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Single-player games like Nami no Iro - The Color of the Waves

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Nami no Iro - The Color of the Waves, 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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    CHAOS;CHILD — Steam game cover

    CHAOS;CHILD

    Single-player alternative to Nami no Iro - The Color of the Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    From the creators of the critically acclaimed STEINS;GATE comes a sensational new visual novel: CHAOS;CHILD. Set in Shibuya in 2015, a group of high school students who survived an earthquake six years ago find themselves at the center of a new series of bizarre murders in the city.

    2019Adventure12.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi — Steam game cover

    Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi

    Single-player alternative to Nami no Iro - The Color of the Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.

    2015Adventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Raging Loop — Steam game cover

    Raging Loop

    Single-player alternative to Nami no Iro - The Color of the Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Nami no Iro - The Color of the Waves.

    The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?

    2017IndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    CORPSE FACTORY — Steam game cover

    CORPSE FACTORY

    Single-player alternative to Nami no Iro - The Color of the Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Nami no Iro - The Color of the Waves.

    Discard your sense of morality and enter the world of CORPSE FACTORY. An obscure website allows users to request a death. Victims supposedly receive a photograph of their own corpse before they are killed! With English voice acting by an all-star cast.

    2022IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Higurashi When They Cry Hou+ — Steam game cover

    Higurashi When They Cry Hou+

    Single-player alternative to Nami no Iro - The Color of the Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Nami no Iro - The Color of the Waves.

    The tragedy of Hinamizawa is over. Those held captive within its grip are free from the fate that bound them to June 1983. Yet the tale of Hinamizawa is not truly complete. There are many worlds not yet explored.

    2023IndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wonderful Everyday Down the Rabbit-Hole — Steam game cover

    Wonderful Everyday Down the Rabbit-Hole

    Single-player alternative to Nami no Iro - The Color of the Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Wonderful Everyday is a visual novel with multiple routes which develops a story based on a few concepts: "the sky and the world", "the beginning and the end", "literature and science", "savior and hero", "brother and sister".

    2017AdventureCasual17.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Night Loops — Steam game cover

    Night Loops

    Single-player alternative to Nami no Iro - The Color of the Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Nami no Iro - The Color of the Waves.

    Journey through the psyche… Welcome to the Seaside Hotel, where the final hour of your night shift awaits. Tend to guests, explore their dreams, and lose your sense of Self – time and again. In this dark, labyrinthine adventure, unravel the path to the truth below.

    2023IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling — Steam game cover

    Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling

    Single-player alternative to Nami no Iro - The Color of the Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Nami no Iro - The Color of the Waves.

    A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.

    2023IndieAdventure1.39 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The World Below - A Call Within — Steam game cover

    The World Below - A Call Within

    Single-player alternative to Nami no Iro - The Color of the Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Nami no Iro - The Color of the Waves.

    Achi ran away from the orphanage and he found himself surrounded by concrete, indifference, and violence. He was saved by a mysterious creature that came from within, and by a peculiar detective. He had no way of knowing that darker, more disturbing voices were about to reach him.

    2026Indie4.68 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →