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Single-player games like Nova Hearts

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Nova Hearts, 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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    Nova Hearts: The Spark — Steam game cover

    Nova Hearts: The Spark

    Single-player alternative to Nova Hearts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nova Hearts.

    Join Luce and her friends in this FREE first chapter: The Spark! A mysterious force transforms you and other residents of Vermillion into heroes and villains. TEXT, DATE and FIGHT in this turn-based combat dating adventure!

    2024StrategyIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Starbright Agency — Steam game cover

    Starbright Agency

    Single-player alternative to Nova Hearts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Nova Hearts.

    Get messy on social media, smooch hot heroes and top the charts in this intricately crafted, route-based visual novel & social media sim. Every choice matters, whether to send haters to your DMs, leak your secret identity to the press, or turn your fake date into a genuine connection.

    AdventureRPGCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Herotome — Steam game cover

    Herotome

    Single-player alternative to Nova Hearts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Nova Hearts.

    Be a hero or be a menace! Herotome is a choice-heavy visual novel with a colorful cast of characters. Seize the moment to find love and worldwide renown, or use your gift of gab to annoy your heroic peers.

    IndieSimulationRPGFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    A Love Like Broken Glass — Steam game cover

    A Love Like Broken Glass

    Single-player alternative to Nova Hearts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Nova Hearts.

    You're an exorcist. Lorenn's a half-ghost. It's up to you to find out what's wrong with his soul and exorcise him once and for all... Just try not to fall in love in the process, would you?

    2026IndieRPGCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Royal Alchemist — Steam game cover

    Royal Alchemist

    Single-player alternative to Nova Hearts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Nova Hearts.

    Intrigue, betrayal, deaths! An Otome / BxB survival Raising Simulation in a high-fantasy royal court setting with RPG elements.

    2020StrategySimulationRPG19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Royal Order — Steam game cover

    Royal Order

    Single-player alternative to Nova Hearts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Nova Hearts.

    Intrigue, betrayal, deaths! A LGBT+ survival Raising Simulation in a high-fantasy royal court setting with RPG elements.

    2024StrategySimulationRPG29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Corona Borealis — Steam game cover

    Corona Borealis

    Single-player alternative to Nova Hearts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Nova Hearts.

    June Pinegar is forced to spend the summer working at her father’s quaint country café, far away from her urban home. Will romance spark with the dutiful barista or friendship form with the bubbly cashier? Or perhaps she’ll mend the strained relationship between her and her quirky father.

    2019IndieAdventureSimulation6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Arcadia Fallen — Steam game cover

    Arcadia Fallen

    Single-player alternative to Nova Hearts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Nova Hearts.

    Play the role of a young alchemist apprentice who is unwillingly bound to an illegal spirit. Suddenly drawn into a war between humanity and magic, they must join a group of unlikely heroes to escape their own doom, hopefully saving the world along the way.

    2021IndieAdventureSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Othercide — Steam game cover

    Othercide

    Single-player alternative to Nova Hearts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nova Hearts.

    As Humanity’s last hope, lead your army to combat in an intricate dance of spectacular actions and counters, using an original Dynamic Timeline System, and face fearsome bosses in epic battles.

    2020StrategyIndie29.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ex Sanguis — Steam game cover

    Ex Sanguis

    Single-player alternative to Nova Hearts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Nova Hearts.

    Bleed the world back to life in a series of tactical, turn-based bloodbaths! Lead your STILLAE, elite warriors in the fight to save a dying world from the forces of STASIS. Slay foes, kick them back on the timeline, and trigger chain events where elegance and blood flow as one.

    2026StrategyEarly Access17.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →