Single-player games like Novis
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Novis, 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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Black Equation
Single-player alternative to Novis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Novis.
A dark fantasy interactive book — a personal, choice-driven story born from depression, built entirely from words.
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INFERIUS
Single-player alternative to Novis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Novis.
Descend through nine dominions of Hell in a first-person horror roguelike deckbuilder. Wield Major Arcana tarot cards, upgrade your deck between deaths, use your lantern to survive the dark, and defeat each ruler before your sanity breaks.
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The Flesh Beneath
Single-player alternative to Novis — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A dark-fantasy card-roguelike about giving the cathedral below what it asks for — one piece of yourself at a time. Sever your own flesh for power. Press blood-stones into your cards. Permadeath. Every name is remembered.
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Silent Mainland
Single-player alternative to Novis — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Silent Mainland is a roguelike deckbuilder based on movement and grid mechanics. Players engage in tactical battles on a vast 5x12 battlefield. Facing waves of oncoming monsters, use card-driven movement and positional control to defeat foes in dynamic formations.
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Tavrik
Single-player alternative to Novis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Novis.
A hex-grid deckbuilding roguelite where every card you play reshapes the land beneath your feet. Lay roads, raise bridges, outrun storms and wolves, and push one more hex before your energy runs out. The journey is the dungeon.
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Chrono Seoul
Single-player alternative to Novis — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Chrono Seoul’s unique Turn Table combat lets you use the hero’s mechanical arm and future-reading ability to predict enemy actions and respond with precise attacks, defense, and evasion. Each run offers new patterns, and at every chapter’s end, an Existence corrupted Seoul awaits.
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Text Dungeon: The Ring of Life
Single-player alternative to Novis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Novis.
No graphics, No tiles. Just text-RPG adventure! Explore a shifting labyrinth, regain the Ring of Life from the wizard Shingor. Classic roguelike-style messages guide your journey, with narrative scenes evoking the spirit of MUDs and gamebooks. Death is permanent. Every run brings new discoveries.
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Crownbreakers
Single-player alternative to Novis — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Tyrants keep the magical city of Cascade in a chokehold. They grow fat by grinding everyone else's soul into profit. ✊ENOUGH! Crash into their districts and build your deck as you push forward. Use your champions and cards to pummel some demonic billionaires in this turn-based card-game brawler.