Single-player games like Nerdook's Library of Life Stories
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Nerdook's Library of Life Stories, 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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NINE ROUNDS RAPID
Single-player alternative to Nerdook's Library of Life Stories — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nerdook's Library of Life Stories.
Blast your way to freedom, solo or with a friend in online or local co-op, through a possessed, fragmenting space station. Upgrade abilities, mod your weapon builds, and manipulate time to defeat the station's nine gatekeepers. Power up, progress, and learn the ugly truth with every escape attempt.
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Tipsy Corpse
Single-player alternative to Nerdook's Library of Life Stories — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nerdook's Library of Life Stories.
Zombies, monsters and demonic creatures have taken over the town. Someone has to deal with it. A twin-stick rogue-lite where your weapons, your cocktails and the environment can become your allies; as well as the friend sitting next to you who won't settle for just watching!
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Mystic Gate
Single-player alternative to Nerdook's Library of Life Stories — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nerdook's Library of Life Stories.
A Mystic Gate created by the gods suddenly appears in the human world. Adventurers challenge themselves with the tests that await them beyond the gate. In order to earn your wish you must defeat hordes & bosses in this roguelike dungeon exploration bullet hell!!
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Chicken Must Fry
Single-player alternative to Nerdook's Library of Life Stories — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nerdook's Library of Life Stories.
Chicken Must Fry is a survivor-like game where you play as a raw chicken refusing to be fried, wiping out monsters from the ruthless Frying Empire. Combine various skills and items, upgrade your characters, and survive the endless waves of enemies!
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Hexwell
Single-player alternative to Nerdook's Library of Life Stories — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nerdook's Library of Life Stories.
Hexwell is a top-down action roguelite where you use powerful magic spells to fight off hordes of arcane machines. Choose your path through the dungeon, fuse your spells together, create unique builds, and become the ultimate mage!
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SUPER DEBT
Single-player alternative to Nerdook's Library of Life Stories — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nerdook's Library of Life Stories.
Money is your life in SUPER DEBT! Fight to survive with an arsenal of wildly different weapons and upgrades. In this intense and challenging Twin-Stick Bullet-Hell Roguelike everything costs money, and we mean everything!
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Ghostslayers
Single-player alternative to Nerdook's Library of Life Stories — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nerdook's Library of Life Stories.
Ghostslayers is a wave-based top-down coop shooter where you slay the ghosts with magic and couple thousands of bullets... Or punches, or slashes, or explosions. Use the varied weaponry, spell cards and abilities, combine them together and obliterate absolutely everything.
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Furcifer's Fungeon
Single-player alternative to Nerdook's Library of Life Stories — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nerdook's Library of Life Stories.
An autoscrolling roguelike where everything you do impacts your talent options. Become a necromancer goose, or a berserker wielding a thunder blade! Collect legendary items in each run, and bring them back home for even more build options in the future.
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Monster Slayers
Single-player alternative to Nerdook's Library of Life Stories — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nerdook's Library of Life Stories.
Monster Slayers is a rogue-like deck-building RPG adventure. Create a hero and choose your path through the perilous Northern Valley as you battle to become a true Monster Slayer.
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Reverse Crawl
Single-player alternative to Nerdook's Library of Life Stories — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nerdook's Library of Life Stories.
A dungeon crawl where YOU are the dungeon! Lead your minions in tactical turn-based combat against the pesky heroes, and unlock a variety of evil Powers. With a dynamic campaign system and a branching storyline, "Reverse Crawl" lets you experience an RPG from a whole new angle!
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Rogue AI Simulator
Single-player alternative to Nerdook's Library of Life Stories — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Play as a Rogue Artificial Intelligence, in the sequel to the hit Flash game "I'm an Insane Rogue AI", played more than 4 million times! Your Prime Directive is simple: design a facility & manage human Test Subjects for the Dept of Science. But be careful: they NEVER stop being suspicious of you...
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魔物讨伐团
Single-player alternative to Nerdook's Library of Life Stories — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nerdook's Library of Life Stories.
卡牌与RPG结合的无尽地牢探险之旅！最早融合Roguelike与卡牌的游戏之一。多达14种职业，真人配音+纸娃娃系统，完善的卡牌设计，各类魔物与随机事件等你体验！
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Vertical Drop Heroes HD
Single-player alternative to Nerdook's Library of Life Stories — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nerdook's Library of Life Stories.
Vertical Drop Heroes is a procedural platformer RPG hybrid with roguelike elements, where your hero adventures through randomly generated stages. Armed with a variety of skills and traits, you must use your cunning and reflexes to survive the dangers of each stage.
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The Magister
Single-player alternative to Nerdook's Library of Life Stories — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nerdook's Library of Life Stories.
The Magister is a murder-mystery card-battler RPG. Build and customise your deck to fight in battles, or use ‘Tactical Diplomacy’ to pacify those who stand in your way. Gather clues and discover motives as you investigate the death of your predecessor and unmask the guilty culprit.
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The Magister - The First Two Days
Single-player alternative to Nerdook's Library of Life Stories — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nerdook's Library of Life Stories.
The Magister: The First Two Days gives you the chance to begin your investigation in this murder-mystery card-battler RPG. Build and customize your deck to fight in battles, or use ‘Tactical Diplomacy’ to pacify those who stand in your way. Gather clues and investigate the death of your predecessor!
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Kill A Million Rats
Single-player alternative to Nerdook's Library of Life Stories — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nerdook's Library of Life Stories.
A base-building, Roguelike Action/Turn-based Strategy (RATS) game, in a forest invaded by a million Rats. As the powerful Spirit of Vengeance, you must save the adorable Villagers! Explore a randomly generated world, expand your village, and exterminate the Rats!