Single-player games like The Next World
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to The Next World, 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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InfiniteCorp: Cyberpunk Cards
Single-player alternative to The Next World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Next World.
The 2190 year. You are an employee of a corporation dealing in goods distribution and logistics in the “megatower” – the place where all local citizens live. Find yourself in the cyberpunk reality by playing InfiniteCorp, a decision-based strategy card game!
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时光枝的秋叶
Single-player alternative to The Next World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Next World.
If everything you love is destined to be swept away by the tides of time, will you still choose to fight? This is a visual novel about the collision between humanity and artificial intelligence, and between a fragile individual and the overwhelming currents of society.
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Subsurface Circular
Single-player alternative to The Next World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Next World.
When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.
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Love is All Around 2
Single-player alternative to The Next World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Next World.
原班人马古装惊艳回归！继承前作心动体验，喜剧元素与深度权谋悬疑剧情交错。“情感线”与“悬疑线”双轨并行——专注情缘可能错失真相，执着探秘或与真爱无缘。你的选择决定命运走向，多重结局待你探索。即刻再续完蛋宇宙的感动与心跳，再一次让你心动！
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Bagel Love Story
Single-player alternative to The Next World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Next World.
A light-hearted and enjoyable short romance VN! The protagonist, Fan Tong, struggles to lose weight in hopes of finding a job, but the journey is far from smooth. Until one day, a cute and sunny girl named Bagel comes into his life, kickstarting a story of weight loss, cross-dressing, and romance!
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1bitHeart
Single-player alternative to The Next World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Next World.
Welcome to 1bitHeart―the latest title from Alicemare and LiEat developer △○□× (Miwashiba). In this unique and endearing adventure game, take on the role of Nanashi, a lonely, agoraphobic boy, as you solve a slew of mysteries around town while also making friends.
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Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos
Single-player alternative to The Next World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Next World.
From Dischan Media, creators of the highly acclaimed Juniper's Knot, comes Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos.Dysfunctional Systems is a visual novel series featuring Winter Harrison, a student mediator from a utopian world. Learning to Manage Chaos is the first entry in the series.What is a mediator?
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Memory's Dogma CODE:01
Single-player alternative to The Next World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Next World.
Japan, 2030 A.D. Memories can now be digitized and archived, allowing people to communicate with the deceased. With only one week left before his best friend’s memories are deleted, can Hiroki uncover the truth behind Sorano’s death?
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Golem Creation Kit
Single-player alternative to The Next World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Next World.
Race against the clock to defeat the angry mobs that want to burn you out. Grab virtually anything -- sand dunes, animals, buildings, mountaintops. Then throw everything in your cauldron and turn it into unstoppable engines of pixellated 16-bit terror!
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The Zone: Stalker Stories
Single-player alternative to The Next World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Next World.
Tactical card battles and narrative RPG exploration in a world of monsters and anomalies. As one of the last remnants of humanity, trapped in the Zone, it's your turn to become a Stalker and walk where others fear to tread.