Single-player games like Nitro Kid
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Nitro Kid, 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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Roguebook
Single-player alternative to Nitro Kid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nitro Kid.
Embrace the challenge of a roguelike deckbuilder with unique mechanics from the developers of Faeria and Richard Garfield, creator of Magic: The Gathering™. Build a team of two heroes, unleash powerful combos and defeat the legends of the Roguebook!
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Fights in Tight Spaces
Single-player alternative to Nitro Kid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Nitro Kid.
A stylish blend of deck-building, turn-based tactics, and thrilling animated fight sequences in classic action-movie settings. Learn to balance your hand, momentum, and positioning to overcome the odds to defeat your adversaries. Build your deck, control the space and live to fight another day.
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StarVaders
Single-player alternative to Nitro Kid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nitro Kid.
Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.
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Death Roads: Tournament
Single-player alternative to Nitro Kid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nitro Kid.
Combine deadly racing, deckbuilding, and roguelite style to get car battles unlike anything before! Choose a driver, car, weapons, and sponsors to overcome tactical encounters. Adapt to an ever-changing race to come out on top and earn entry into the last safe haven on the Divided States of America.
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Banners of Ruin
Single-player alternative to Nitro Kid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Nitro Kid.
Assemble your party. Answer the call. Win the war. Build a deck and fight a series of turn-based combats with up to 6 party characters through the city of Dawn's Point. Each character can unlock a set of unique cards and abilities that can augment your deck in powerful, exciting ways.
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Slay the Spire
Single-player alternative to Nitro Kid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nitro Kid.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
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Wildfrost
Single-player alternative to Nitro Kid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nitro Kid.
Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…
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Balatro
Single-player alternative to Nitro Kid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nitro Kid.
The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.
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Into the Breach
Single-player alternative to Nitro Kid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nitro Kid.
Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.
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ATONE: Heart of the Elder Tree
Single-player alternative to Nitro Kid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Nitro Kid.
ATONE is a Norse mythology-inspired, hand-drawn game that blends interactive storytelling and complex puzzles with a rhythm game combat system. Inherit the role of a young warrior named Estra as she journeys through Midgard to unveil the truth behind her father’s death.