Single-player games like Pinpongle
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Pinpongle, 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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Hyper Sphere
Single-player alternative to Pinpongle — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Hyper Sphere is a high-octane roguelite bullet hell where you shoot, parry and dodge through waves of evil cubes. Combine a wide variety of wacky items to create broken builds, parry projectiles back at your enemies, and defeat the final boss.
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Rogue Breaker
Single-player alternative to Pinpongle — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Break, blast, and crash through this arcade style Rgouelike. Assemble the perfect item set and leave no brick standing.
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Hellfish
Single-player alternative to Pinpongle — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Hellfish is a classic side-scrolling shoot 'em up set deep in a corrupted ocean. Battle demonic sea creatures as The Pope using his holy submarine, and customize your righteous weapons in unique ways every time you play.
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God, Save the Queens!
Single-player alternative to Pinpongle — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
You are God. The king’s five daughters have been taken. Fight thousands of enemies, unlock powerful skills, and crush the evil wizard Zaharad in this brutal 2.5D roguelike!
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Orbit Run
Single-player alternative to Pinpongle — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Orbit Run is an arcade sci-fi game with roguelike elements, in which orbiting asteroids are your only weapons. Catch asteroids and combine them to unlock their run-altering abilities. Skillfully manoeuvre to dodge attacks and land massive asteroid strikes to defeat the ever-increasing waves of foes.
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Lilac 0
Single-player alternative to Pinpongle — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The machine world of Molybdion has fallen into disarray. As Nidhogg eats the root of the planet, unending wars rage on the surface! Slice your way through hordes of metallic foes in five frantic levels, defeat fearsome bosses, and dodge countless bullets in this vintage vertical shoot 'em up.
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Identifile: Desktop Dungeon
Single-player alternative to Pinpongle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Early Access with Pinpongle.
Become the ultimate desktop cursor in a deeply infected operating system! Navigate folders like dungeon rooms, delete viruses, and level up with EXEs in this action-packed roguelike.
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Elsie
Single-player alternative to Pinpongle — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Elsie is a technicolour, hyperkinetic, rogue-like action-platformer filled with procedurally generated levels, an army of robots to blast through, and a wide scope of items & weaponry to make each run unique. Master countless magitek weapons and abilities in order to embrace the chaos.