Single-player games like Tobari 2: Nightmare
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Tobari 2: 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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PP
Single-player alternative to Tobari 2: Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tobari 2: Nightmare.
This is a "butt" as the protagonist of the breakthrough game Players will take the role of a pink ass in a hurry to go to the toilet. Dodge all kinds of fast food attacks on the way, break through the obstacles and finally reach the toilet!
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Freedom Planet 2
Single-player alternative to Tobari 2: Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tobari 2: Nightmare.
The fast paced platforming of Freedom Planet returns! Become a full-time cartoon heroine and use abilities and items suited to your play style to explore the world of Avalice and defend its animal citizens!
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TEVI
Single-player alternative to Tobari 2: Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tobari 2: Nightmare.
Embark on an epic action-adventure as you slash, dash, and combo your way through a vast, vibrant world. Explore and uncover hidden secrets. Customize your build to triumph in spectacular boss battles. Experience a tale of mystery, magic, and mayhem in TEVI, a bullet hell metroidvania!
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Eryi's Action
Single-player alternative to Tobari 2: Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tobari 2: Nightmare.
One fine day, Eryi went to eat the melon that she had been SO looking forward to... but it was nowhere to be found! Then she noticed a note on the table. She picked it up and read: "Your melon looked delicious, so I took it. From Farta X" Fuming with rage, Eryi set out from her house to get her melon back from Farta.
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Teleportals. I swear it's a nice game
Single-player alternative to Tobari 2: Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tobari 2: Nightmare.
I swear it's a nice puzzle game.
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Mekabolt
Single-player alternative to Tobari 2: Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tobari 2: Nightmare.
Use your trusty Mekabolt device to manipulate robots, solve a variety of puzzling levels and obtain batteries to fix the robots!
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Chrono Gear: Warden of Time
Single-player alternative to Tobari 2: Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tobari 2: Nightmare.
Turn back the clock and fight to repair Time itself in this cinematic action platformer with fast sword combat and time-based powers. You are the Warden of Time, Ouro Kronii - be proud and fight hard!
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Shiro
Single-player alternative to Tobari 2: Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tobari 2: Nightmare.
Shiro is an adventure platformer in which you have to find your missing sister
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Tobari and the Night of the Curious Moon
Single-player alternative to Tobari 2: Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Tobari 2: Nightmare.
It's a platformer about magic and whacking things! What does that mean? It means you go around whacking enemies with your staff to get their magic! But ultimately, all you need to do is make it to the goal!
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Reverse x Reverse
Single-player alternative to Tobari 2: Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tobari 2: Nightmare.
Reverse x Reverse is the latest game from Desunoya, creator of Tobari and the Night of the Curious Moon. This game is a cute & quirky challenging puzzle platformer, where you control two girls, Code and Rithm, as they traverse a virtual world and complete 81 brain-bending levels.
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Trapper Knight, Sharpshooter Princess
Single-player alternative to Tobari 2: Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
This is Granfesta Kingdom. A land near the sea, with rich foreign trade. On account of its location and magnanimous, festival-loving King, it's a peaceful place where many races coexist. Our story begins with the capital of Granfesta... ...off in the background, in the rural town of Country Ceremo.
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Tobari 2: Dream Ocean
Single-player alternative to Tobari 2: Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tobari 2: Nightmare.
Tobari is back in the latest action platformer from indie developer, desunoya. Use that staff and smack around your enemies for their magic as you traverse the Dream Ocean. Seek out the mysterious voice that calls to you from beyond the sea as you journey with Tobari into this unknown new world.
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Lys and Ruka's Magical Bag
Single-player alternative to Tobari 2: Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tobari 2: Nightmare.
Something strange is afoot as a mysterious dungeon appears outside the town of Litos. Gather weapons and items to fight the enemies before and get out of sticky situations in this fast-paced action RPG from desunoya!
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LOOP LOOP ROOM
Single-player alternative to Tobari 2: Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tobari 2: Nightmare.
This is a simple puzzle platformer game filled with a variety of gimmicks. There is no story! Do your best and gobble up the stars in each stage♪
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SUPER ALICE DOLLS
Single-player alternative to Tobari 2: Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tobari 2: Nightmare.
『SUPER ALICE DOLLS!』 is a 2D platform action game , Touhou Project fan game, crafted with the adorable essence of Alice is Cute! Alice will use the abilities of various dolls to conquer the level.
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魔棒少女みらくるくるん -Magical stick girl Miracle Kurun-
Single-player alternative to Tobari 2: Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tobari 2: Nightmare.
That magical girl has abandoned her costume and become a stick!!! This is an STG where the spinning stick is your ship. It can turn and attack in all directions! The strongest! But because it's a stick, you have to work hard to avoid bullets and walls! Defective!