Single-player games like Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
Below are 20 single-player Steam games similar to Zero Escape: The Nonary Games, 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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Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
Single-player alternative to Zero Escape: The Nonary Games — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Zero Escape: The Nonary Games.
Nine participants awaken, trapped in an underground facility. To escape, they must play a game with deadly consequences. Who will live, and who will die? The choice is yours. Let the Decision Game begin…
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STEINS;GATE
Single-player alternative to Zero Escape: The Nonary Games — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Zero Escape: The Nonary Games.
Developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus, STEINS;GATE was awarded Famitsu magazine's coveted annual Game of Excellence award and was voted one of the most emotionally charged “tear-inducing games” ever made, in a Famitsu poll. It is a gripping and moving Visual Novel, which has already spawned manga and anime adaptations.
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AI: The Somnium Files
Single-player alternative to Zero Escape: The Nonary Games — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Zero Escape: The Nonary Games.
Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.
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KILLA
Single-player alternative to Zero Escape: The Nonary Games — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Zero Escape: The Nonary Games.
KILLA is a 3D adventure mystery with multiple endings. Valhalla, our protagonist, seeks the killer of her mentor, a mentor she treasures like family, venturing to an unknown island. Discover the culprit on this enigmatic island and embark on a journey of revenge.
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Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
Single-player alternative to Zero Escape: The Nonary Games — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Zero Escape: The Nonary Games.
Investigate murders, search for clues and talk to your classmates to prepare for trial. There, you'll engage in deadly wordplay, going back and forth with suspects. Dissect their statements and fire their words back at them to expose their lies! There's only one way to survive—pull the trigger.
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Tokyo Dark
Single-player alternative to Zero Escape: The Nonary Games — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Zero Escape: The Nonary Games.
Legend tells of a door deep below Tokyo's sewers. All who enter are lost forever. Detective Ito's partner is missing. Explore Tokyo & uncover the darkness that lays beneath the streets in this Point & Click - meets Visual Novel - narrative adventure that questions the very core of Ito's sanity.
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Blankspace
Single-player alternative to Zero Escape: The Nonary Games — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Zero Escape: The Nonary Games.
Blankspace is an escape room visual novel with point-and-click elements. Investigate your surroundings, solve puzzles, make meaningful choices, and figure out the the mystery behind Chris and Beryl's predicament.
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Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition
Single-player alternative to Zero Escape: The Nonary Games — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Zero Escape: The Nonary Games.
Rescue squad captain Watase Kasasagi wakes up without his memories in the middle of his most critical mission yet-- a nuclear meltdown at a research facility. In an unfamiliar place and without his years of training, he must rescue the survivors and escape...
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Persona 5 Royal
Single-player alternative to Zero Escape: The Nonary Games — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Don the mask and join the Phantom Thieves of Hearts as they stage grand heists, infiltrate the minds of the corrupt, and make them change their ways!
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Raging Loop
Single-player alternative to Zero Escape: The Nonary Games — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Zero Escape: The Nonary Games.
The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?
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The Silver Case
Single-player alternative to Zero Escape: The Nonary Games — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Zero Escape: The Nonary Games.
The Silver Case – the debut title from world-renowned developer SUDA51 has been fully remastered and localized to English for the first time ever!
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GNOSIA
Single-player alternative to Zero Escape: The Nonary Games — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Zero Escape: The Nonary Games.
The Gnosia lie. Pretending to be human, they’ll get in close, trick and deceive, and then eliminate one victim at a time...
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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy
Single-player alternative to Zero Escape: The Nonary Games — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Zero Escape: The Nonary Games.
Become Phoenix Wright and experience the thrill of battle as you fight to save your innocent clients in a court of law. Play all 14 episodes, spanning the first three games, in one gorgeous collection.
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Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Single-player alternative to Zero Escape: The Nonary Games — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Zero Escape: The Nonary Games.
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, the classic puzzle-solving mystery adventure directed by Ace Attorney creator Shu Takumi, is back! This long-awaited HD remaster features upgraded visuals and sound and new gallery content.
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The Witness
Single-player alternative to Zero Escape: The Nonary Games — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Zero Escape: The Nonary Games.
You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
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DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO
Single-player alternative to Zero Escape: The Nonary Games — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO takes the legendary gameplay of the Budokai Tenkaichi series and raises it to whole new levels. Make yours the destructive power of the strongest fighters ever to appear in Dragon Ball!
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Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
Single-player alternative to Zero Escape: The Nonary Games — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Zero Escape: The Nonary Games.
Jabberwock Island—You and your classmates were ready for fun in the sun until Monokuma returned to restart his murderous game! Trapped in a kill-or-be-killed situation, your only hope rests in solving the island’s mysteries.
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Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
Single-player alternative to Zero Escape: The Nonary Games — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Zero Escape: The Nonary Games.
A new cast of 16 characters find themselves kidnapped and imprisoned in a school. Inside, some will kill, some will die, and some will be punished. Reimagine what you thought high-stakes, fast-paced investigation was as you investigate twisted murder cases and condemn your new friends to death.
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JUMP FORCE
Single-player alternative to Zero Escape: The Nonary Games — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Create your own avatar to fight alongside the most powerful Manga heroes in an original Story Mode, or head to the Online Lobby to challenge other players and discover lots of modes and activities.
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Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls
Single-player alternative to Zero Escape: The Nonary Games — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Komaru Naegi has been imprisoned inside a mysterious apartment for over a year. Her rescue is derailed when hundreds of Monokumas suddenly attack. She teams up with Toko Fukawa to survive the rampaging Monokumas, escape the crafty Monokuma Kids, and uncover the secrets of the city.