Single-player games like Best Buds vs Bad Guys
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Best Buds vs Bad Guys, 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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Guns of Fury
Single-player alternative to Best Buds vs Bad Guys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Best Buds vs Bad Guys.
Guns of Fury is a retro-inspired action platformer that combines the run & gun and Metroidvania genres. Explore a vast interconnected world, gain new abilities and weapons, battle epic bosses and stop the plans of an evil corporation before it’s too late!
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Kero Blaster
Single-player alternative to Best Buds vs Bad Guys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Best Buds vs Bad Guys.
C&F Inc. teleporters are going offline all over the place, and it's up to an intrepid frog employee to fix the situation.
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Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider
Single-player alternative to Best Buds vs Bad Guys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Best Buds vs Bad Guys.
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is a side-scrolling action platformer that channels the golden age of classic 16-bit action games in a full-throttle quest for revenge. Created to defend a totalitarian state, the Moonrider rejects its programming and now seeks vengeance on its creators.
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Blasting Agent: Ultimate Edition
Single-player alternative to Best Buds vs Bad Guys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Best Buds vs Bad Guys.
Trouble in Antarctica!The Black Hand of Fate, an international Terrorist Group has constructed a secret base within the heart of a Volcano, and have built a massive army of bio-engineered soldiers and genetic monsters to take over the world! You are the only one that can put a stop to their dastardly plans. You are the Blasting Agent!
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Blazing Chrome
Single-player alternative to Best Buds vs Bad Guys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Best Buds vs Bad Guys.
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
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Clash Force
Single-player alternative to Best Buds vs Bad Guys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Best Buds vs Bad Guys.
A bite-sized, 8-bit style run-and-gun inspired by Saturday morning cartoons of the 80s!
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HUNTDOWN
Single-player alternative to Best Buds vs Bad Guys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Best Buds vs Bad Guys.
In the mayhem-filled streets of the future where criminal gangs rule and cops fear to tread, only the bounty hunters can free the city from the corrupt fist of felony. Lay waste to the criminal underworld and make a killing in this hard boiled action comedy arcade shooter.
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Beekyr Reloaded
Single-player alternative to Best Buds vs Bad Guys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Best Buds vs Bad Guys.
The giant hornets have destroyed your hive and taken the pollen. Fight the swarms alone or with a friend and destroy the dangerous hornet queen! The insect world is very dangerous but... what are you waiting for to get your revenge?
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Machine Gun Fury
Single-player alternative to Best Buds vs Bad Guys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Best Buds vs Bad Guys.
When tyranny takes control… someone has to pull the trigger. Machine Gun Fury brings back the golden age of arcade military shooters with pure reflex-driven carnage — no cover, no excuses. It’s you, your grenades, and pure run-and-gun chaos. No mercy. Lock and load, soldier!
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House of Pain
Single-player alternative to Best Buds vs Bad Guys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Best Buds vs Bad Guys.
House of Pain is a brutal hack and slash platformer. Battle hordes of twisted gore-encrusted mutant enemies. Explore, fight and wield deadly weapons such as the chainsaw, axe, machete and flame thrower. Avoid deadly traps while surviving the terror legions of twisted monsters and huge creatures.
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Robo50
Single-player alternative to Best Buds vs Bad Guys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Best Buds vs Bad Guys.
Robo50 is a fast-paced arcade-style shooter. Equip the mechanised Robo50 body armour and administer excessive force to eliminate the criminal scourge and clean up the streets. Destroy gang hideouts and weapon stores, track down the criminal kingpin’s lair and unleash an armoury of enhanced weapons.