Single-player games like N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure, 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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Where the Water Tastes Like Wine
Single-player alternative to N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure.
Where the Water Tastes Like Wine is a Narrative-Adventure game about traveling, sharing stories, and surviving manifest destiny.
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Into A Dream
Single-player alternative to N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure.
You are his last hope. The only one who can rescue him. Delve deep into the dreams of Luke Williams, a man diagnosed with depression, unfold the heartbreaking story of his life and prevent him from... fading away.
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What Remains of Edith Finch
Single-player alternative to N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure.
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
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The Haunting of Joni Evers
Single-player alternative to N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure.
The Haunting of Joni Evers is a dark supernatural mystery about a broken family from small-town Oklahoma. Haunted by a specter that's hunted her family for generations, Joni must uncover the mysteries of the Cunningham House, dig through lost memories, and face the past to break the curse.
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Bury Me, My Love
Single-player alternative to N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure.
Bury me, my Love tells the story of Syrian refugee Nour and her husband Majd, as Nour undertakes a perilous journey to safety in Europe.
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The Stanley Parable
Single-player alternative to N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure.
The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end.
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That Dragon, Cancer
Single-player alternative to N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure.
An immersive, narrative videogame that retells Joel Green’s 4-year fight against cancer through about two hours of poetic, imaginative gameplay that explores themes of faith, hope and love.
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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Single-player alternative to N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.
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Close To The Sun
Single-player alternative to N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure.
Deep in international waters, Tesla’s Helios stands still. An unbound utopia for scientific research, Rose Archer steps aboard in search of her sister, quickly to discover not all is as it seems. A single word covers the entrance… QUARANTINE!
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Steel Seed
Single-player alternative to N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure.
Steel Seed is a stealth-action adventure set in a dark sci-fi world on the brink of extinction. Play as Zoe and her drone Koby as they explore a hostile underground facility. Uncover secrets, survive dangers, search for answers, and humanity’s last hope.
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ENKI
Single-player alternative to N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure.
ENKI is a repeatable horror experience about escaping, featuring multiple endings that will ensure you that every playthrough will be a bit different from the previous one. In only 30 minutes find your way to freedom through occult symbolism, mysteries and discoverable secrets... Survive or die!
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Lantern
Single-player alternative to N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure.
Be the wind and guide a beautiful lantern that spreads the powerful message of everlasting love, by bringing life and color back to the world around you. Lantern is a relaxing game experience full of positive emotions.