Single-player games like Nexus Knights
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Nexus Knights, 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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HELLBREAK
Single-player alternative to Nexus Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Early Access with Nexus Knights.
HELLBREAK is a fast-paced roguelite, survivor-like FPS where you fight through escalating waves in brutal arenas in Hell. Build powerful loadouts, earn favor from demon lords to unlock new gear, and climb the leaderboards for your salvation.
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Turbo Overkill
Single-player alternative to Nexus Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nexus Knights.
Enter Paradise as Johnny Turbo—half-metal, half-human, all-murder machine. Clean up the streets with a chainsaw leg, 15+ weapons and your hovercar as you battle the rogue AI Syn, rival bounty hunters and cyberpunks aplenty. Apogee’s most outrageous FPS since Duke Nukem 3D. Good hunting, Sir!
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Prodeus
Single-player alternative to Nexus Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nexus Knights.
Prodeus is a first-person shooter of old, re-imagined using modern rendering techniques and technology. Experience the quality you’d expect from a modern AAA game, designed with retro aesthetics and gameplay that invoke the tech-imposed limits of older hardware.
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Rise of the Triad
Single-player alternative to Nexus Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nexus Knights.
Apogee Software and Interceptor Entertainment proudly present the rebirth of the cult-classic first-person shooter, “Rise of the Triad”. Bigger, better and more ludicrous than ever before.
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DOOM Eternal
Single-player alternative to Nexus Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nexus Knights.
Hell’s armies have invaded Earth. Become the Slayer in an epic single-player campaign to conquer demons across dimensions and stop the final destruction of humanity. The only thing they fear... is you.
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DOOM
Single-player alternative to Nexus Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nexus Knights.
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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Painkiller Hell & Damnation
Single-player alternative to Nexus Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nexus Knights.
Evil has returned! Demonic powers are manifesting themselves as a myriad of dark creatures, fighting over the fates of imprisoned souls caught in Purgatory.
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Project Warlock
Single-player alternative to Nexus Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nexus Knights.
Project Warlock is a first-person shooter that fans of Doom, Hexen, and Wolfenstein cannot miss. It serves you an exploding cocktail of bullets, spells, and monsters. Battle through 60 levels of non-stop action, packed with bloodthirsty enemies and challenging bosses.
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Atham Battle Simulator
Single-player alternative to Nexus Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Fight your way to glory by conquering humans, demons & corrupted veggies in "Atham Battle Simulator". Don't let the bananas scare you from not playing this!