Well, maybe you just got a watered-down version of the installer that doesn't have that option. If you go here and then click "Download" and finally pick "MgmtStudio 64BIT\SQLManagementStudio_x64_ENU.exe" from the list of checkboxes which appears, you will get just such a watered-down installer. It is instead better to use "ExpressAndTools 64BIT\SQLEXPRWT_x64_ENU.exe" and then when you run the installation you should see a checkbox for "LocalDB" like so:
Afterwards, there will be a step called "Instance Configuration" where you may name the instance. The default is: SQLEXPRESS
When it's all done, you should be able to connect to:
YOURCOMPUTERNAMEHERE\SQLEXPRESS
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