Single-player games like Nowhere New
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Nowhere New, 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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TR-49
Single-player alternative to Nowhere New — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nowhere New.
A World War II computer. An archive of lost books. A world-changing secret. Narrative deduction meets audio drama, from the creators of Overboard!, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
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Expelled!
Single-player alternative to Nowhere New — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nowhere New.
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
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Doki Doki AI Interrogation
Single-player alternative to Nowhere New — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nowhere New.
A short interrogation game taking full advantage of ChatGPT! You are tasked with interrogating the suspect [AI] of a murder case as an [excellent police officer]. How you choose to interrogate the suspect is up to you. How the AI reacts is rendered in real-time through ChatGPT.
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Subsurface Circular
Single-player alternative to Nowhere New — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nowhere New.
When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.
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Dahlia View
Single-player alternative to Nowhere New — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nowhere New.
A child is missing. The police are failing. And you're a retired detective with a bit too much time on your hands. Time to throw out the rules & do whatever it takes to bring the child home. From the developers of I AM RIPPER, The Occupation & Ether One.
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BURIED STARS
Single-player alternative to Nowhere New — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nowhere New.
A mystery adventure set at the collapse site of a live survival audition show. Trapped contestants communicate with each other—and the outside world through social media—as they wait for rescue. But as unexpected events unfold, trust begins to crack, and survival becomes far more complicated.
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Back to the Dawn
Single-player alternative to Nowhere New — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nowhere New.
Back to the Dawn is a story-rich RPG set in a high-security prison ruled by factions and buried secrets. Investigate two conspiracies from the inside, gather evidence, and outsmart a system designed to silence you. Make friends (or foes) with fellow inmates and with their help, break out of prison.
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Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo
Single-player alternative to Nowhere New — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nowhere New.
Can you trust your own mind? Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller of a new kind, playing with the limits between reality and fantasy. Freely inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s universe.