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We filtered the 36 games similar to PBA Pro Bowling down to the 14 that fit the “Offline” category. Goat Simulator 3, NBA 2K21 and Insurgency: Sandstorm top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to PBA Pro Bowling.

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The best offline games like PBA Pro Bowling

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to PBA Pro Bowling. Each one has been evaluated across 14 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1Goat Simulator 3Closest overall match

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MultiplayerOfflineSoloMeleeCasualOpen WorldExploration3D

Steam👍 98%· 15KRAWG👍 79%· 33OC72· 51

Year 2022Dev Coffee Stain StudiosPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are immersive sims — sharing deep simulation, adventure storytelling and vibe casual

≠ Its own twist: sandbox freedom, sandbox world and co op, while skipping sports simulation

Pilgor’s baaack! Gather your herd and venture forth into Goat Simulator 3; an all-new, totally realistic, sandbox farmyard experience. Invite up to three friends in local or online co-op, create carnage as a team, or compete in mini-games and then not be friends anymore.

Released 3 years after PBA Pro Bowling.

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#2NBA 2K21Closest on world

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GenreActionSubgenreImmersive Sim

MultiplayerSoloOfflineMeleeOpen World3D

Steam👍 42%· 39KRAWG👍 46%· 93MC72OC68· 84

Year 2020Dev Visual Concepts · 2K GamesPlaytime ~19hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are immersive sims — sharing deep simulation, sports simulation and open world exploration

≠ Its own twist: competitive edge, strong narrative focus and co op, while skipping adventure storytelling

With extensive improvements upon its best-in-class graphics and gameplay, competitive and community online features, and deep, varied game modes, NBA 2K21 offers one-of-a-kind immersion into all facets of NBA basketball and culture - where Everything is Game.

Where it drifts furthest from PBA Pro Bowling: tone and progression.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for PBA Pro Bowling.

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#3Insurgency: SandstormClosest on progression

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GenreActionSubgenreImmersive Sim

MultiplayerOfflineSoloMeleeOpen WorldExploration

Steam👍 85%· 132KIGDB77· 6OC79· 58

Year 2018Dev New World Interactive · Focus EntertainmentOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Fits the immersive sims cluster, with deep simulation, open world exploration and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: shooter, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping sports simulation

Where it drifts furthest from PBA Pro Bowling: tone and setting.

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#4Crash Time 2Closest on game mode

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

OfflineMultiplayerSoloMeleeOpen WorldExploration3D

Steam👍 58%· 2.5KRAWG👍 19%· 107

Year 2008Dev RTL interactive · Meridian4Playtime ~1hOn PC

✓ If you enjoyed PBA Pro Bowling, expect adventure storytelling, deep simulation and open world exploration

≠ Where it differs: brings racing gameplay, sandbox freedom and strong narrative focus, while skipping sports simulation

Crash Time 2 is a mission-based open-world driving game developed by Synetic. You are one of the officers of a fictional Cobra 11 police unit. The players are free to explore the open world or just complete the missions.

Where it drifts furthest from PBA Pro Bowling: tone.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for PBA Pro Bowling.

It predates PBA Pro Bowling by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

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#5Bang-On Balls: Chronicles

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

OfflineSoloMultiplayerMeleeCasualOpen WorldExploration3D

Steam👍 96%· 5.1KOC84· 20

Year 2021Dev Exit Plan Games · Untold TalesPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ If you enjoyed PBA Pro Bowling, expect adventure storytelling, vibe casual and open world exploration

≠ Stands apart with sandbox freedom, sandbox world and co op, while skipping sports simulation

Bang-On Balls: Chronicles rolls onto the stage! A 3D platformer inspired by some of the best games of the genre including some Italian plumbers, a blue hedgehog, or a bear with a bird on his backpack!

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#6LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

OfflineMultiplayerSoloMeleeOpen WorldSci-FiExploration

Steam👍 95%· 9.1KIGDB70· 3

Year 2011Dev Traveller's Tales · Feral InteractiveOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Mac

✓ If you enjoyed PBA Pro Bowling, expect adventure storytelling, open world exploration and melee combat

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, fantasy world and co op, while skipping sports simulation

Where it drifts furthest from PBA Pro Bowling: visuals.

