Single-player games like Donkey Ball
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Donkey Ball, 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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Mark of the Ninja
Single-player alternative to Donkey Ball — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Donkey Ball.
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
Single-player alternative to Donkey Ball — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Donkey Ball.
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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Deer & Boy
Single-player alternative to Donkey Ball — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Donkey Ball.
In this poetic cinematic platformer, a runaway boy meets a fawn. As their bond grows, so do their abilities and the emotional weight of their journey, where silence speaks louder than words.
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Streets of Rage 4
Single-player alternative to Donkey Ball — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Donkey Ball.
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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Tetris® Effect: Connected
Single-player alternative to Donkey Ball — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Donkey Ball.
Tetris® Effect: Connected adds an all-new robust multiplayer expansion to the huge variety of addictive and innovative single-player modes that Tetris Effect is known for, with all-new co-op and competitive online and local multiplayer modes!
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SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance
Single-player alternative to Donkey Ball — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Donkey Ball.
The iconic SHINOBI returns in an all-new 2D action platformer with a unique hand-drawn look created by the team behind the hit brawler Streets of Rage 4.
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Midnight Fight Express
Single-player alternative to Donkey Ball — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Donkey Ball.
A former member of the criminal underworld is lured back into “the life” by a mysterious drone claiming they have until sunrise to prevent a citywide criminal takeover together.
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Hell is Other Demons
Single-player alternative to Donkey Ball — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Donkey Ball.
Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.