Single-player games like Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic
Below are 23 single-player Steam games similar to Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic, 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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Streets of Rage 4
Single-player alternative to Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic.
Amongst the best beat’em up series ever created, jammin’ ‘90s beats and over the top street fighting, the iconic series Streets of Rage comes back with a masterful tribute to and revitalization of the classic action fans adore.
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Clan N
Single-player alternative to Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic.
Fight alone or with your friends, master the art of battle and bring peace back to the land in this arcade inspired epic brawler!
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MARVEL vs. CAPCOM Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics
Single-player alternative to Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic.
The legendary crossover hits are back! The action-packed lineup consisting of seven unique titles, is full of heavy hitters like X-MEN VS. STREET FIGHTER, and MARVEL vs. CAPCOM 2 New Age of Heroes. The collection also includes the rare beat 'em up game, THE PUNISHER.
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Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate
Single-player alternative to Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic.
"Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate" is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up with the heart of a fighting game, showcasing nostalgic pixel art and the latest cross-platform online multiplayer. Experience the biggest and most expansive entry in the "Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds" series to date!
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River City Super Sports Challenge ~All Stars Special~
Single-player alternative to Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic.
This is the River City sports challenge! The Rule is simple, be the # 1 in 4 events by all means. That's it! Hitting and kicking? Of course! Wooden swords dumbbells and even bombs are available to use. The great sports challenge where anything's possible has just begun!!!
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Abyss Odyssey
Single-player alternative to Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic.
From indie Chilean developer ACE Team comes a new side-scrolling action adventure game featuring a complex fighting engine in procedurally generated levels that destines its three warriors to battle a different abyss each time! Choose your hero and also learn to possess your enemies in the abyss…
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Ninjin: Clash of Carrots
Single-player alternative to Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic.
Ninjin: Clash of Carrots is an anime-inspired beat-em-up with varied enemies and deep customization. Play as the rabbit Ninjin, or Akai, the ninja fox, and fight to retrieve the carrots stolen by Shogun Moe! Redeem carrots for weapons, upgrades and more! Supports 2-player online or local co-op.
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Ogre Tale
Single-player alternative to Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic.
Join ogre sisters Ran, Hana, and Yume, and their feline mentor, Iroha, in a battle against fairytale folkheroes-turned-villains via this action-packed tongue-in-cheek 2D beat-em-up romp set in modern-day Japan!
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Scott Pilgrim vs. The World™: The Game – Complete Edition
Single-player alternative to Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic.
Rediscover the beloved 2D arcade-style beat 'em up inspired by the iconic comic and movie Scott Pilgrim vs. The World!
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Heat Guardian
Single-player alternative to Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic.
Hardcore top-down shooter in a world of eternal winter. Traverse frozen post-Soviet ruins in search of humanity’s last refuge. Brutal mutants, scarce ammo, and merciless nature will push your skills to the limit. No safe places — only relentless combat for survival.
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Fight'N Rage
Single-player alternative to Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic.
Fight’N Rage is a brand new old-school side-scroller beat’em up. Inspired by the classics from the “golden age”, and with an art style that mimics the aesthetic from the 90's arcade gems, this game pays homage to all classic gameplay features that makes this genre one of the best from its time!
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
Single-player alternative to Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge reunites Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael as they kick shell in a beautifully realized beat ’em up.
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Code of Princess
Single-player alternative to Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic.
Code of Princess offers players an exciting yet unconventional experience, deftly blending the combo-heavy fighting gameplay of beat ‘em ups with the stat-boosting character customization of RPGs.
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Tiles in Time
Single-player alternative to Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Enter this challenge in which you must paint all the tiles before reaching the last one in the shortest time possible. Visit different worlds and face different puzzles which will test all your skills.
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River City Ransom: Underground
Single-player alternative to Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic.
Alex and Ryan must take to the streets to help a new crop of fighters. You'll earn money, unlock moves, and upgrade your skills in a sprawling city. This modern take on an old classic features over 500 unique street fighting moves, dozens of weapons, and fun online multiplayer modes.
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STEINS;GATE
Single-player alternative to Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus, STEINS;GATE was awarded Famitsu magazine's coveted annual Game of Excellence award and was voted one of the most emotionally charged “tear-inducing games” ever made, in a Famitsu poll. It is a gripping and moving Visual Novel, which has already spawned manga and anime adaptations.
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STEINS;GATE 0
Single-player alternative to Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
If you can't save the one you love… How can you save humanity? Sequel to the visual novel cult classic. Experience an alternate worldline of STEINS;GATE.
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CHAOS;CHILD
Single-player alternative to Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
From the creators of the critically acclaimed STEINS;GATE comes a sensational new visual novel: CHAOS;CHILD. Set in Shibuya in 2015, a group of high school students who survived an earthquake six years ago find themselves at the center of a new series of bizarre murders in the city.
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CHAOS;HEAD NOAH
Single-player alternative to Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
CHAOS;HEAD NOAH is now available on Steam!
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STEINS;GATE: My Darling's Embrace
Single-player alternative to Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Fall in love with the lab members all over again in this sweet and slapstick romantic comedy!
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STEINS;GATE ELITE
Single-player alternative to Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
STEINS;GATE ELITE follows a rag-tag band of tech-savvy young students who discover the means of changing the past via e-mail using a modified microwave.
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STEINS;GATE: Linear Bounded Phenogram
Single-player alternative to Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A story for every lab member. Discover a new side of each STEINS;GATE character and get a glimpse of their inner thoughts through 10 new stories.
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Memories Off -Innocent Fille-
Single-player alternative to Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
「メモリーズオフ」シリーズ史上最もライトで最もシリアスな二面性のあるシナリオが、切なくて儚い、ただ一つの想いを選ぶ“二者択一の恋物語”(オルタナティブ・ラヴストーリー)へとプレイヤーを誘います。