Single-player games like Near-Mage
Below are 12 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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Cozy Crunch
Single-player alternative to Near-Mage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Sky of Tides
Single-player alternative to Near-Mage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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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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Passage: A Job Interview Simulator!
Single-player alternative to Near-Mage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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?
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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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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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Danchi Days
Single-player alternative to Near-Mage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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The Willowmist Emporium of Antiques & Curiosities
Single-player alternative to Near-Mage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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
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!