Single-player games like Mr. Nomad
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Mr. Nomad, 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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Dig For Your Lives
Single-player alternative to Mr. Nomad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mr. Nomad.
Dig for resources, upgrade your gear and defend your gate against relentless zombie hordes as you uncover the mystery hidden beneath the world. Play solo or with up to 4 players.
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Frostrail
Single-player alternative to Mr. Nomad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mr. Nomad.
Through the frost, death follows the tracks. Dive into a ruthless survival FPS, solo or co-op. Explore, scavenge, craft and fight to endure a frozen, corrupted world. Operate and upgrade your steam-powered train through an unforgiving wasteland, where every choice is a matter of survival.
- 3
Nuclear Epoch
Single-player alternative to Mr. Nomad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mr. Nomad.
Nuclear Epoch: Open-world survival mixing base building & extraction shooting. Explore with friends, raid dangerous instances for loot, but death means losing everything. Craft weapons with fully customizable stats in this post-apocalyptic wasteland.
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Crazy Caveman
Single-player alternative to Mr. Nomad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mr. Nomad.
Become a caveman, survive by building, fishing, and hunting.
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Elysium
Single-player alternative to Mr. Nomad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mr. Nomad.
Wake up on a paradise-like abandoned island with your friends. Explore the lands of an ancient civilization and uncover the mysteries behind their collapse as you build, craft, and tame corrupted machines. Most importantly, survive the unwelcome lands of Elysium!
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Afterdepth
Single-player alternative to Mr. Nomad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mr. Nomad.
Explore, build, and survive in the depths of a forgotten world. Manage oxygen, power, and resources as you uncover the secrets buried beneath the surface.
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Venus: The Last Ascent
Single-player alternative to Mr. Nomad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mr. Nomad.
Build a massive physics-driven fortress on wheels in this sci-fi survival game. Mine resources, bolt on new modules, fight off solar-powered machines, and keep moving across the hostile surface of Venus.
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Encave
Single-player alternative to Mr. Nomad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mr. Nomad.
Build customizable killrooms, scavenge, craft, upgrade and fight off waves of bioengineered monsters, that smash through walls, break your defenses, and carve new paths toward you in this hybrid FPS, tower defense and base builder set in a fully destructible underground biotech facility!
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Mr. Prepper
Single-player alternative to Mr. Nomad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mr. Nomad.
Mr. Prepper is about being prepared. You know something is wrong. The risk of a nuclear war is in the air and you need to get ready for what's coming.
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An Alien with a Magnet
Single-player alternative to Mr. Nomad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mr. Nomad.
Welcome to the galaxy of An Alien with a Magnet, an amazing new platform-adventure-puzzler with a literal twist! Pick up diamonds, find secret orbs and unlock new levels to get the alien home safely in this new crazy game.
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Mr. Prepper: Prologue
Single-player alternative to Mr. Nomad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mr. Nomad.
Mr. Prepper: Prologue is a free standalone version of the game Mr. Prepper, featuring an essential part of the story.