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Single-player games like Lost Bros

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Lost Bros, 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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    Owlboy — Steam game cover

    Owlboy

    Single-player alternative to Lost Bros — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lost Bros.

    Owlboy is a story-driven platform adventure game, where you can fly and explore a brand new world in the clouds! Pick up your friends, and bring them with you as you explore the open skies, in one of the most detailed adventures of this era.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    BUTCHER — Steam game cover

    BUTCHER

    Single-player alternative to Lost Bros — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lost Bros.

    BUTCHER is a fast-paced, blood-soaked 2D shooter where carnage is the only way forward. Become a ruthless cyborg tasked with eradicating humanity, leaving nothing but blood, guts, and destruction in your wake. There's no such thing as too much violence in this grim, retro-styled gorefest.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Axiom Verge — Steam game cover

    Axiom Verge

    Single-player alternative to Lost Bros — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lost Bros.

    Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure19.99 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 Lost Bros — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lost Bros.

    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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    Flinthook — Steam game cover

    Flinthook

    Single-player alternative to Lost Bros — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lost Bros.

    Live the life of space captain Flinthook! Armed with your mighty hookshot, your uncanny slow-motion powers and your trusty blasma pistol, plunder and fight your way through an infinite variety of randomly-assembled spaceships for treasure, loot and fame!

    2017ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Volgarr the Viking — Steam game cover

    Volgarr the Viking

    Single-player alternative to Lost Bros — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lost Bros.

    Return to the Golden Age of arcades with a hardcore action platformer that pulls no punches! Possesses all the hallmarks of true classics like Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts (SNES), Rastan Saga (Arcade), Castlevania (NES) and more with precise controls, high challenge, and meticulous design.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wizorb — Steam game cover

    Wizorb

    Single-player alternative to Lost Bros — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lost Bros.

    The once peaceful Kingdom of Gorudo is threatened by an evil presence. The only hope for salvation is Cyrus!

    2012ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Chasm — Steam game cover

    Chasm

    Single-player alternative to Lost Bros — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lost Bros.

    Explore the depths below a remote mountain town in this procedurally-generated Adventure Platformer. Taking inspiration from hack 'n slash dungeon crawlers and Metroidvania-style platformers, Chasm will immerse you in a fantasy world full of exciting treasure, deadly enemies, and abundant secrets.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hero Lodge — Steam game cover

    Hero Lodge

    Single-player alternative to Lost Bros — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Lost Bros.

    Hero Lodge is a fantasy tactical turn based RPG with a focus on player strategy and knowledge. Now featuring a fully fleshed out Roguelite mode.

    2022StrategyIndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →