Single-player games like Nerd Survivors
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Nerd Survivors, 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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Dungeon Survivors
Single-player alternative to Nerd Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nerd Survivors.
Dungeon Survivors is a top-down fantasy roguelite where you can use your class abilities to fight off a horde of fantasy monsters. Choose from a variety of abilities and items to create unique builds and survive with 1-4 players.
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Duriano
Single-player alternative to Nerd Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nerd Survivors.
Duriano is a top-down arena shooting Slasher roguelite game where the player will be a hero durian of the norse wielding a weapon to fight upon a god of norse mythology. From different weapons, Durian hero, God’s trail, items will lead the player to create a build and defeat all gods of asgard.
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Nomad Survival
Single-player alternative to Nerd Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nerd Survivors.
Battle against hordes of enemies, conquer Boss encounters, and explore various character and skill combinations in this time-based auto-attacking Roguelite in your quest to become stronger and defeat the most menacing of creatures that lay in wait at the end of each run.
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Saber Survivors
Single-player alternative to Nerd Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nerd Survivors.
Saber Survivors is a survival action roguelike where the evil galactic emperor has declared that all “Space Wizard Samurai” must be exterminated. You, a Space Wizard Samurai, must fight to survive. And your only weapon… a saber to deflect laser beams.
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Pixel Survivors : Roguelike
Single-player alternative to Nerd Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nerd Survivors.
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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Spell Defender
Single-player alternative to Nerd Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nerd Survivors.
Spell Defender is a 3D, Third-Person, wave defence, survival Roguelite. Use magical powers to defeat waves of enemies. Each wave rewards you with a choice of a new power. Find synergies and combine these powers to create the ultimate defender.
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Keeper's Toll
Single-player alternative to Nerd Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nerd Survivors.
Delve into Keeper’s Toll, an action-packed roguelite brimming with challenge and despair. Survive against an onslaught of relentless hordes and grueling bosses with skill-based ARPG gameplay. Embrace the darkness and cleanse these cursed lands.
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Sharded World
Single-player alternative to Nerd Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nerd Survivors.
Sharded World is a reversed bullet hell, rogue-lite, ARPG game combining simple gameplay and great rpg progression. Each level has its own unique features and challenges. Upgradable characters, weapons and orbs. Challenges, daily quests, and leaderboards. Fight, get stronger and defeat the Lich!
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Vampire Survivors
Single-player alternative to Nerd Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nerd Survivors.
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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DOOM
Single-player alternative to Nerd Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nerd Survivors.
Now includes all three premium DLC packs (Unto the Evil, Hell Followed, and Bloodfall), maps, modes, and weapons, as well as all feature updates including Arcade Mode, Photo Mode, and the latest Update 6.66, which brings further multiplayer improvements as well as revamps multiplayer progression.
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Destiny 2
Single-player alternative to Nerd Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nerd Survivors.
Destiny 2 is an action MMO with a single evolving world that you and your friends can join anytime, anywhere, absolutely free.
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Doom & Destiny
Single-player alternative to Nerd Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Nerd Survivors.
Be ready for the nerdiest adventure of your life! Journey with four everyday friends into this turn based hilarious jrpg filled with parodies and cameos! Explore a huge fantasy world full of secrets, monsters, dungeons and preposterous villains! Nerds are storming fantasy and it's awesome!
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Doom & Destiny Advanced
Single-player alternative to Nerd Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Nerd Survivors.
Four nerds walk into a dungeon. It’s not a joke, it’s Doom & Destiny Advanced.
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Doom & Destiny Worlds
Single-player alternative to Nerd Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Nerd Survivors.
When Destiny calls for help, but no one answers, only four nerds can save the day. Armed with hand crafted weapons and bad jokes, can the four nerds survive, defeat three almighty tyrants and find their way home?