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Single-player games like Protobouncer

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Protobouncer, 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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    Space Scavenger 2 — Steam game cover

    Space Scavenger 2

    Single-player alternative to Protobouncer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Protobouncer.

    A fast-paced, top-down action roguelite about building outlandish modular spaceships and discovering broken synergies. Scavenge resources, craft absurd builds, and hone your abilities in a paradoxical time loop.

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    DODECIUM — Steam game cover

    DODECIUM

    Single-player alternative to Protobouncer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Protobouncer.

    Solo Indie delivers a local 1-4 player split-screen physics-based create and combat sandbox with scientific tools for PvP or PvE. Replay many unique campaigns. Master your hex build strategy, microscopes, and chemistry skills. Be clever to achieve victory and learn as you go. June NEXT FEST.

    ActionStrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Phasmonauts — Steam game cover

    Phasmonauts

    Single-player alternative to Protobouncer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Protobouncer.

    Phasmonauts is a 4 player local co-op supernatural roguelite. Cryptid sightings are on the rise! It’s up to you and your friends to invent ghost-hunting equipment to solve the mystery and fight these supernatural creatures.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pongo! Paddle Pals! — Steam game cover

    Pongo! Paddle Pals!

    Single-player alternative to Protobouncer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Protobouncer.

    Pong... But it's a roguelite! Pick a class, pick a ball blessing, then paddle your way through three acts of devious enemy paddles. Stack relics, find synergies, survive floor modifiers warping the ball mid-rally. PONG! IT! UP!

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation6.29 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Endgame: Road To Salvation — Steam game cover

    Endgame: Road To Salvation

    Single-player alternative to Protobouncer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Protobouncer.

    A high-octane road trip through a besieged world during a demon-infested zombie apocalypse. Rescue survivors, form a caravan, call in various support drops or air strikes, loot random structures for supplies or craft them yourself, modify common vehicles into post-apocalyptic machines of war.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    INTO EVIL — Steam game cover

    INTO EVIL

    Single-player alternative to Protobouncer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Protobouncer.

    Hotline Miami x Dark Souls. Greatswords, demons, miniguns; up to 4 players. You are not prepared.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DUNJUNGUY — Steam game cover

    DUNJUNGUY

    Single-player alternative to Protobouncer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Protobouncer.

    DUNJUNGUY is a randomly generated action RPG dungeon-crawler with Rogue-like elements. Following brave adventurers on their journey into the DUNJUN players will find bizarre unique items, epic loot, and pets that buff the player's abilities and enable them to fight off the endless hordes of creatures.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Star Devil — Steam game cover

    Star Devil

    Single-player alternative to Protobouncer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Protobouncer.

    Star Devil is a Sci-fi Station Survival Roguelike Game with dynamic alien infection. Playable in both single player and split-screen co-op.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Welcome to Neokyo City — Steam game cover

    Welcome to Neokyo City

    Single-player alternative to Protobouncer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Protobouncer.

    In a city governed by drones and powered by neon gas, hope soars through the rooftops in the form of a rogue human. Jump across rooftops, hack powerboxes, and avoid the ever present drones that oppress the citizens of Neokyo City in this open-world 2D platformer.

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