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Single-player games like Ys X: Proud Nordics

Below are 19 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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    The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak II — Steam game cover

    The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak II

    Single-player alternative to Ys X: Proud Nordics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ys X: Proud Nordics.

    Return to the Calvard Republic and unravel the mystery of the crimson beast! One day, a shocking series of murders set the wheels of fate into motion once again. Chaos looming on the horizon, the spriggan Van Arkride receives an unexpected visitor. Who is behind the murders, and what is their goal?

    2025ActionAdventureRPG47.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak — Steam game cover

    The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak

    Single-player alternative to Ys X: Proud Nordics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ys X: Proud Nordics.

    The spriggan known as Van Arkride, an underground professional, accepts any job, acting as detective, negotiator, or bounty hunter. Dive into the Trails series' latest chapter with intense combat, beautiful visuals, and a new alignment system in Calvard!

    2023ActionAdventureRPG41.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon — Steam game cover

    The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon

    Single-player alternative to Ys X: Proud Nordics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ys X: Proud Nordics.

    The future of an entire continent is at stake in this milestone entry in the Trails series! Explore the vast Calvard Republic with three different protagonists, nurture connections, and master powerful skills in both real-time and turn-based battles as you uncover the secrets at the core of Zemuria!

    2026ActionAdventureRPG59.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ys X: Nordics — Steam game cover

    Ys X: Nordics

    Single-player alternative to Ys X: Proud Nordics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ys X: Proud Nordics.

    Explore uncharted islands, engage in fast-paced action combat, and experience the high seas adventures of unlikely allies Adol and Karja in Ys X: Nordics!

    2024ActionAdventureRPG47.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    FINAL FANTASY TYPE-0™ HD — Steam game cover

    FINAL FANTASY TYPE-0™ HD

    Single-player alternative to Ys X: Proud Nordics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Ys X: Proud Nordics.

    FINAL FANTASY TYPE-0 HD brings an immersive world, memorable characters and the production value known of the series, together with high quality gameplay and storytelling truly worthy of the FINAL FANTASY name.

    2015ActionRPG8.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    God of War Ragnarök — Steam game cover

    God of War Ragnarök

    Single-player alternative to Ys X: Proud Nordics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ys X: Proud Nordics.

    Kratos and Atreus embark on a mythic journey for answers before Ragnarök arrives – now on PC.

    2024ActionAdventureRPG59.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ys IX: Monstrum Nox — Steam game cover

    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.

    2021ActionRPG29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hogwarts Legacy — Steam game cover

    Hogwarts Legacy

    Single-player alternative to Ys X: Proud Nordics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ys X: Proud Nordics.

    Hogwarts Legacy is an immersive, open-world action RPG. Now you can take control of the action and be at the center of your own adventure in the wizarding world.

    2023ActionAdventureRPG59.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA — Steam game cover

    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.

    2018ActionRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 — Steam game cover

    DYNASTY WARRIORS 9

    Single-player alternative to Ys X: Proud Nordics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Ys X: Proud Nordics.

    Experience the thrill of one versus thousands in an all new open world setting with DYNASTY WARRIORS 9! Travel through Ancient China depicted on a single, vast, open-world map, master the new State Combo System, and watch the Three Kingdoms story unfold through a cast of 90 playable characters!

    2018Action17.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition — Steam game cover

    Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition

    Single-player alternative to Ys X: Proud Nordics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ys X: Proud Nordics.

    Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.

    2019ActionAdventure59.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sekira — Steam game cover

    Sekira

    Single-player alternative to Ys X: Proud Nordics — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Dark forces are penetrating our world! Help the humble priestess Anachel crush the heads of the Dark Lord and all his minions!

    2026IndieCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky — Steam game cover

    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.

    2014RPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel — Steam game cover

    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.

    2017RPG39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sora no Kiseki the 1st — Steam game cover

    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!

    2025RPG44.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC — Steam game cover

    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.

    2015RPG29.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter — Steam game cover

    Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter

    Single-player alternative to Ys X: Proud Nordics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure 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.

    2025ActionAdventureRPG38.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ys Origin — Steam game cover

    Ys Origin

    Single-player alternative to Ys X: Proud Nordics — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ys X: Proud Nordics.

    The perfect mix of action, exploration and story with screen-filling bosses, unique platforming elements, and innovative puzzles.

    2012ActionAdventureRPG19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III — Steam game cover

    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.

    2020RPG23.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →