Single-player games like NodeRunner
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to NodeRunner, 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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Nuclear Throne
Single-player alternative to NodeRunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NodeRunner.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
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Teleglitch: Die More Edition
Single-player alternative to NodeRunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NodeRunner.
In a cold, dark future dominated by mega-corporations, a small lonely planet on the edge of habitable space is the site of a shadowy research facility specializing in necrotic tissue reactivation. You are a scientist who has suddenly awoken to the realization that you are the lone survivor.
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Glyphica: Typing Survival
Single-player alternative to NodeRunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NodeRunner.
Weaponize your WPM. Glyphica: Typing Survival is a single-player roguelite horde survival typing game that lets you mow down hordes of enemies in a minimalistic arena using your finger dexterity, your choice of weapons loadout, and sheer determination.
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Neon Sundown
Single-player alternative to NodeRunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NodeRunner.
Neon Sundown is an extremely challenging arena-shooter that mixes fast-paced action with roguelite elements. Take on increasingly difficult arenas as you unlock new ships, upgrades, synergies, and more! Think you have what it takes to survive?
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Larva Mortus
Single-player alternative to NodeRunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NodeRunner.
Larva Mortus is a fast-paced hack and slash top-down shooter. As an agent specializing in exorcism, you are tasked to hunt monsters of the supernatural in a dark, ominous, and randomly generated atmosphere full of undead, terrifying and demonic nightmares.
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Ziggurat
Single-player alternative to NodeRunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NodeRunner.
Dungeon-Crawling First Person Shooting at its finest! Fast-paced combat! Dozens of perks, spells and enemies! Level ups! Random Dungeons! Traps! Badass bosses! Carrots!
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Brotato
Single-player alternative to NodeRunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NodeRunner.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
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Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
Single-player alternative to NodeRunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with NodeRunner.
DEEP ROCK GALACTIC: SURVIVOR is a single player survivor-like auto-shooter. Take on hordes of lethal aliens, mine riches, and unlock powerful upgrades to survive, as you wield the full arsenal of Deep Rock Galactic. It's one dwarf against all of Planet Hoxxes!