Single-player games like Rough Rivals
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Rough Rivals, 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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Mutant Football League 2
Single-player alternative to Rough Rivals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Indie with Rough Rivals.
Mutant Football League 2 is a hard-hitting, arcade-style football game that combines intense gameplay, wisecracking mutants, weapons, deep strategy, and outrageous humor. Prepare yourself for the most insanely brutal football you’ll ever experience.
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Bashing Brutal
Single-player alternative to Rough Rivals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Indie with Rough Rivals.
Bashing Brutal is a fully Physics-Based combat game, focusing on melee fighting. Experience the Brutal life of a Gladiator, Bash your opponent's heads in with Maces, Boxing Gloves, Baseball Bats.
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Intergalactic Puzzle Touchdown
Single-player alternative to Rough Rivals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Indie with Rough Rivals.
Intergalactic Puzzle Touchdown is a turn-based PvP puzzle game that fuses the familiar mechanics of classic match-3 games with the excitement of gridiron football. Match tiles to earn yards, dodge your opponent's blockers, and create Big Plays to light up the scoreboard!
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Mutant Football League
Single-player alternative to Rough Rivals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Indie with Rough Rivals.
Mutants and monsters unleash maniacal carnage on the gridiron in this crazy gore fest of arcade-style football. Packed full of humor, intense online multiplayer action, and strategy.
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Sportsday
Single-player alternative to Rough Rivals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Indie with Rough Rivals.
Sportsday is a fun party game where your favourite sports are mixed together - creating new weird sports! Play a tournament with your friends to see who can get the most points, or play in casual mode and try out as many sports as possible!
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Wild Card Football
Single-player alternative to Rough Rivals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Casual with Rough Rivals.
Wild Card Football is a fun pick-up-and-play arcade-style football game featuring 7v7 team-focused gameplay with the unique Wild Card system that lets you change the course of the action in an instant with special power-ups and rule-breaking abilities.
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Sunday Rivals
Single-player alternative to Rough Rivals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Indie with Rough Rivals.
Easy to pickup, hard hitting, fully customizable arcade football is back with Sunday Rivals! Battle high-octane offenses and bone crushing tacklers in the harshest weather conditions to bring home championship glory!
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Sheeple
Single-player alternative to Rough Rivals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Rough Rivals.
Cast cards to turn the tides of the battlefield, gather your army, and fight to regain The Original Sheep! Sheeple is a grand real time Auto battler with roguelike and deck-building elements.