Single-player games like Bamboo EP
Below are 19 single-player Steam games similar to Bamboo EP, 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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UFO 50
Single-player alternative to Bamboo EP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Bamboo EP.
UFO 50 is a collection of 50 single and multiplayer games that span a variety of genres, from platformers and shoot 'em ups to puzzle games, roguelites, and RPGs. Our goal is to combine a familiar 8-bit aesthetic with new ideas and modern game design.
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Broforce
Single-player alternative to Bamboo EP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Bamboo EP.
Broforce is an action-packed side-scrolling run ‘n’ gun ode to freedom, putting you in control of an under-funded, overpowered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force.
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Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Single-player alternative to Bamboo EP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Bamboo EP.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.
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Duck Game
Single-player alternative to Bamboo EP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Bamboo EP.
Enter the futuristic year of 1984, an age where ducks run wild in a frantic battle for glory. Blast your friends with Shotguns, Net Guns, Mind Control Rays, Saxophones, Magnet Guns, and much, much more. This is DUCK GAME. Don't blink.
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Hyper Light Drifter
Single-player alternative to Bamboo EP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Bamboo EP.
Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.
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The Escapists 2
Single-player alternative to Bamboo EP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Bamboo EP.
Craft, Steal, Brawl and Escape! It’s time to bust out of the toughest prisons in the world as you return to the life of an inmate in The Escapists 2, now with multiplayer! Have you got what it takes to escape?
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TowerFall Ascension
Single-player alternative to Bamboo EP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Bamboo EP.
TowerFall Ascension is the definitive version of the hit archery combat game. Inspired by classics from the golden age of couch multiplayer, it's a 4-player local party game centering around hilarious, intense versus matches. The core mechanics are simple and accessible, but hard to master and combat is fierce.
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One Step From Eden
Single-player alternative to Bamboo EP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Bamboo EP.
Build a powerful deck, cast spells on the fly, battle evolving enemies, find game-changing artifacts, make friends or make enemies, just make it to Eden.
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Nidhogg
Single-player alternative to Bamboo EP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Bamboo EP.
Nidhogg is the epic award-winning game of fencing tug-of-war complete with flying giant worms.
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Samurai GUNN
Single-player alternative to Bamboo EP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Bamboo EP.
Samurai GUNN is a lightning-fast Bushido brawler for 2 to 4 players. Each samurai is armed with a sword and gunn, with only 3 bullets to a life. Strategy and quick reflexes are the key to deflecting bullets and sending your opponents’ heads rolling.
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Nuclear Throne
Single-player alternative to Bamboo EP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Bamboo EP.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
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Stacklands
Single-player alternative to Bamboo EP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Bamboo EP.
Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures. 🃏 For example, dragging a Villager card on top of a Berry Bush card will spawn Berry cards which the villagers can eat to survive. 🃏 Play your cards right and expand your village!
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Simmiland
Single-player alternative to Bamboo EP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Bamboo EP.
Simmiland is a god-like card game. In this game you indirectly influence a small civilization by manipulating their surroundings by playing cards 🃏🃏🃏 Playing cards on different biomes and objects will result in different findings. The way you play the game will define how mankind will develop!
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Grunn
Single-player alternative to Bamboo EP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Bamboo EP.
A gardener gets hired for maintenance work over the weekend. A simple task, but strangely some tools are missing… The owner of the garden isn't around, and their house is off-limits. Perhaps new tools can be found in the mysterious town, or maybe some of the reserved townsfolk have seen them?
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pyramida
Single-player alternative to Bamboo EP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Bamboo EP.
A village builder / survival game. Expand your village by day and fight monsters at night. Learn how to survive, and try to prevent your imminent demise . . .
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clickyland
Single-player alternative to Bamboo EP — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
clickyland is a tower defense village builder where clicks are your main resource. Use clicks to harvest resources, fight enemies and manage your village, but use them wisely as you only get 20 clicks every day! Can you reach day 100?
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fishy
Single-player alternative to Bamboo EP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Bamboo EP.
A game about a hungry fish 🐟 Eat to grow bigger, but watch out for fishes bigger than you! Grow big, strong and explore! Can you escape the pond?
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White Lavender
Single-player alternative to Bamboo EP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Bamboo EP.
A challenging adventure game with RPG-elements. Be a bug, fight other critters with swords and magic, collect powerful items such as pencils and teaspoons, meet cool characters, and up your fashion game on a journey to brew a special tea!
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Luckitown
Single-player alternative to Bamboo EP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Bamboo EP.
Luckitown is a turn-based tower defense where you roll dice to build new structures and cast spells to defend your town.