Single-player games like Near-Mage
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Near-Mage, 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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The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood
Single-player alternative to Near-Mage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Heaven's Vault
Single-player alternative to Near-Mage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Near-Mage.
An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.
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Night in the Woods
Single-player alternative to Near-Mage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Wylde Flowers
Single-player alternative to Near-Mage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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The Necromancer's Tale
Single-player alternative to Near-Mage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Near-Mage.
A story-rich gothic RPG. Master the rituals of an ancient spellbook. Raise an undead army to march against your enemies. Commune with the realm of the dead & struggle with your descent into madness. Progress through secrecy, diplomacy, blackmail, coercion & seduction until ready to reveal yourself.
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Strange Antiquities
Single-player alternative to Near-Mage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Near-Mage.
Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!
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Cabernet
Single-player alternative to Near-Mage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Near-Mage.
Cabernet is a 2D narrative RPG set in a 19th century Eastern European inspired world, with a modern twist. Guide Liza, a young vampire in her new unlife among the unsuspecting townsfolk. Will you retain your humanity or descend further into the horror you have become?
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Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York
Single-player alternative to Near-Mage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Near-Mage.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York is a narrative experience set in the rich universe of Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition. It presents the struggle for power between two vampiric factions - the Camarilla and the Anarchs - bathed in the night lights of the Big Apple.
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Open Sorcery
Single-player alternative to Near-Mage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Hogwarts Legacy
Single-player alternative to Near-Mage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Return to Monkey Island
Single-player alternative to Near-Mage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure
Single-player alternative to Near-Mage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Near-Mage.
Crazy cultists. Cthulhu. A talking cat. Gibbous takes you on an expansive, traditionally animated, hand-painted adventure. Play as three protagonists and explore a lushly rendered Lovecraft-inspired world, unraveling ancient conspiracies. A comedy cosmic horror adventure made in Transylvania!
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Hocus Focus
Single-player alternative to Near-Mage — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A cozy gamified focus tool to help you work, study, or relax to soothing tunes. Customize your space and summon your focus with productivity tools. You’re a student in a magic university - control time and weather, unlock new locations, collect cute Mitzkins, and level up in-game and in real life!