Single-player games like Nocturnal 2
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Nocturnal 2, 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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Feather's Edge
Single-player alternative to Nocturnal 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nocturnal 2.
Dash and slash through an innovative kinetic metroidvania. The Tower of Time awaits – a rich, handcrafted world fractured by the collapse of time. Slice through foes in tough-as-talons bite-sized battles, and master the way of the bird warrior.
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Shellbound
Single-player alternative to Nocturnal 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nocturnal 2.
Shellbound is a 2D metroidvania set on a gigantic snail. You’re a parasite exploring a living world, battling and controlling enemies that will cause the ecosystem to evolve around you. Platform through diverse biomes, solve puzzles, and unravel your role in the giant creature’s life cycle.
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Necro Pop
Single-player alternative to Nocturnal 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nocturnal 2.
Necro Pop is an all-new action genre platformer we lovingly refer to as Arcadevania. On your adventure, you will discover new abilities, upgrades, secrets. You can free your ghostly friends using multiple combat abilities, magics, and maybe even a minion across multiple re-playable dungeons!
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lil: Essence of Life
Single-player alternative to Nocturnal 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nocturnal 2.
A hand-drawn Metroidvania focused on exploration, combat, and progression through essence absorption, evolving weapons, and player-driven balance choices.
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Bolt & Whalington
Single-player alternative to Nocturnal 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nocturnal 2.
Bolt & Whalington is a Metroidvania game where you play as Bolt, a Siamese cat exploring the floating ruins of Whalington. Reshape abilities and rewrite world rules with the "Setting Machine," switch mecha forms to craft weapons, battle enemies, and uncover the secret of Whalington.
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Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus
Single-player alternative to Nocturnal 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nocturnal 2.
Flow gracefully through a colorful, hand-drawn 2.5D action platformer inspired by Japanese folklore. Engage in acrobatic aerial combat, unlock powerful mystical abilities, and explore an interconnected world of myth as you seek to unravel the mysteries of your origin.
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Prince of Persia The Lost Crown
Single-player alternative to Nocturnal 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Nocturnal 2.
Dash into a stylish and thrilling action-adventure platformer set in a mythological Persian world where the boundaries of time and space are yours to manipulate.
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Myths are 100% True
Single-player alternative to Nocturnal 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nocturnal 2.
Myths are 100% True is a Fast-Paced Combat-Platformer that feels like X-Files if it was made by 12 year olds in Movie Maker back in 2008.
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Nocturnal
Single-player alternative to Nocturnal 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Nocturnal 2.
Carve your way with fire and steel to find out what secrets lie beyond the Mist in this intense 2-hour-long action-platformer game. Get ready to wield the flames and burn everything!