Single-player games like Dolls Nest
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Dolls Nest, 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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ARMORED CORE™ VI FIRES OF RUBICON™
Single-player alternative to Dolls Nest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dolls Nest.
A new action game based on the concept of the ARMORED CORE series that uses the knowledge gained from FromSoftware's recent action game development.
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DAEMON X MACHINA
Single-player alternative to Dolls Nest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dolls Nest.
Pilot your fully customizable Arsenal mech and join your fellow mercenaries in defending humanity from the corrupted machines and gigantic robots in this post-apocalyptic action game!
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Vindictive Drive 2: Maidbot Archive
Single-player alternative to Dolls Nest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dolls Nest.
Mecha-Moe bullet hell action meets sandbox exploration and souls-like boss hunting! Experience the thrill of a classic twin-stick shooter, reimagined for keyboard and mouse precision. All Maidbots are fully voiced, bringing every battle to life. Fans call it "The Maidbot Game".
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CODE VEIN
Single-player alternative to Dolls Nest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dolls Nest.
In the face of certain death, we rise. Team up and embark on a journey to the ends of hell to unlock your past and escape your living nightmare in CODE VEIN.
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Mecha Knights: Nightmare
Single-player alternative to Dolls Nest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dolls Nest.
Mecha action shooter, plunging the player into an apocalyptic war. Engage in epic battles with endless hordes of monsters in your powerful customizable mechs.
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M.A.S.S. Builder
Single-player alternative to Dolls Nest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dolls Nest.
Commander, customize and build your Mechanical Assault Skeleton Suit (M.A.S.S.) and lead the fight against an alien invasion bent on exterminating the human race. The fate of humanity is in your hands.
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Awaken
Single-player alternative to Dolls Nest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dolls Nest.
In Awaken, a punk world that combines 2D and 3D, the protagonist wakes up unexpectedly. On the way to escape, he shuttles among various forces in the world to complete various tasks. This is an action adventure game with RPG elements, full of surprises, waiting for you to explore and discover.
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The Surge
Single-player alternative to Dolls Nest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dolls Nest.
Welcome to CREO, the megacorporation saving the world! A catastrophic event has knocked you out during the first day on the job… you wake up equipped with a heavy-grade exoskeleton, in a destroyed section of the complex.
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NieR:Automata™
Single-player alternative to Dolls Nest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dolls Nest.
NieR: Automata tells the story of androids 2B, 9S and A2 and their battle to reclaim the machine-driven dystopia overrun by powerful machines.
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Nother: an indie souls-like
Single-player alternative to Dolls Nest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dolls Nest.
Enter the dangerous open world of Nother.
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DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
Single-player alternative to Dolls Nest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dolls Nest.
Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.
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SOULS
Single-player alternative to Dolls Nest — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
One day, the boy meets a monster, with whom he builds a strange relationship that is neither friend, nor family, nor owner and pet. How will the boy's future change?
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Armored
Single-player alternative to Dolls Nest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dolls Nest.
It's time for you to prove yourself in the management of armored vehicles. You have to perform many operations from liberating the territory to escorting VIP and battling against enemy armored vehicles.
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Rusty Rabbit
Single-player alternative to Dolls Nest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dolls Nest.
Humankind abandoned Earth as it entered another ice age. Over time, those who came to hold dominion over the world were... rabbits!? Stamp, a cute rabbit with an old soul, pilots his trusty mech "Junkster" through the giant ruins of a frozen world in this Side-Scrolling Action Adventure.
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Togainu no Chi: True Blood NITRO ARCHIVE
Single-player alternative to Dolls Nest — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
NITRO CHiRAL's BL adventure game Togainu no Chi: True Blood has arrived on Steam! Framed for a crime he didn't commit, the protagonist, Akira, is forced to enter a deadly game in a sealed-off city. A clash of intense emotions and hidden truths begins to reshape Akira's fate...