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Single-player games like Verne: The Shape of Fantasy

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Verne: The Shape of Fantasy, 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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    Signs of the Sojourner — Steam game cover

    Signs of the Sojourner

    Single-player alternative to Verne: The Shape of Fantasy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Verne: The Shape of Fantasy.

    In this narrative card game about relationships and communication, navigate conversations in a colorful world reminiscent of our own. Learn and grow through the cards you choose to play. Who will you become? What will you leave behind?

    2020IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    the Devil rais'd the storm — Steam game cover

    the Devil rais'd the storm

    Single-player alternative to Verne: The Shape of Fantasy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Verne: The Shape of Fantasy.

    The Devil rais'd the storm is a mysterious science fiction visual novel with point-and-click elements. Unravel a tense and moody story as you navigate your new role stationed at a strange outpost on a remote planet.

    2025IndieAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bahnsen Knights — Steam game cover

    Bahnsen Knights

    Single-player alternative to Verne: The Shape of Fantasy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Verne: The Shape of Fantasy.

    1986, Tornado Alley, USA… Go undercover as Boulder, an agent infiltrating the notorious religious cult known as the Bahnsen Knights. Face off against occultists, biblical storms, and an enigmatic car salesman turned preacher as you investigate the disappearance of a fellow agent and close friend.

    2023IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Venba — Steam game cover

    Venba

    Single-player alternative to Verne: The Shape of Fantasy — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Venba is a short narrative cooking game, where you play as an Indian mom who immigrates to Canada with her family in the 1980s. Cook various dishes and restore lost recipes, hold branching conversations, and explore South Indian food in this story about family, love, and loss.

    202314.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Alcyone: The Last City — Steam game cover

    Alcyone: The Last City

    Single-player alternative to Verne: The Shape of Fantasy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Verne: The Shape of Fantasy.

    Alcyone: The Last City is an interactive sci-fi novel where your choices can lead to the salvation or destruction of the last refuge of civilisation in the universe. Immerse yourself in a branching narrative of diverse characters, intrigue, and world-altering decisions.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders — Steam game cover

    Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders

    Single-player alternative to Verne: The Shape of Fantasy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Verne: The Shape of Fantasy.

    A thrilling point-and-click adventure game where you play as Di Renjie, ancient China's most famous and gifted investigator, as he tracks a serial killer in the heart of the Tang Dynasty's capital city.

    2019IndieAdventure10.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sky of Tides — Steam game cover

    Sky of Tides

    Single-player alternative to Verne: The Shape of Fantasy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Verne: The Shape of Fantasy.

    Sky of Tides is a choice-driven isometric sci-fi adventure following Rin D’Lorah as she searches for her missing father in a shattered world where oceans float in the sky. Shape her through decisions, balance who she is becoming, and uncover a mystery where every choice quietly rewrites the future.

    IndieAdventureRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Road 96: Mile 0 — Steam game cover

    Road 96: Mile 0

    Single-player alternative to Verne: The Shape of Fantasy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Verne: The Shape of Fantasy.

    The prequel to Road 96. Play Zoe and Kaito where it all started. Change their destinies!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure12.96 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Red Dreams — Steam game cover

    Red Dreams

    Single-player alternative to Verne: The Shape of Fantasy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Verne: The Shape of Fantasy.

    Year: 2199. Exoplanet Kiwa. In this psychological thriller, your best friend disappears while investigating the red ocean that alters memories through dreams. Time moves more slowly on Kiwa, and every minute is crucial to saving her — but can you trust who you are?

    IndieAdventureCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →