Single-player games like Nine Heavens
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Nine Heavens, 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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Defiance Survivors
Single-player alternative to Nine Heavens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Nine Heavens.
Defiance Survivors is a fantasy style casual Roguelike game. There are two modes in the game. To become a hero and survive among monsters, Or to become a summoner summoning monsters and hunting heroes. Both modes exist independently and can be freely chosen.
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FatSheep Crisis
Single-player alternative to Nine Heavens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Nine Heavens.
Fat Sheep Town has monsters! Use skills to defeat them. Plugins help warriors survive. Many maps have risks and rewards. Pick an occupation and weapons. Level up weapons. Combine skills, plugins and weapons. Defeat the villain!
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Duriano
Single-player alternative to Nine Heavens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Nine Heavens.
Duriano is a top-down arena shooting Slasher roguelite game where the player will be a hero durian of the norse wielding a weapon to fight upon a god of norse mythology. From different weapons, Durian hero, God’s trail, items will lead the player to create a build and defeat all gods of asgard.
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Cultivation Story: Reincarnation
Single-player alternative to Nine Heavens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nine Heavens.
Cultivation Story: Reincarnation is a top-down pixel art style action roguelike based on cultivation and Chinese mythology.
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FORCED SHOWDOWN
Single-player alternative to Nine Heavens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Nine Heavens.
Deckbuilding empowers this challenging bullet hell adventure! Each character is a unique experience: Choose a deck of unlockable cards to boost you in new ways every battle - "My whirlwind shoots fireballs!?". Battle hordes of brutal foes to become a superstar in C-SAR’s ever-changing game show.
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Machick
Single-player alternative to Nine Heavens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nine Heavens.
Defeat the heavily armed army of anti-magic toads and free the forest from destruction. Machick is a casual game where you craft your own wands, vanquish enemies, collect XP, and choose upgrades to go further on the journey.
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Diary of Lucie
Single-player alternative to Nine Heavens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Nine Heavens.
Diary of Lucie is action-roguelite game made with RPG Maker. In addition to simply avoiding the enemy's barrage, strategically use the enemy's bullet to make the battle situation advantageous!
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Bardbarian
Single-player alternative to Nine Heavens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Nine Heavens.
You play as Brad the barbarian, who is awoken to the sounds of his town under siege. Today is different though; Brad has grown tired of fighting all the time. The usual grind for XP has grown dull, and he has decided to pursue his dreams of making music instead of shedding blood.