Single-player games like Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation, 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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Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures
Single-player alternative to Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation.
"The most rewarding game of 2013!" Influenced by retro classics Mega Man and Castlevania, Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures features the AVGN and friends as they blast their way through 10 levels of fun, fast paced 2D action based on the AVGN's adventures in his online series.
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Angry Video Game Nerd I & II Deluxe
Single-player alternative to Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation.
Control "The Nerd" in a retro-inspired action platformer! It's two games in one, remixed and rebalanced to bring you the ultimate experience of Nerd Rage. Featuring stylized pixel art inspired by classic games, a highly energetic soundtrack, and challenging levels -- plus a special NEW chapter!
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Shank n' Bake
Single-player alternative to Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation.
Shank n' Bake is an exciting, twisted take on runner games. Set off to end humanity's healthy food movement by slashing and slamming your foes while avoiding your own untimely, violent death.
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NOT A HERO
Single-player alternative to Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation.
Professional assassin turned amateur campaign manager Steve is charged with cleaning up the city by an anthropomorphic rabbit and mayoral candidate from the future named BunnyLord.
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BUTCHER
Single-player alternative to Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation.
BUTCHER is a fast-paced, blood-soaked 2D shooter where carnage is the only way forward. Become a ruthless cyborg tasked with eradicating humanity, leaving nothing but blood, guts, and destruction in your wake. There's no such thing as too much violence in this grim, retro-styled gorefest.
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No Time To Explain Remastered
Single-player alternative to Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation.
"I Am You From The Future! No Time To Explain, Follow m-OH CHRIST!" Chase your future self through time and alternate realities while fighting giant monsters, collecting hats, and eating cake! No Time To Explain Remastered is the remake of tinyBuild's debut game. Now with multiplayer!
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Potatoman Seeks the Troof
Single-player alternative to Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation.
Potatoman will put your reflexes and worldview to the test as you journey through scorching deserts, dark forests, busy cities, the tallest mountains and eventually your own potato-consciousness in search of the ultimate answer. Are you prepared to face the TROOF?
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Horace
Single-player alternative to Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation.
"The best platformer of 2019."Horace is a huge platforming adventure which pushes the boundaries of the genre with a profound story of a small robot learning of life, the universe and Douglas Adams. Made by videogame lovers for videogame lovers!
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Mega Man X Legacy Collection
Single-player alternative to Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation.
Mega Man X Legacy Collection includes the legendary 16-bit titles and the series’ exciting foray into the 32-bit era: Mega Man X, Mega Man X2, Mega Man X3, and Mega Man X4. Test your skills in the new X Challenge mode, which pits players against two deadly bosses at once.
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Super World War
Single-player alternative to Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The world has gone mad, it's time to unleash chaos! Super World War is a turn based strategy game for up to 4 players. Take control of wild leaders and wage war in solo, local multiplayer or online.
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Aces & Adventures
Single-player alternative to Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation.
Aces & Adventures is a deckbuilding RPG with poker-powered combat. Craft your deck, combining poker hands with powerful ability cards. Journey through 13 fully-voiced campaigns to save the Life Tree, or tackle procedurally-generated runs in this strategic deckbuilder unlike any other.
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Spectacular Sparky
Single-player alternative to Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation.
A throwback to the golden age of white-gloved 16-bit video-game mascots, Spectacular Sparky is an action-packed platformer with wacky characters, explosive weapons and boss battles to treasure!
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MANOS: The Hands of Fate ~ Director's Cut
Single-player alternative to Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation.
Retro platforming action in this adaptation of a terrible movie.
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The Rocky Horror Show Video Game
Single-player alternative to Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation.
A strange journey
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Knight Terrors
Single-player alternative to Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation.
A blood-curdling, demon-slashing dash of death! Knight Terrors goes straight for the jugular: it’s a lurid mash-up of side-scrolling gameplay styles in endless procedurally generated levels. Once you’re hooked, the game keeps pulling you back in to increase your high score and unlock more features!
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Terror in the Corn
Single-player alternative to Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation.
The witch’s ominous chanting echoes through the corn field, a rogues' gallery of deranged monsters is out for your blood, an eerie mist rolls in from worlds unknown... and you don’t even remember how you got here. Can you escape the Terror in the Corn?
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Spaces Between
Single-player alternative to Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation.
A place built from things you almost remember... Inspired by the original unsettling feeling of the Backrooms, Spaces Between is a psychological liminal horror game about loneliness, memory, and losing yourself in impossible places.