Single-player games like Nux
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Nux, 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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Toyland Tussle
Single-player alternative to Nux — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nux.
A single classic cartoon inspired boss fight platformer, with shoot em' up game mechanics. Run, jump, and shoot with four unique bullet types and two difficulty modes. Try to get a gold rank in this hand-drawn, traditionally animated boss fight.
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Humanity Asset
Single-player alternative to Nux — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nux.
Humanity Asset is a Metroid-style 3D platformer that pays homage to the traditional retro classic shoot ‘em up genre. Aliens have invaded Earth to strip the planet of its resources, to save their own dying planet. As in all classic shoot 'em ups, only you can save the day - now there’s a surprise!
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Cuphead
Single-player alternative to Nux — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nux.
Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game heavily focused on boss battles. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e. traditional hand drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings.
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Downwell
Single-player alternative to Nux — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nux.
Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.
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Guns, Gore & Cannoli
Single-player alternative to Nux — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nux.
Guns, Gore & Cannoli - An over-the-top, comical and fast-paced action game with hand-drawn graphics set in the Roaring Twenties. An all-you-can-shoot fest where you embody Vinnie, a mobster with a mission in a city controlled by gangsters and plagued by zombies. Featuring up to 4-man local co-op.
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Valfaris
Single-player alternative to Nux — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nux.
Set in a far corner of space, Valfaris is a heavy metal infused 2D action-platformer and the next game from the team behind Unity Awards finalist, Slain: Back From Hell. Brutal combat. Deadly enemies. Stunning pixel art. Savage soundtrack. Get ready to rip the galaxy a new wormhole.
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Intrusion 2
Single-player alternative to Nux — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nux.
"This is some of the most fun I've had with a game so far this year, and it will go down as one of the best side-scrolling shooters of all time." - 9/10, Destructoid
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Blazing Chrome
Single-player alternative to Nux — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nux.
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
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Platypus II
Single-player alternative to Nux — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nux.
Fly the famed Platypus fighter through a fantastic landscape of carefully molded clay to protect inhabitants of Mungola from the Collosatropolians! Collect power-ups and bonus stars to give your Platypus the boost you need. Every level of this gorgeous arcade challenge bursts with original fun that's perfect for gamers of all ages.