Single-player games like Shinobi Bad Buddies
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Shinobi Bad Buddies, 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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Move or Die
Single-player alternative to Shinobi Bad Buddies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shinobi Bad Buddies.
Move or Die is an absurdly fast-paced 4-player local and online party game where the mechanics change every 20 seconds! It's THE friendship-ruining game.
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Chronac: Escape
Single-player alternative to Shinobi Bad Buddies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shinobi Bad Buddies.
CHRONAC! The roguelike action game where you shoot, slash, blast your way out the facility that created you. Gain powerful upgrades, face unforgiving enemies. Together.
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Ninza
Single-player alternative to Shinobi Bad Buddies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shinobi Bad Buddies.
Ninza is a free multiplayer game like no other! Instead of directly attacking your opponents, you crush them by pushing pieces of the level. Embrace chaos and dive into an entirely new level of frenzied and creative gameplay, where the environment itself becomes both your weapon and your enemy.
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Black & White Bushido
Single-player alternative to Shinobi Bad Buddies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shinobi Bad Buddies.
Black & White Bushido is a 1-4 player stealth-em-up arena brawl. Choose between the light and the shadow in three challenging game modes. Hide with camouflage, throw shurikens and drop smoke bombs to beat your friends locally or online.
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N++ (NPLUSPLUS)
Single-player alternative to Shinobi Bad Buddies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shinobi Bad Buddies.
N++ is a fast-paced, momentum-based platformer about darting around obstacles, narrowly evading enemies and collecting gold in a beautiful minimalist landscape.
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Dismantle: Construct Carnage
Single-player alternative to Shinobi Bad Buddies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shinobi Bad Buddies.
‘Dismantle: Construct Carnage’, is a local-multiplayer arena brawler, where you can literally tear your opponents limb from limb. Feel the effects of damage as you hop, crawl and roll your way to victory, making sure your own body parts aren’t used as weapons against you.
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Rocket League®
Single-player alternative to Shinobi Bad Buddies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shinobi Bad Buddies.
Rocket League is a high-powered hybrid of arcade-style soccer and vehicular mayhem with easy-to-understand controls and fluid, physics-driven competition. Rocket League includes casual and competitive Online Matches, a fully-featured offline Season Mode, special “Mutators” that let you change the rules entirely, hockey and...
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Slime-san: Superslime Edition
Single-player alternative to Shinobi Bad Buddies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shinobi Bad Buddies.
Slime-san was minding his own business when suddenly… A giant worm appeared and gobbled him up! Deep within the worm’s belly, Slime-san has to face a decision: Be digested by the incoming wall of stomach acid... Or jump, slide and slime his way through the worm and back out its mouth!
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Worms Armageddon
Single-player alternative to Shinobi Bad Buddies — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Those intrepid invertebrates return with a vengeance in the much-loved Worms™ Armageddon. It’s a whole new can of worms! It’s hilarious fun that you can enjoy on your own or with all your friends.
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SteamWorld Dig
Single-player alternative to Shinobi Bad Buddies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shinobi Bad Buddies.
SteamWorld Dig is an action-adventure puzzler with strong Metroidvanian influences set in the SteamWorld Universe. You’ll need to dig deep into the earth, gather resources to upgrade your tools and abilities, take on enemies, solve challenging puzzles and uncover the secrets to save a dying town.
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Windforge
Single-player alternative to Shinobi Bad Buddies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shinobi Bad Buddies.
WindForge is a side-scrolling block-building game where you explore hostile skies in an ever-changing Steampunk world. Everything you see can be created or destroyed, creating an RPG without barriers that rewards creative problem solving and improvisation.
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Mega Man X Legacy Collection
Single-player alternative to Shinobi Bad Buddies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shinobi Bad Buddies.
Mega Man X Legacy Collection includes the legendary 16-bit titles and the series’ exciting foray into the 32-bit era: Mega Man X, Mega Man X2, Mega Man X3, and Mega Man X4. Test your skills in the new X Challenge mode, which pits players against two deadly bosses at once.