Single-player games like The Thing from Nowhere
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Thing from Nowhere, 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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Subsurface Circular
Single-player alternative to The Thing from Nowhere — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Thing from Nowhere.
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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Sarawak
Single-player alternative to The Thing from Nowhere — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Thing from Nowhere.
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
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Quarantine Circular
Single-player alternative to The Thing from Nowhere — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Thing from Nowhere.
In the middle of a world-ending pandemic, a group of scientists discover the galaxy has been watching. From the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Subsurface Circular, Quarantine Circular is the next mutation in text-based adventure.
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Basements n' Basilisks: Storms of Sorcery
Single-player alternative to The Thing from Nowhere — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Thing from Nowhere.
A visual novel paying satirical homage to the world’s greatest TTRPG. Make important choices, roll countless dice, build lasting relationships, explore magical lands and experience all the rest of the crap you expect from a fantasy game without the hassle of finding actual friends to play with!
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Roadwarden
Single-player alternative to The Thing from Nowhere — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Thing from Nowhere.
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.
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The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
Single-player alternative to The Thing from Nowhere — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Thing from Nowhere.
Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
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Burly Men at Sea
Single-player alternative to The Thing from Nowhere — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Thing from Nowhere.
A branching folktale misadventure about a trio of large, bearded fishermen. Shape a custom tale that begins again where it ends, through waters where lurk creatures from Scandinavian folklore.
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Omen Exitio: Plague
Single-player alternative to The Thing from Nowhere — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Thing from Nowhere.
Investigate a paranormal disease that threatens to eradicate humanity in this unsettling Lovecraftian adventure, inspired by the choose-your-own-adventure gamebooks of the 80s and 90s. Your choices will determine the story, your character’s destiny… and the future of humanity.