Single-player games like GAARL! - Gabe's Action Arcade RogueLike
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to GAARL! - Gabe's Action Arcade RogueLike, 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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Lost Mind
Single-player alternative to GAARL! - Gabe's Action Arcade RogueLike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with GAARL! - Gabe's Action Arcade RogueLike.
Lost Mind is a psychological roguelite set inside Ashley’s fractured mind. Explore procedural worlds, collect stars, escape collapsing maps, and face symbolic enemies born from trauma, paranoia, and depression. Every death means she got lost again.
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Dark Scrolls
Single-player alternative to GAARL! - Gabe's Action Arcade RogueLike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GAARL! - Gabe's Action Arcade RogueLike.
Dark Scrolls is a fantasy-themed action platformer that fuses shmup-style chaos with roguelite progression and is packed with charm, challenge, and secrets.
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Spelunky 2
Single-player alternative to GAARL! - Gabe's Action Arcade RogueLike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GAARL! - Gabe's Action Arcade RogueLike.
Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a roguelike classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new. Meet the next generation of explorers as they find themselves on the Moon, searching for treasure and missing family.
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Caveblazers
Single-player alternative to GAARL! - Gabe's Action Arcade RogueLike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GAARL! - Gabe's Action Arcade RogueLike.
Caveblazers is a challenging and brutal roguelike platformer. Journey into a mysterious cave, fighting orcs and goblins with an abundance of weapons and magical items! Make friends along the way, then watch in despair as they are crushed in to a bloody pulp under a troll's fist.
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Catacomb Kids
Single-player alternative to GAARL! - Gabe's Action Arcade RogueLike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GAARL! - Gabe's Action Arcade RogueLike.
Catacomb Kids is a brutal platformer roguelike that pits you against the deadly Catacombs aided only by magic, steel, and your quick reflexes. Traverse procedurally generated dungeons and hack, slash, burn, and blast your way through hordes of things that want to kill you.
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30XX
Single-player alternative to GAARL! - Gabe's Action Arcade RogueLike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GAARL! - Gabe's Action Arcade RogueLike.
Jump, shoot, and slash your way through 30XX, the roguelike action platformer you can play with a friend! Explore lush, ever-changing worlds that mix precise platforming with fevered combat. Destroy fearsome Guardians. Master unique Powers. Rediscover the thousand years we've lost.
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Noobs Are Coming
Single-player alternative to GAARL! - Gabe's Action Arcade RogueLike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GAARL! - Gabe's Action Arcade RogueLike.
YOU ARE THE FINAL BOSS. Brutal synergy arena roguelike. Pick your Final Boss character, equip boss patterns and combine tons of attacks to create unique builds. Play solo or in co-op!
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Risk of Rain (2013)
Single-player alternative to GAARL! - Gabe's Action Arcade RogueLike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GAARL! - Gabe's Action Arcade RogueLike.
Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses, either alone or with 3 friends in online co-op.