullet heaven. Shift into battle, create builds with unique abilities, and battle endless enemies to stop the Dominion's path of conquest. Rev through high octane missions, conquer epic bosses, and become an absolute legend!
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Death Must Die
Single-player alternative to Boons & Burdens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Boons & Burdens.
Descend the nether in search of Death himself! Choose from God-given powers to slay his hordes of minions. Unlock new heroes, collect powerful items and create game-breaking synergies in this roguelite hack and slash survivors game.
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Conquest Dark
Single-player alternative to Boons & Burdens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Boons & Burdens.
Experience an ARPG's rapid ascension to power in minutes, packed with savage, survivors-like action and devastating sword & sorcery combat. Perfect your builds through Dark Ritual runs that will decide humanity's future as you battle endless hordes across haunting ruins and cursed kingdoms.
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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!