Single-player games like Nomad Survival
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Nomad Survival, 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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Rogue: Genesia
Single-player alternative to Nomad Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nomad Survival.
Walk upon a new world and slay foes endangering it. Rogue : Genesia is an action rogue-lite game, where you fight relentless hordes consisting of hundreds and thousands of monsters, make your build, break the balance, defeat bosses and save one of the many worlds.
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Vampire Survivors
Single-player alternative to Nomad Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nomad Survival.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
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Pixel Survivors : Roguelike
Single-player alternative to Nomad Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nomad Survival.
A rogue-lite game where you must face hundreds of monsters with increasingly difficult bosses that strong enough to take you down. Choose your abilities, build your favorite combat style, become stronger and survive as long as you can!
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Scarlet Tower
Single-player alternative to Nomad Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nomad Survival.
Hunt during the day, be hunted during the NIGHT! Scarlet Tower is a gothic horror casual game with roguelike and RPG elements, like talent trees, classes, familiars and more!
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Nomad Idle
Single-player alternative to Nomad Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Nomad Survival.
Face waves of enemies automatically and create builds by distributing stat points, leveling up equipment, choosing passive skills, summons and more. An idle game about killing hordes of enemies, becoming stronger, and exploring an unfolding storyline. A spin-off of Nomad Survival.
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20 Minutes Till Dawn
Single-player alternative to Nomad Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nomad Survival.
20 Minutes Till Dawn is a survival roguelite where endless hordes of creatures lurk from the dark. Craft an array of overpowering builds and eradicate waves of Lovecraftian nightmares. Will you be able to survive the night?
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Spellbook Demonslayers
Single-player alternative to Nomad Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nomad Survival.
Slay endless hordes of demons to protect the Cosmic Library! Steal their abilities, find powerful equipment, and unlock the secrets of each spellbook to become unstoppable! Will you be able to destroy the demonic legion?
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Boneraiser Minions
Single-player alternative to Nomad Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nomad Survival.
Amass an army of undead to fight endless waves of heroes intent to end your boneraising ways! In this gothic auto-battler rogue-lite Survivor-like, use the bones of slain heroes to raise your minions, collect relics and spells, and unlock meta upgrades, all to survive King Gigald's crusade!
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Risk of Rain (2013)
Single-player alternative to Nomad Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nomad Survival.
Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses, either alone or with 3 friends in online co-op.
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Risk of Rain 2
Single-player alternative to Nomad Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nomad Survival.
Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.
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Shadowkin
Single-player alternative to Nomad Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nomad Survival.
Face waves of enemies as you travel from room to room in your auto-shooting horde survival conquest. You and your companion (AI or 2 Player) must work together and create builds that compliment each other while exploring branching paths through various zones and worlds in a Roguelite setting.
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Kin and Quarry
Single-player alternative to Nomad Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Nomad Survival.
An incremental mining adventure where you must dig into the earth to recover essence for your sacred Evertree. Mine, drill, and blast your way to the deepest depths, discovering rare artifacts and recruiting more kin to your cause along the way. Dig. Upgrade. Repeat.
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Kin and Conquest
Single-player alternative to Nomad Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Nomad Survival.
An incremental / idle action adventure game where you must battle foes, mine rocks, defeat bosses, and grow stronger in your quest to conquer the mountain and defeat the Evil Geomancer.
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Shadowkin: Dominion of Darkness
Single-player alternative to Nomad Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nomad Survival.
Face waves of enemies as you travel from room to room in your auto-shooting horde survival conquest. You and your companion must work together and create builds that compliment each other while exploring branching paths through various zones and worlds in a Roguelite setting.
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Raid Run
Single-player alternative to Nomad Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nomad Survival.
Raid Run is a game inspired by fake mobile game ads. Your character automatically travels through the level where you must face increasingly difficult enemies, grabbing power ups and evolving your skills along the way. Attacks and skills are fired automatically. Conquer 3 levels with 3 difficulties.