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Single-player games like NORTH

Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to NORTH, 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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    Master Reboot — Steam game cover

    Master Reboot

    Single-player alternative to NORTH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with NORTH.

    Imagine a world where death is no longer final, where precious memories are saved to enjoy forever, where your soul is immortal. Master Reboot is a haunting first-person sci-fi adventure.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Jazzpunk: Director's Cut — Steam game cover

    Jazzpunk: Director's Cut

    Single-player alternative to NORTH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with NORTH.

    Jazzpunk is a comedy adventure set in an alternate reality Cold War World, plagued with corporate espionage, CyberCrime, and sentient martinis. Gameplay is inspired by spoof comedy films and cartoons of yesteryear, with a focus on weird gadgets, exotic locales, and open-world style exploration.

    2014IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mini Mini Golf Golf — Steam game cover

    Mini Mini Golf Golf

    Single-player alternative to NORTH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with NORTH.

    Mini Mini Golf Golf is an indie storytelling experience that goes beyond the lanes of the here and now into distant memories of a future planetary collapse. Destabilize the present and plunge into a neon psychohistory of a bizarre entity in distress. This is not a game about minigolf.

    2024IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tales of the Neon Sea — Steam game cover

    Tales of the Neon Sea

    Single-player alternative to NORTH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with NORTH.

    Welcome to a world of intrigue and suspicion. Where humans and robots contend with escalating tensions and mutual distrust. And where gangster felines scheme their way to the top of the food chain. Welcome to the Tales of the Neon Sea!

    2019IndieAdventure16.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    >observer_ — Steam game cover

    >observer_

    Single-player alternative to NORTH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with NORTH.

    The original first‑person cyberpunk horror detective tale set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.

    2017IndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Else Heart.Break() — Steam game cover

    Else Heart.Break()

    Single-player alternative to NORTH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with NORTH.

    A game about friendship, love and technology in a place where bits have replaced atoms.

    2015IndieAdventureRPG24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cradle — Steam game cover

    Cradle

    Single-player alternative to NORTH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with NORTH.

    Cradle is a sci-fi first-person-view quest designed for the player to explore the surrounding world. The story is built around the relations of the protagonist and a mechanical girl who by quirk of fate found themselves amidst the desert.

    2015IndieAdventure12.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kairo — Steam game cover

    Kairo

    Single-player alternative to NORTH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with NORTH.

    Enter the lost world of Kairo. Explore vast abandoned monuments. Bring strange and ancient machinery back to life. Slowly uncover the true purpose of Kairo and fulfil a great destiny.Kairo is an atmospheric 3D exploration and puzzle solving game.

    2013IndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Portal 2 — Steam game cover

    Portal 2

    Single-player alternative to NORTH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with NORTH.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
  10. 10
    The Void — Steam game cover

    The Void

    Single-player alternative to NORTH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with NORTH.

    Only brought to life by scarce sparks of Color, the bleak, grey Void is a peculiar place. The player gets to explore it, get to know the Sisters, Brothers, and other weird creatures inhabiting it, and learn the ways of Color, harvesting it and drawing sigils that change the world around them.

    2009ActionAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Spec Ops: The Line — Steam game cover

    Spec Ops: The Line

    Single-player alternative to NORTH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with NORTH.

    A Third-Person modern military Shooter designed to challenge players' morality by putting them in the middle of unspeakable situations.

    2012ActionAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    NaissanceE — Steam game cover

    NaissanceE

    Single-player alternative to NORTH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with NORTH.

    NaissanceE is an obscure and magical first person exploration game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world.

    2014IndieAdventureFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition — Steam game cover

    Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition

    Single-player alternative to NORTH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with NORTH.

    Armed with your investigative skills and the tools of the Blade Runner trade, you'll be immersed in a world that lives and breathes around you with breakthrough lighting and visual effects. Your ability to survive will be put to the test in the richest game environment ever created.

    2022Adventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    You Are Weak — Steam game cover

    You Are Weak

    Single-player alternative to NORTH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with NORTH.

    A ritual for the darkest of times. A game about community and change in a fractured world.

    2021Indie2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →