Single-player games like The Last Friend
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to The Last Friend, 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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Shing!
Single-player alternative to The Last Friend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Last Friend.
Experience the most exciting and immersive beat-em-up combat system ever – become a kickass ninja and slice some demons in style!
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Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines
Single-player alternative to The Last Friend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Last Friend.
Swing, jump, and blast through dimensions in the follow-up to the critically-acclaimed 2D action-platformer Grapple Dog. Zip between action-packed worlds as Pablo and Luna team up to save the cosmos in their own unique ways.
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Big Helmet Heroes
Single-player alternative to The Last Friend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Last Friend.
Throw yourself into an epic 3D beat’em up adventure with adorable knights, full of surprising worlds and situations. Grab your buddy and play in 2 player co-op to save the princess, but this is only the beginning!
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Pit People®
Single-player alternative to The Last Friend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with The Last Friend.
In this fast-paced, turn-based, co-op adventure you'll quest and explore, find awesome loot, customize your fighters, and recruit strange species! Come master your destiny in this strategic game of positioning.
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CastleStorm
Single-player alternative to The Last Friend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with The Last Friend.
Welcome to the world of CastleStorm, a super genre mashup of 2D physics destruction mashed with tower defense brawler! CastleStorm was born out of the fond childhood memory of building and destroying LEGO castles.
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Cat Quest II
Single-player alternative to The Last Friend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Last Friend.
Open-world action-RPG in a fantasy realm of cats and dogs. Sequel to the award-winning original, CAT QUEST II lets you play solo or with a friend, as both a cat and dog! Quest in a world filled with magic, defeat monsters and collect loot in a catventure like never before!
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The Adventure Pals
Single-player alternative to The Last Friend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Last Friend.
The Adventure Pals is an epic adventure platformer fueled by imagination, friendship, and the dark side of hot dogs. Your dad has been dadnapped and you, your pet rock, and a tongue-helicoptering giraffe must fight your way through levels filled with platforming, bizarre enemies, and big bosses to save the world!
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Orcs Must Die! 2
Single-player alternative to The Last Friend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with The Last Friend.
You’ve tossed, burned and sliced them by the thousands – now orcs must die more than ever before! Grab a friend and slay orcs in untold numbers in this sequel to the 2011 AIAS Strategy Game of the Year from Robot Entertainment.
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Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
Single-player alternative to The Last Friend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Last Friend.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
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River City Ransom: Underground
Single-player alternative to The Last Friend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Last Friend.
Alex and Ryan must take to the streets to help a new crop of fighters. You'll earn money, unlock moves, and upgrade your skills in a sprawling city. This modern take on an old classic features over 500 unique street fighting moves, dozens of weapons, and fun online multiplayer modes.
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Streets of Rage 4
Single-player alternative to The Last Friend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Last Friend.
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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Stereo Aereo
Single-player alternative to The Last Friend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Last Friend.
Stereo Aereo is a crazy musical journey through space. Use your cat-like reflexes or get into the groove and use your sense of rhythm while crossing a comic book style sci-fi universe inspired by the pop-culture influences of the 80's. Your job is to get space rock band Stereo Aereo to their 15 minutes of fame!
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The Last Friend: First Bite
Single-player alternative to The Last Friend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with The Last Friend.
The Last Friend: Prodog is a paws on experience of the first act! So join Alpha and T. Juan on a dynamic adventure that has you battling hordes of baddies and bosses on their mission to save all the Doggos!