Single-player games like Parry Nightmare
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Parry 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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Nuclear Throne
Single-player alternative to Parry Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Parry Nightmare.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
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Furi
Single-player alternative to Parry Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Parry Nightmare.
The jailer is the key, kill him and you’ll be free. Fight your way free in this ultra-responsive, fast-paced sword-fighting and dual-stick shooting game.
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Snezhinka:Sentinel Girls2
Single-player alternative to Parry Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Parry Nightmare.
A fast-paced shooter with simple controls. Enhance your character by purchasing cards and hold the line against waves of hostile mechs as an employee of a private military company.
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CosmoDreamer
Single-player alternative to Parry Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Parry Nightmare.
From the popular free game "Outside" comes a dreamy and cute barrage shmups. The visuals are colorful, cute and fantastic, and the game features active gameplay.
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WOWOWOW KORONE BOX
Single-player alternative to Parry Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Parry Nightmare.
A hololive fangame featuring Inugami Korone of hololive GAMERS! Collect as many Korone Boxes as possible while contending with an endless onslaught of enemies and bosses using whatever weapons you happen to pick up!
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Polygon Attack
Single-player alternative to Parry Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Parry Nightmare.
Break through unlimited waves of enemies and fight unpredictable bosses!
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ITTA
Single-player alternative to Parry Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Parry Nightmare.
Test your limits in ITTA, a bullet-hell, boss-rush style adventure. Armed with her father’s revolver and guided by a strange ghostly cat, a displaced girl must battle her way through impossible trials in search of answers… and peace.
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Everhood
Single-player alternative to Parry Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Parry Nightmare.
An UNCONVENTIONAL ADVENTURE RPG that takes place in an inexpressible world filled with amusing musical battles and strange delightful encounters. To put it simply: You are in for a ride.🍄
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Nyan Cat: Lost In Space
Single-player alternative to Parry Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Parry Nightmare.
Play with the most celebrated flying cat in human history. Drink milk, eat ice-cream, collect coins, buy gorgeous boosts, fly like a superhero (sorry... supercat), jump onto platforms made of cake, avoid angry dogs, and discover the infinite space.
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Touhou Mystia's Izakaya
Single-player alternative to Parry Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Parry Nightmare.
A brand new pixel art restaurant simulator based on the Touhou Project! Play as Mystia, the owner of a small izakaya. Collect ingredients by day, cater to the customers by night, learn recipes from familiar characters, and become the best izakaya owner in all of Gensokyo!
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The Guardian
Single-player alternative to Parry Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Parry Nightmare.
The Guardian is a 2D platformer with a lot of interesting levels! Many different obstacles and opponents will be in the game, and you must overcome them and get The Element Stone.
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NeverAwake
Single-player alternative to Parry Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Parry Nightmare.
A girl who never wakes up. She has been fighting monsters in her dreams... "NeverAwake" is a nightmarish twin-stick shooter with a unique worldview and original game rules.
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Vampire Survivors
Single-player alternative to Parry Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Parry Nightmare.
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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Stellar Blade™
Single-player alternative to Parry Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Parry Nightmare.
Save humanity from extinction in post-apocalyptic action-adventure Stellar Blade™. Experience blistering combat and a twisting storyline as you unravel the mysteries of Earth’s downfall.