Single-player games like 9 Monkeys of Shaolin
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to 9 Monkeys of Shaolin, 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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Breakneck City
Single-player alternative to 9 Monkeys of Shaolin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 9 Monkeys of Shaolin.
Old school 3D Beat-Em-Up Action! Use your wits, reflexes and environment to take on the ruthless gangs of Breakneck City!
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
Single-player alternative to 9 Monkeys of Shaolin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 9 Monkeys of Shaolin.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge reunites Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael as they kick shell in a beautifully realized beat ’em up.
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Redeemer: Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to 9 Monkeys of Shaolin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 9 Monkeys of Shaolin.
Redeemer: Enhanced Edition is a brutal close-quarters brawler. Punch, crush, shoot, and use the environment to destroy enemies. Master deep melee combat, execute savage finishers, and fight for redemption as Vasily, a former elite operative hunted by a cybernetic corporation.
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Streets of Rage 4
Single-player alternative to 9 Monkeys of Shaolin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 9 Monkeys of Shaolin.
Amongst the best beat’em up series ever created, jammin’ ‘90s beats and over the top street fighting, the iconic series Streets of Rage comes back with a masterful tribute to and revitalization of the classic action fans adore.
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Reality Rash
Single-player alternative to 9 Monkeys of Shaolin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 9 Monkeys of Shaolin.
A 3D beat 'em up inspired by the classics — fight your way through 4 different worlds. Play solo or in 2-player co-op to gather the 4 cores and save your home in this nostalgic and modern beat 'em up!
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Unruly Heroes
Single-player alternative to 9 Monkeys of Shaolin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 9 Monkeys of Shaolin.
LET'S KUNG FU THEM ALL! Play solo or co-op and take control of four unlikely heroes that battle a diverse lineup of enemies, show off your Kung-Fu skills and journey west across stunning different environments in order to hunt for the scattered remnants of the Sacred Scroll.
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Ninja Kunoichi
Single-player alternative to 9 Monkeys of Shaolin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 9 Monkeys of Shaolin.
This is an exciting "NINJA" action game with a 16-bit taste!
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Ogre Tale
Single-player alternative to 9 Monkeys of Shaolin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with 9 Monkeys of Shaolin.
Join ogre sisters Ran, Hana, and Yume, and their feline mentor, Iroha, in a battle against fairytale folkheroes-turned-villains via this action-packed tongue-in-cheek 2D beat-em-up romp set in modern-day Japan!
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Abda Redeemer: Space alien invasion
Single-player alternative to 9 Monkeys of Shaolin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 9 Monkeys of Shaolin.
Our brave hero Abda lost his father. After his death, he remained the only one of his kind. Everyone he loved died. After the funeral, he inherited his father's old starship. After fixing the flying saucer he had inherited, Abda got ready to go. Thus began the story of Abda Redeemer.
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Sifu
Single-player alternative to 9 Monkeys of Shaolin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 9 Monkeys of Shaolin.
Sifu is a realistic third-person brawler with tight Kung Fu combat mechanics and cinematic martial arts action embarking you on a path for revenge.
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KIBORG
Single-player alternative to 9 Monkeys of Shaolin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 9 Monkeys of Shaolin.
KIBORG is a relentless rogue-lite beat’em up where you enhance your body with new cybernetic implants each run. You’ve been sent to the worst prison in the galaxy for crimes you didn’t commit. Death won’t provide an escape, but a violent reality show may offer a way out.
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REMEDIUM: Sentinels
Single-player alternative to 9 Monkeys of Shaolin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 9 Monkeys of Shaolin.
Become a Sentinel and face the plague in roguelite fast-paced auto-shooter set in the same world as REMEDIUM game. Combine items and alchemical elements to acquire more powerful weapons and create unique builds to defend the plague survivors against the endless hordes of mutants!
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REMEDIUM
Single-player alternative to 9 Monkeys of Shaolin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 9 Monkeys of Shaolin.
The fast-paced twin-stick shooter game in the grim post-apocalyptic Renaissance setting. It had been more than a hundred years since the terrible plague devoured the whole continent and turned almost everyone there in the maddened mutants.