Games like Near-Mage
If Near-Mage is your kind of game, the closest matches are Cozy Crunch, Sky of Tides and Wylde Flowers — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and immersive. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Near-Mage: Attend a magic school, learn spells, and explore a folklore-rich Transylvania in this hand-crafted narrative adventure.
Players who liked Near-Mage also play
Steam players who put hours into Near-Mage also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Cozy Crunch
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Near-Mage.
Top pick for Near-Mage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Near-Mage.
A cozy, upgrade-filled, adventure that goes from curious kitty to unstoppable leaf-crunching beast. Stomp, explore, and uncover cozy forest secrets with your magical fairy guide.
Sky of Tides
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Near-Mage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Near-Mage.
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.
Wylde Flowers
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Near-Mage.
Third-strongest match for Near-Mage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Near-Mage.
Join Tara on a heartfelt journey to become a witch in Wylde Flowers. Farm by day, and cast spells by night as you craft your cottagecore life and bond with your coven. Come to know and love the fully voice acted characters of Fairhaven, as you unravel a local mystery.
Passage: A Job Interview Simulator!
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Near-Mage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Near-Mage.
Navigate the corporate world in this narrative VN adventure with the help of your trusty cat (who just so happens to be a god!?) Battle wits with corporate bosses! Unlock multiple endings with 10+ hours of Visual Novel gameplay, answering the question: will you end up in the job of your dreams?
Night in the Woods
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Near-Mage.
Ranked #5 for Near-Mage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Near-Mage.
NIGHT IN THE WOODS is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet and lots to do across a lush, vibrant world.
The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Near-Mage.
Ranked #6 for Near-Mage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Near-Mage.
Immerse yourself in an enchanting narrative experience as Fortuna, a fortune-teller Witch condemned to exile on her asteroid home. Craft your own Tarot deck, regain your freedom, and shape the fate of the cosmic Witch society.
Danchi Days
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Near-Mage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Near-Mage.
Help Hoshino bring her hometown back together in a comedic-yet-bittersweet story set in 2000s Japan! She'll face malevolent forces, uncover truths about her town, all while reconnecting with neighbors and her grandma living with dementia.
The Willowmist Emporium of Antiques & Curiosities
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Near-Mage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Near-Mage.
A cozy narrative shop sim where you move to the sleepy town of Willowmist to run your aunt’s antique store. Meet 5 charming love interests and quirky locals—each with secrets to uncover—in a town where nothing is quite as it seems. Buy, sell, and haggle to keep the store afloat!
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Open Sorcery
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Near-Mage.
Reviewers of Near-Mage cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Near-Mage.
BEL/S is an Elemental Firewall: a fire elemental bound with C++ code to protect a network of people and places. She can learn things, develop relationships, and even gain sapience. Or she can burn everything with fire. It's up to you.
Hogwarts Legacy
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Near-Mage cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Near-Mage.
Hogwarts Legacy is an immersive, open-world action RPG. Now you can take control of the action and be at the center of your own adventure in the wizarding world.
Return to Monkey Island
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Near-Mage.
Reviewers of Near-Mage cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Near-Mage.
Return to Monkey Island is an unexpected, thrilling return of series creator Ron Gilbert that continues the story of the legendary adventure games.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Near-Mage at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Near-Mage on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Near-Mage.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Near-Mage on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Near-Mage.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Near-Mage on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Near-Mage.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Near-Mage on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Near-Mage.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Near-Mage on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Near-Mage.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Near-Mage.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Near-Mage.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Near-Mage.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Near-Mage.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Near-Mage.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Near-Mage.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Near-Mage.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Wylde Flowers
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Near-Mage.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Near-Mage.
Join Tara on a heartfelt journey to become a witch in Wylde Flowers. Farm by day, and cast spells by night as you craft your cottagecore life and bond with your coven. Come to know and love the fully voice acted characters of Fairhaven, as you unravel a local mystery.
Night in the Woods
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Near-Mage.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Near-Mage.
NIGHT IN THE WOODS is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet and lots to do across a lush, vibrant world.
The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Near-Mage.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Near-Mage.
Immerse yourself in an enchanting narrative experience as Fortuna, a fortune-teller Witch condemned to exile on her asteroid home. Craft your own Tarot deck, regain your freedom, and shape the fate of the cosmic Witch society.
Frequently asked about Near-Mage
- Does Near-Mage run on Steam Deck?
- Near-Mage is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Near-Mage cost?
- Near-Mage is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Near-Mage?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Near-Mage are Cozy Crunch, Sky of Tides, Wylde Flowers.
- Who developed Near-Mage?
- Near-Mage was developed by Stuck In Attic.
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