Single-player games like Nogalious
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Nogalious, 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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Owlboy
Single-player alternative to Nogalious — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nogalious.
Owlboy is a story-driven platform adventure game, where you can fly and explore a brand new world in the clouds! Pick up your friends, and bring them with you as you explore the open skies, in one of the most detailed adventures of this era.
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Axiom Verge
Single-player alternative to Nogalious — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nogalious.
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
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Volgarr the Viking
Single-player alternative to Nogalious — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nogalious.
Return to the Golden Age of arcades with a hardcore action platformer that pulls no punches! Possesses all the hallmarks of true classics like Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts (SNES), Rastan Saga (Arcade), Castlevania (NES) and more with precise controls, high challenge, and meticulous design.
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Chasm
Single-player alternative to Nogalious — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nogalious.
Explore the depths below a remote mountain town in this procedurally-generated Adventure Platformer. Taking inspiration from hack 'n slash dungeon crawlers and Metroidvania-style platformers, Chasm will immerse you in a fantasy world full of exciting treasure, deadly enemies, and abundant secrets.
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BUTCHER
Single-player alternative to Nogalious — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nogalious.
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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Super Magbot
Single-player alternative to Nogalious — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nogalious.
A precise 2D platformer with a twist. NO JUMPING. Master your magnetic powers to beat each level with speed and skill. Enjoy classic 16-bit gaming vibes, tackle challenging achievements and compete for global leaderboard supremacy along the way.
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Freedom Planet
Single-player alternative to Nogalious — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Nogalious.
Fight your way across the celestial world of Avalice where cats are green, motorcycles drive up walls and monster girls do most of the buttkicking! Freedom Planet is a cartoony, combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragonoid and her friends against an alien attack force.
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Moons Of Darsalon
Single-player alternative to Nogalious — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nogalious.
Retro action "save-them-all" platformer including advanced physics combined with an unique retro feel. Complete rescue missions leading your colleagues to the closest base station. Fight enemies using your laser gun, jet pack, destroy terrain and even make new paths with the ground maker.
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Nogalious MSX
Single-player alternative to Nogalious — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nogalious.
Nogalious MSX is a retro action platformer that pays homage to the era of classic 2D platforming on 8-bit personal computers. Explore 5 different worlds and go through cozy dungeons in the first title of a trilogy that tells the story of Nogalious, his daughter Mariet, and the evil Darama.