Single-player games like Backyard Bayou
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Backyard Bayou, 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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The Eyes of Ouros
Single-player alternative to Backyard Bayou — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Early Access with Backyard Bayou.
An infinitely generating third person shooter Rougelite. Experience the end of the world through various survivors with unique abilities. Explore and loot the underground as you go deeper to escape the hell on the surface. Try to go as deep underground as possible.
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Hours After Midnight
Single-player alternative to Backyard Bayou — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Backyard Bayou.
Dive deep into a roguelike survival quest against Rettam'diov, the Consumer of Worlds. Progress, earn experience, refine characters, and uncover potent tools. Face relentless hordes alone or amplify the thrill, teaming up cross-platform in our distinctive co-op mode.
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Mycofall
Single-player alternative to Backyard Bayou — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Backyard Bayou.
Mycofall is a survivors-like auto-shooter with ONLINE CO-OP for 1-4 players. Defeat hordes of infected insects to evolve and morph powerful abilities and weapons. Collect mycelium, grow stronger, unlock permanent upgrades and defend the forest solo or in online co-op.
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Mega Raiders
Single-player alternative to Backyard Bayou — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Backyard Bayou.
Fight thousands of enemies alongside your friends, grow stronger together, and unlock new characters and weapons. Craft powerful ultimates to destroy bosses or save a fallen friend. Customize your skill tree to match your playstyle, and survive endless hordes with countless build combinations.
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Jungle Defenders
Single-player alternative to Backyard Bayou — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Backyard Bayou.
Get ready for a wild third-person action journey where nature strikes back! In this explosive roguelike bullet hell, you play as fearless animals sworn to protect their forest from a relentless technological threat: invading robots set on exploiting natural resources and destroying the environment.
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Mauled Horde
Single-player alternative to Backyard Bayou — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Backyard Bayou.
Mauled Horde is a free-to-play 1–3 player co-op horde shooter. Survive relentless waves solo or with friends. Spend resources at Citadels to buy and upgrade weapons, unlock active and passive skills, activate traps, and shape your build as each round grows more intense.
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Drive of the Dead
Single-player alternative to Backyard Bayou — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Backyard Bayou.
An online co-op auto-shooter roguelite: drive a gun-covered car through endless zombie hordes with up to 3 friends. Auto-firing weapons, run-shaping upgrade cards, and a swarm that never stops. Crush thousands. Survive the road. Save the worst B-movie ever made.
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Chrome Survivor
Single-player alternative to Backyard Bayou — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Backyard Bayou.
In this bullet heaven roguelite combine weapons into powerful evolutions, collect items to enhance your runs, equip and craft powerful cybernetic augments that change the way you play. Can you complete a 9 modded nightmare difficulty run and become John Cyberpunk?
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Compression Quota
Single-player alternative to Backyard Bayou — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Backyard Bayou.
Clock in. Pick items off the belt, drop them in the hydraulic press, and slam them into tier-colored scrap. Hit quota or go in the press yourself. A short active incremental game about crushing things for reasons Management won't explain.