Single-player games like Living the Nightmare
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Living the Nightmare, 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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Heroes of Steel RPG
Single-player alternative to Living the Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Living the Nightmare.
Heroes of Steel is a tactical RPG set in a grim post-apocalyptic fantasy world. Coordinate your party of four heroes in turn-based combat and navigate a engaging world and story.
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Crown Trick
Single-player alternative to Living the Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Living the Nightmare.
Enter a labyrinth that moves as you move, where mastering the elements is key to defeating enemies and uncovering the mysteries of this underground world. With a new experience awaiting every time you enter the dungeon, let the power bestowed by the crown guide you in this challenging adventure!
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The Unliving
Single-player alternative to Living the Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Living the Nightmare.
Raise the dead as a fearsome Necromancer in the dark world of The Unliving! Lead your undead armies into the endless fight in this rogue-lite action RPG game. Burn cities to ash with devastating magic spells, slay epic bosses and turn your enemies into morbid servants.
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Overfall
Single-player alternative to Living the Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Living the Nightmare.
Set sail in Overfall, a whimsical roguelike turn-based RPG of diplomacy and danger. Recruit unlikely heroes, forge alliances or crush your foes across ever-shifting seas to find a lost king. Every run is fresh with procedural worlds, permanent death, branching story encounters, and hand-drawn art.
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BELOW
Single-player alternative to Living the Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Living the Nightmare.
BELOW is a solitary journey through the haunted depths of a forbidden isle. Explore. Survive. Discover.
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Trials of Fire
Single-player alternative to Living the Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Living the Nightmare.
A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!
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Dreamscaper
Single-player alternative to Living the Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Living the Nightmare.
By night, delve deep into your subconscious and discover powerful artifacts to conquer your nightmares. By day, explore the city of Redhaven and build relationships to unlock the power of your dreams. DREAM. DIE. WAKE. REPEAT.
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The Last Spell
Single-player alternative to Living the Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Living the Nightmare.
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.