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Single-player games like YIIK: A Postmodern RPG

Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to YIIK: A Postmodern RPG, 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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    Ternion — Steam game cover

    Ternion

    Single-player alternative to YIIK: A Postmodern RPG — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with YIIK: A Postmodern RPG.

    A turn-based JRPG. The fate of all civilization rests in the hands of four teenagers trying to stop their former leader from eradicating all life in the universe after he is driven insane as a consequence of infection by his own creation.

    2025AdventureRPGEarly Access12.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Metaphor: ReFantazio — Steam game cover

    Metaphor: ReFantazio

    Single-player alternative to YIIK: A Postmodern RPG — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with YIIK: A Postmodern RPG.

    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.

    2024ActionAdventureRPG34.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-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 YIIK: A Postmodern RPG — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with YIIK: A Postmodern RPG.

    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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    Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance — Steam game cover

    Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance

    Single-player alternative to YIIK: A Postmodern RPG — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with YIIK: A Postmodern RPG.

    Become a mighty demigod and battle through a decimated Tokyo in a war between angels and demons. Make new allies along your journey, engage in intense, turn-based combat, recruit hundreds of demons and forge your own path to dictate the fate of all existence.

    2024AdventureRPG20.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Age of Decadence — Steam game cover

    The Age of Decadence

    Single-player alternative to YIIK: A Postmodern RPG — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with YIIK: A Postmodern RPG.

    The Age of Decadence is a turn-based, hardcore role-playing game set in a low magic fantasy world. The game features a detailed skill-based character system, multiple skill-based ways to handle quests, choices & consequences, and extensive dialogue trees.

    2015IndieRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Nameless: Slay Dragon — Steam game cover

    The Nameless: Slay Dragon

    Single-player alternative to YIIK: A Postmodern RPG — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with YIIK: A Postmodern RPG.

    The Nameless: Slay Dragon is like a mix of CRPG and JRPG. In short - how to slay the immensely powerful and cunning evil dragon? You will play as a young man having a bloody feud with a dragon, and face powerful, sinister and tricky enemies with friends....

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling — Steam game cover

    Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling

    Single-player alternative to YIIK: A Postmodern RPG — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with YIIK: A Postmodern RPG.

    Follow Vi, Kabbu, and Leif as they uncover the secrets of the Land of Bugaria! Explore and combine your team's abilities to solve puzzles, defeat powerful enemies and find ancient treasures!

    2019ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Heroines of Swords & Spells — Steam game cover

    Heroines of Swords & Spells

    Single-player alternative to YIIK: A Postmodern RPG — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with YIIK: A Postmodern RPG.

    Join a team of wayward heroines in Heroines of Swords & Spells, an epic and humorous turn-based combat JRPG with over 150,000 lines of dialogue, 20 hours of gameplay, and challenging battles. Navigate tough dungeons and uncover the rich lore of the world.

    2020IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    No Man's Sky — Steam game cover

    No Man's Sky

    Single-player alternative to YIIK: A Postmodern RPG — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.

    2016ActionAdventure59.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    OZARK — Steam game cover

    OZARK

    Single-player alternative to YIIK: A Postmodern RPG — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with YIIK: A Postmodern RPG.

    A search and rescue gone wrong, crash landing in a remote mountain. A derelict facility, signals lost. Nothing is quite as it seems. Fight for your life in this side-scrolling action adventure and unravel the mysteries that lie beneath.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    MOTHER — Steam game cover

    MOTHER

    Single-player alternative to YIIK: A Postmodern RPG — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with YIIK: A Postmodern RPG.

    MOTHER is a first-person psychological horror game about protecting your children while descending deeper & deeper into madness. Defend them at all costs. Be careful, because their death is permanent!

    2020Indie2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Two Brothers — Steam game cover

    Two Brothers

    Single-player alternative to YIIK: A Postmodern RPG — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with YIIK: A Postmodern RPG.

    Two Brothers is an Action Adventure game that features a classic Gameboy aesthetic. Roy Guarder, inventor, scientist, and philosopher, is on an expedition to discover the origins of life. This quest has brought him to "The Cursed Lands," a stretch of land so dangerous and shrouded in mystery that it hasn't been explored in over...

    2013ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    YIIK Nameless Psychosis — Steam game cover

    YIIK Nameless Psychosis

    Single-player alternative to YIIK: A Postmodern RPG — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with YIIK: A Postmodern RPG.

    Experience a sneak peek of YIIK I.V! Step beyond Alex Eggleston's story and become the Nameless Child, a young girl pushed from a mysterious tower. Guide her through a surreal dimension where she must find a way to save both the Good Brother and the Bad Brother.

    2024IndieRPGFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →