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Single-player games like Runes of Brennos

Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Runes of Brennos, 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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    PixelJunk™ Nom Nom Galaxy — Steam game cover

    PixelJunk™ Nom Nom Galaxy

    Single-player alternative to Runes of Brennos — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Runes of Brennos.

    Welcome to SoupCo, Astroworker! In Nom Nom Galaxy, construct and automate gigantic soup factories on unexplored planets throughout the universe, harvest flora and fauna to turn them into artisanal soups, and rocket your product into the gullets of the galaxy!

    2015ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine — Steam game cover

    Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine

    Single-player alternative to Runes of Brennos — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Runes of Brennos.

    Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is a single player or co-op heist game. Assemble a crack team of thieves, case the joint, and pull off the perfect heist.

    2013ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Plebby Quest: The Crusades — Steam game cover

    Plebby Quest: The Crusades

    Single-player alternative to Runes of Brennos — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Runes of Brennos.

    Survive ambitious rulers dreaming of an empire, outsmart treacherous neighbors longing to burn your spoils, and navigate the religion’s predictably unreasonable demands; you need ask only one question as you build your legacy – “Will you burn them, or be burnt?”

    2020ActionStrategyIndie3.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tooth and Tail — Steam game cover

    Tooth and Tail

    Single-player alternative to Runes of Brennos — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Runes of Brennos.

    Lead the revolution with an army of flamethrowing Boars, mustard gas-lobbing Skunks, and paratrooper-puking Owls. Tooth and Tail is a Real-Time-Strategy game featuring Single Player, Online Competitive Play, Split Screen, Replays, and more. Build a base, lead your army, eat your enemies!

    2017ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Horizon Chase Turbo — Steam game cover

    Horizon Chase Turbo

    Single-player alternative to Runes of Brennos — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Runes of Brennos.

    Thrilling arcade racing game, inspired by the super-fun-straight-to-the-point classic racing games from the 90s.

    2018ActionSportsIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rochard — Steam game cover

    Rochard

    Single-player alternative to Runes of Brennos — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Runes of Brennos.

    Fast-paced platforming action and mind-bending puzzles based on gravity

    2011ActionIndieCasualDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tumblestone — Steam game cover

    Tumblestone

    Single-player alternative to Runes of Brennos — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Runes of Brennos.

    Tumblestone is the first original action-puzzle game of the past fifteen years -- completely reinventing the genre into a deep and cerebral puzzle solving experience that you won't forget.

    2016ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Soundodger+ — Steam game cover

    Soundodger+

    Single-player alternative to Runes of Brennos — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Runes of Brennos.

    Dodge the music and dance through a mesmerizing ballet of choreographed bullets, each synced to music from over a dozen international artists. Push your creativity and skills with the fully-featured Level Editor and never run out of things to dodge.

    2013ActionIndieCasual7.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Arx Fatalis — Steam game cover

    Arx Fatalis

    Single-player alternative to Runes of Brennos — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    This critically acclaimed first-person RPG from Arkane Studios takes the player on an amazing journey into the fantasy world of Arx. Arx is wrought with turmoil, brought to the brink of destruction by a violent war.

    2007RPG4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Black & White — Steam game cover

    Black & White

    Single-player alternative to Runes of Brennos — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Runes of Brennos.

    "Black & White" is a dystopian visual novel + war chess game: black and white, sensibility and reason, freedom and order: follow your beliefs and join your camp.

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Liftoff®: FPV Drone Racing — Steam game cover

    Liftoff®: FPV Drone Racing

    Single-player alternative to Runes of Brennos — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Runes of Brennos.

    Liftoff® is a drone simulator that translates the rush of first-person view drone flight to the digital world. Join the biggest community for virtual FPV racing and freestyle!

    2018SportsIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Liftoff®: Micro Drones — Steam game cover

    Liftoff®: Micro Drones

    Single-player alternative to Runes of Brennos — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Runes of Brennos.

    Explore the world of FPV like never before! In Liftoff®: Micro Drones any indoor area becomes an exciting aerial playground. Explore, customize and compete in this simulator dedicated to the micro drones class.

    2025ActionSportsSimulation15.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Midnight Protocol — Steam game cover

    Midnight Protocol

    Single-player alternative to Runes of Brennos — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Runes of Brennos.

    Midnight Protocol is a tactical narrative-driven RPG with unique keyboard-only controls. Hack into servers, beat security systems and discover encrypted secrets while you try to find answers to why and how you got doxxed.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →