Single-player games like Nocturnis
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Nocturnis, 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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Edge of Madness
Single-player alternative to Nocturnis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Nocturnis.
A Lovecraftian RPG with tactical card-based combat. Uncover dark secrets, face cult and eldritch horrors. Every choice shapes the battle - outplay your enemies or lose yourself to madness.
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The Great Wastes
Single-player alternative to Nocturnis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Nocturnis.
"The Great Wastes" is a pixelated fantasy RPG. Players take on the role of a mysterious young man living in an isolated village. One day, the village is suddenly attacked by a group of unidentified black-clad individuals, forcing the young man to flee with his childhood sweetheart and companions.
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Company Captain: Westashes
Single-player alternative to Nocturnis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Nocturnis.
Command a mercenary Free Company in a brutal, dynamic medieval world. Navigate the overworld, manage your roster, and fight unforgiving hex-grid tactical battles where factions and characters remember your actions and every mercenary's death is permanent... or not...
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The Black Watch: Bloodline
Single-player alternative to Nocturnis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nocturnis.
Become a monster hunter in a dark folklore Tactical RPG. Lead two orphan siblings through turn-based battles, dangerous contracts, and moral choices as a cursed power threatens to consume them.
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BURNED HORIZONS
Single-player alternative to Nocturnis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Nocturnis.
A gritty, turn-based tactical sandbox set in 2002. No XP grind. No class rails. No buy-your-way skill trees. // 'They said it wasn't our war. So we made it ours.'
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Threaded Dungeons
Single-player alternative to Nocturnis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nocturnis.
A world threaded in death. Can you cultivate a party of four that defies all odds? Make every action count in tactical turn-based combat. Choose your allegiances carefully. Scour dungeons in search of loot and secrets. Resist or acquiesce to tempting whispers in the darkness.
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Doubtbound
Single-player alternative to Nocturnis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Nocturnis.
A turn-based RPG of hidden betrayal. Battle through branching encounters, uncover the traitor within your party, and overthrow the Mad Monarch in multiplayer or solo investigation mode.
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Stories of Somnia
Single-player alternative to Nocturnis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nocturnis.
Stories of Somnia is an exploration-first JRPG with the bones of a Metroidvania. Use spells to grapple across gaps, change the rules of combat, and reshape the world around you. Collect memory-born companions called Dreamkin and uncover a story about grief, time, and the courage to rest.