Single-player games like Cody's Nightmare
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Cody's 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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OmegaBot
Single-player alternative to Cody's Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cody's Nightmare.
A tight action side-scroller with challenging robotic bosses. Dodge metallic dangers, acquire powerful weapons and blast your way through a destroyed world full of deadly machines where running out of energy means defeat.
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Super Time Force Ultra
Single-player alternative to Cody's Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cody's Nightmare.
Super Time Force Ultra is an insane platformer filled with robots and dinosaurs and fun and time travel... sometimes all at the same time!
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Pizza Tower
Single-player alternative to Cody's Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cody's Nightmare.
Pizza Tower is a fast paced 2D platformer, with an emphasis on movement, exploration and score attack. Featuring highly stylized pixel art inspired by the cartoons from the '90s, and a highly energetic soundtrack.
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Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines
Single-player alternative to Cody's Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cody's Nightmare.
Swing, jump, and blast through dimensions in the follow-up to the critically-acclaimed 2D action-platformer Grapple Dog. Zip between action-packed worlds as Pablo and Luna team up to save the cosmos in their own unique ways.
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Blazing Chrome
Single-player alternative to Cody's Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cody's Nightmare.
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
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Duck Paradox
Single-player alternative to Cody's Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cody's Nightmare.
Shoot bouncing bullets in this roguelike precision platformer killing corrupted ducks while searching for Dr. Paraducks’ beloved pet throughout the multiverse! To return to safety you’ll need to tackle difficult-to-master trials, run after run, earning upgrades, while maintaining your sanity!
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Kero Blaster
Single-player alternative to Cody's Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cody's Nightmare.
C&F Inc. teleporters are going offline all over the place, and it's up to an intrepid frog employee to fix the situation.
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Cuphead
Single-player alternative to Cody's Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cody's Nightmare.
Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game heavily focused on boss battles. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e. traditional hand drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings.
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Silly Billy
Single-player alternative to Cody's Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cody's Nightmare.
A horror survival game, where you explore an open-world town set in the Wild West, find and upgrade weapons and vehicles, and use them to beat an evil clown monster named Silly Billy.
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Icetwine
Single-player alternative to Cody's Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Icetwine is an ice-age city builder where you combine raw materials to craft tools, weapons, machines, and structures. Build cozy huts, thriving farms, and tame dodos and mammoths. Defend your village from enemies and strike back to help your people survive and thrive.