Single-player games like Ys X: Proud Nordics
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Ys X: Proud Nordics, 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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Sora no Kiseki the 1st
Single-player alternative to Ys X: Proud Nordics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Ys X: Proud Nordics.
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Kiseki series, a story-driven RPG that began in 2004, the landmark first installment, The Legend of Heroes: Sora no Kiseki FC (First Chapter), is receiving a full remake!
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Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
Single-player alternative to Ys X: Proud Nordics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Ys X: Proud Nordics.
Embark on an over-the-top, modern-day pirate adventure with an ex-yakuza, now pirate captain & his crew. Engage in exhilarating combat on land and sea in the hunt for lost memories and treasure.
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Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA
Single-player alternative to Ys X: Proud Nordics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Ys X: Proud Nordics.
Ys returns with a brand new adventure for the first time in 8 years! Adol awakens shipwrecked and stranded on a cursed island. There, he and the other shipwrecked passengers he rescues form a village to challenge fearsome beasts and mysterious ruins on the isolated island.
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Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim
Single-player alternative to Ys X: Proud Nordics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Ys X: Proud Nordics.
Adventurer Adol Christin has washed ashore in yet another mysterious, isolated new land, inhabited by a people who sport long ears and bushy tails...and are none too fond of humans. Experience the very first 3D Ys game as never before, with a whole new gameplay mode unique to this release!
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Metaphor: ReFantazio
Single-player alternative to Ys X: Proud Nordics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Ys X: Proud Nordics.
After his assassination, the will of the late king decrees the next monarch to be elected by the people. Forge bonds and win over a kingdom divided in this award-winning fantasy RPG with turn-based and action combat, party customization with powerful Archetypes, and hours of exploration.
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Tales of ARISE
Single-player alternative to Ys X: Proud Nordics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Ys X: Proud Nordics.
300 years of tyranny. A mysterious mask. Lost pain and memories. Wield the Blazing Sword and join a mysterious, untouchable girl to fight your oppressors. Experience a tale of liberation, featuring characters with next-gen graphical expressiveness!
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Ys IX: Monstrum Nox
Single-player alternative to Ys X: Proud Nordics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Ys X: Proud Nordics.
While imprisoned in Balduq, Adol is cursed and becomes a Monstrum. With his newfound powers, he must stop the Grimwald Nox from consuming the city.
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DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT
Single-player alternative to Ys X: Proud Nordics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Ys X: Proud Nordics.
The Dragon Ball RPG of your dreams! For the first time, you can play the rest of the story. Step into the universe of Dragon Ball Z in all its iconic glory and become the hero you were always meant to be!
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SOULS
Single-player alternative to Ys X: Proud Nordics — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
One day, the boy meets a monster, with whom he builds a strange relationship that is neither friend, nor family, nor owner and pet. How will the boy's future change?
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
Single-player alternative to Ys X: Proud Nordics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Ys X: Proud Nordics.
Hailed as one of the largest, longest and most meticulously detailed turn-based JRPG series of all time, this first chapter in the ongoing Trails saga sets the stage for what's quickly become Ys developer Nihon Falcom's most popular and best-selling franchise in their entire 30+ year history.
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel
Single-player alternative to Ys X: Proud Nordics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Ys X: Proud Nordics.
At Thors Military Academy, Erebonia’s best learn everything from the art of war to liberal arts. First year Rean Schwarzer learns he’s been selected to join the controversial Class VII, and they’ll need to deal with more than just class warfare--they’ll need to safeguard their country from chaos.
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC
Single-player alternative to Ys X: Proud Nordics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Ys X: Proud Nordics.
Picking up shortly after The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky, Estelle travels across Liberl in search of Joshua. The journey involves more than seeking loved ones, however, as the Bracer Guild also tasks her with unraveling the mysteries behind the newly unveiled Society of Ouroboros.
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Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter
Single-player alternative to Ys X: Proud Nordics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Ys X: Proud Nordics.
Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter reimagines the first chapter of a beloved series, infusing it with enhanced visuals and refined gameplay. Join Estelle and Joshua, partners bound by fate, as they unravel dark conspiracies threatening the peace of the Liberl Kingdom.
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Ys Origin
Single-player alternative to Ys X: Proud Nordics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Ys X: Proud Nordics.
The perfect mix of action, exploration and story with screen-filling bosses, unique platforming elements, and innovative puzzles.
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III
Single-player alternative to Ys X: Proud Nordics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Ys X: Proud Nordics.
Experience an epic story developed across three titles, and crafted for new and old fans alike. Also includes an interactive introduction to catch up new players to the ongoing story so anyone can dive right in to the world of Trails of Cold Steel.