Single-player games like NIDUS
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to NIDUS, 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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HYPER DEMON
Single-player alternative to NIDUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NIDUS.
HYPER DEMON is an FPS like no other. a pearl of lightning. a dream from the future. a drop of poison. a swan song. The faster you slay demons, the harder the game and the higher your score. There is an end. Will it see you?
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KILL KNIGHT
Single-player alternative to NIDUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with NIDUS.
KILL KNIGHT is an ultra-responsive arcade-inspired isometric action shooter. Condemned to eternal sufferance, deep within the voids of an eldritch arena, you must wield an arsenal of devastating weaponry to obliterate swarms of otherworldly horrors - and MASTER THE DEMON WITHIN.
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Sektori
Single-player alternative to NIDUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with NIDUS.
Sektori is an intense, fast paced twin-stick shooter infused with hard hitting techno music. A game where the high-adrenaline gameplay, visuals, and music come together to transport you into another state of consciousness.
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Waves
Single-player alternative to NIDUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NIDUS.
Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!
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Savant - Ascent REMIX
Single-player alternative to NIDUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NIDUS.
Savant - Ascent REMIX is an explosive shoot-em-up / scrolling shooter, starring an acrobatic wizard on an elevator-ride. Unlock destructive spells & acrobatic moves as you survive through a tower brimming with robotic fiends!
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Tesla vs Lovecraft
Single-player alternative to NIDUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NIDUS.
Tesla vs Lovecraft is an intense top-down twin stick arena shooter from the creators of Crimsonland and Neon Chrome. Play as the enigmatic inventor Nikola Tesla harnessing the static energy to power up Tesla-Mech and give the lovecraftian nightmares a lesson in horror!
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Evil Egg
Single-player alternative to NIDUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with NIDUS.
Blast it all to hell.
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Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved
Single-player alternative to NIDUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved is a old school style shooter, but remixed for the 21st century with next generation graphics and deep, modern gameplay. Playing is simple: you are a geometric "ship" trapped in a grid world, facing off against waves of deadly wanderers, snakes, and repulsars.
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Thumper
Single-player alternative to NIDUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NIDUS.
Thumper is rhythm violence: classic rhythm-action, blistering speed, and brutal physicality. You are a space beetle. Brave the hellish void and confront a maniacal giant head from the future.
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Hellsinker.
Single-player alternative to NIDUS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NIDUS.
A legendary SHMUP influential to the best makers in the genre, Hellsinker is now available on steam in its most advanced form! Gameplay, story, graphics, and even music all united into one cohesive and highly dimensional Shoot-em-up!