Single-player games like Nameless - The Departed Cycle
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Nameless - The Departed Cycle, 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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Our Wonderland
Single-player alternative to Nameless - The Departed Cycle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nameless - The Departed Cycle.
A horror-fantasy visual novel following the trials of a dysfunctional friend group thrust back into the wish-granting wonderland of their youth. Either they face the issues plaguing them or risk dying in horrific ways again… and again… and again.
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黑山羊BlackGoat
Single-player alternative to Nameless - The Departed Cycle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nameless - The Departed Cycle.
The game is a BL Cthulhu-style narrative romance game. It tells the story of the protagonist struggling to survive on a cruise ship filled with strange events after losing their memory. The game's setting is modern with a Cthulhu-inspired narrative.
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Mediterranea Inferno
Single-player alternative to Nameless - The Departed Cycle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nameless - The Departed Cycle.
Explore the inner demons of three childhood friends on a summer retreat. Unearth secrets, fears and obsessions as you help them reconnect and rediscover themselves. A mature and treacherous visual novel from the creator of Milky Way Prince – The Vampire Star.
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骸心 Mainbody
Single-player alternative to Nameless - The Departed Cycle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nameless - The Departed Cycle.
A puzzle-based horror game where the player takes on the role of a building manager who manages a haunted building and its "patients". Through the player's different options will raise or lower the pollution value, thus triggering different endings.
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Bard Harder!
Single-player alternative to Nameless - The Departed Cycle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nameless - The Departed Cycle.
BARD HARDER! is a tabletop-inspired visual novel game about saving your friends from the Big Bad Evil Guy by using your strongest weapon: romance! So brush up on your pick-up lines and prepare some sexy tunes…what’s the worst that could happen?
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We Are OFK
Single-player alternative to Nameless - The Departed Cycle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nameless - The Departed Cycle.
Start a virtual indie band in this behind-the-music comedy. Date, dance, skate, and run for your life across 5 episodes and interactive music videos, in a heartfelt story of what you risk to chase your dreams. All episodes out now!
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A Tithe in Blood
Single-player alternative to Nameless - The Departed Cycle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Nameless - The Departed Cycle.
A dark yuri visual novel about a quiet university student who discovers blood magic in the depths of her grief. Stepping into a world she little understands, Honoka finds unexpected love, and inadvertently sets in motion a deadly series of events.
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咒影 Curse of the Shadow
Single-player alternative to Nameless - The Departed Cycle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nameless - The Departed Cycle.
"Curse of the Shadow" is a BL-themed horror visual novel. Cursed by a "ghost", protagonist Xu finds eerie dark shadows in every photo he takes.Once escaping reality, he’s forced by fate to face fears again.To uncover the curse’s truth, he and two friends embark on a terrifying, unknown journey.
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Up All Night
Single-player alternative to Nameless - The Departed Cycle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nameless - The Departed Cycle.
Unearth secrets hidden between the trees. Solve a murder. Confront what awaits in the darkness. Whatever transpires, you’re guaranteed to be up all night.