It predates PBA Pro Bowling by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

MultiplayerSoloOfflineMeleeOpen WorldExploration

Steam👍 85%· 652

Year 2009Dev Synetic · Kalypso MediaPlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ Like PBA Pro Bowling, it's known for deep simulation, open world exploration and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: racing gameplay, while skipping sports simulation

Like its predecessors, Crash Time 3, the new installment of the well-known action racing game series, offers varied gameplay in top quality. The German game forge Synetic has once more taken the graphics engine a significant step further.

It predates PBA Pro Bowling by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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#8LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

OfflineSoloMultiplayerMeleeOpen WorldSci-FiExploration

Steam👍 88%· 10KIGDB76· 12OC74· 61

Year 2014Dev Traveller's Tales · WB GamesOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · PC

✓ Shared with PBA Pro Bowling: adventure storytelling, open world exploration and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, precision platforming and setting space, while skipping sports simulation

Where it drifts furthest from PBA Pro Bowling: visuals.

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#9SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerOfflineMeleeCasualOpen WorldExploration

Steam👍 94%· 18KIGDB68· 8OC69· 126

Year 2020Dev Purple Lamp Studios · HandyGamesOn PS4 · Android · PC

✓ If you enjoyed PBA Pro Bowling, expect adventure storytelling, vibe casual and open world exploration

≠ Its own twist: precision platforming, strong narrative focus and setting cartoon, while skipping sports simulation

Where it drifts furthest from PBA Pro Bowling: setting and visuals.

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#10LEGO® DC Super-Villains

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

MultiplayerOfflineSoloMeleeOpen WorldExploration

Steam👍 91%· 7.9KRAWG👍 66%· 155MC74OC74· 87

Year 2018Dev Warner Bros. InteractivePlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Shared with PBA Pro Bowling: adventure storytelling, open world exploration and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: co op and skill tree progression, while skipping sports simulation

It's good to be bad… Embark on an all-new DC/LEGO® adventure by becoming the best villain the universe has seen. Players will create and play as an all-new super-villain throughout the game, unleashing mischievous antics and wreaking havoc in an action-packed story.

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#11LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

OfflineSoloMultiplayerMeleeOpen WorldExploration

Steam👍 91%· 5.6KIGDB71· 5

Year 2011Dev Traveller's Tales · Disney Interactive StudiosOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Mac

✓ Like PBA Pro Bowling, it's known for adventure storytelling, open world exploration and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, precision platforming and co op, while skipping sports simulation

Where it drifts furthest from PBA Pro Bowling: visuals.

It predates PBA Pro Bowling by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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#12Gears 5Closest on setting

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerOfflineMeleeOpen WorldSci-FiExploration

Steam👍 71%· 24KIGDB88· 12OC85· 150

Year 2019Dev The Coalition · Xbox Game StudiosOn Xbox · PC

✓ Shared with PBA Pro Bowling: adventure storytelling, open world exploration and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: shooter, third-person shooting and first-person shooting, while skipping sports simulation

Where it drifts furthest from PBA Pro Bowling: tone and visuals.

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GenreActionSubgenreHack and Slash

SoloMultiplayerOfflineMelee2D

Steam👍 92%· 25RAWG👍 88%· 236IGDB80· 1

Year 1992Dev SEGAPlaytime ~6hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ If you enjoyed PBA Pro Bowling, expect melee combat, single-player focus and multiplayer gameplay

≠ Where it differs: brings fighting mechanics, deep RPG systems and action RPG combat, while skipping sports simulation

After Axel Stone, Blaze Fielding and Adam Hunter destroyed the evil Syndicate leader, Mr. X, the city became a peaceful place to live, and each one of them followed their own paths.

It predates PBA Pro Bowling by 27 years, with what that implies technically.

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#14Wobbly Life

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GenreActionSubgenreImmersive Sim

MultiplayerOfflineMeleeCasualOpen WorldExploration

Steam👍 97%· 34K

Year 2020Dev RubberBandGamesPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are immersive sims — sharing adventure storytelling, deep simulation and vibe casual

≠ Where it differs: brings sandbox freedom, cozy, relaxing feel and sandbox world, while skipping sports simulation

Wobbly Life is a lively open world physics based sandbox. Explore Wobbly Island with your friends, discover fun locations filled with minigames and dynamic toys. Be a hard working wobbly and work around town in various roles to earn cash to own properties and purchase/customise new clothes and vehicles. Play with your friends in Online and Local Co-op up to 4 players!

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