Single-player games like The End Is Nigh
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to The End Is Nigh, 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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Super Meat Boy
Single-player alternative to The End Is Nigh — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The End Is Nigh.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
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Celeste
Single-player alternative to The End Is Nigh — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The End Is Nigh.
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.
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They Bleed Pixels
Single-player alternative to The End Is Nigh — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The End Is Nigh.
They Bleed Pixels is a fiendishly difficult action platformer inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and classic horror.
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The Binding of Isaac
Single-player alternative to The End Is Nigh — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The End Is Nigh.
Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!
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A Difficult Game About Climbing
Single-player alternative to The End Is Nigh — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The End Is Nigh.
This is a difficult game about climbing.
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VVVVVV
Single-player alternative to The End Is Nigh — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The End Is Nigh.
VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?
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The Basement Collection
Single-player alternative to The End Is Nigh — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The End Is Nigh.
A collection of 9 award winning indie games from the creator of "Binding of isaac" and "Super Meat Boy"!
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N++ (NPLUSPLUS)
Single-player alternative to The End Is Nigh — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The End Is Nigh.
N++ is a fast-paced, momentum-based platformer about darting around obstacles, narrowly evading enemies and collecting gold in a beautiful minimalist landscape.
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Mewgenics
Single-player alternative to The End Is Nigh — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The End Is Nigh.
Build the ultimate cat army through tactical breeding and send them into deep, challenging turn-based adventures. Draft abilities, collect items, and manipulate genetics across generations in this roguelike tactics game from the creators of The Binding of Isaac and The End is Nigh.
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The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
Single-player alternative to The End Is Nigh — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The End Is Nigh.
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy Rogue-like elements. Following Isaac on his journey players will find bizarre treasures that change Isaac’s form giving him super human abilities and enabling him to fight off droves of mysterious creatures, discover secrets and fight his way to safety.
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The Legend of Bum-Bo
Single-player alternative to The End Is Nigh — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The End Is Nigh.
A puzzle based deck building rogue-like prequel to The Binding of Isaac... Made of cardboard!
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Fingered
Single-player alternative to The End Is Nigh — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The End Is Nigh.
GUILTY! THEY ARE ALL GUILTY! FINGERED is a "whodunit" hyperrealisic police sim where you must finger the guilty and clean up this darn city using the descriptions of the local busy bodies. but everyone's perspective is different: one man's fat is another man's sexy! send him to the chair!!!
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Gish
Single-player alternative to The End Is Nigh — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The End Is Nigh.
Gish isn't your average hero. In fact, he's not your average anything...you see, Gish is a ball of tar. A Sunday stroll with his lady friend, Brea, goes awry when a shadowy figure emerges from an open manhole and pulls Brea below ground.