Single-player games like 36 Nights
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to 36 Nights, 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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Wyrd Gun
Single-player alternative to 36 Nights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with 36 Nights.
A roguelite looter shooter where you breed guns, craft perks, and choose mutations, creating powerful synergies to defend against the relentless alien hoarde!
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Rogue Station Defense
Single-player alternative to 36 Nights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with 36 Nights.
A rogue-like sci-fi Tower Defense strategy game with infinite replayability!
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Turtle Riders
Single-player alternative to 36 Nights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with 36 Nights.
Ride giant turtles and aim your weapons at hordes of enemies chasing you while you gather as many resources as you can. Pick your upgrades carefully and create strong builds to survive the long road to the Outpost!
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Wall World
Single-player alternative to 36 Nights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with 36 Nights.
Explore the mysterious Wall World on your giant robospider: mine for valuable resources, upgrade your equipment to fight off hordes of monsters, and discover exotic biomes in-between attacks. Will you be able to survive and learn the secrets of the Wall World?
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CD 2: Trap Master
Single-player alternative to 36 Nights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with 36 Nights.
Become THE Trap Master - play your deck of lethal traps to mow down waves of bizarre creatures and protect your altars! Craft a unique deck of traps and powers, discover treasure of surprise effects, and guard a different base each time until you are ready for the unforgiving boss.
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Core Defense
Single-player alternative to 36 Nights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with 36 Nights.
A roguelike tower defense game with a dash of deckbuilding. Choose a reward, improve your build, survive the next wave, repeat. Highly replayable, difficult, and addictive. You'll want just one more wave, just one more run!
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Mineral Defense
Single-player alternative to 36 Nights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with 36 Nights.
Mineral Defense combines tower defense with roguelite elements and procedural generation. Build paths, unlock upgrades, and unleash powerful synergies to conquer evolving challenges in an ever-expanding world.
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Mech Armada
Single-player alternative to 36 Nights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with 36 Nights.
Create and command custom Mechs to outmaneuver The Swarm in this post-apocalyptic tactical turn-based rogue-lite. Leverage the terrain, learn each Mech's unique skills and use strategy and resources to survive an ever-changing series of battles to give humanity hope.
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Arcane Assembly
Single-player alternative to 36 Nights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with 36 Nights.
Arcane Assembly is a fantasy metroidvania where you create spells using a visual programming language. Unlock new instructions, upgrade your powers, and fight epic bosses on your journey to becoming the most powerful wizard who ever lived.
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Archipelago
Single-player alternative to 36 Nights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with 36 Nights.
Archipelago is a roguelike tower defense game about defending randomly generated islands. Setup your defenses, manage your income, and find powerful charms to repel the enemy. Archipelago introduces tension and strategy to the tower defense genre.