Single-player games like Project Deep Nexus
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Project Deep Nexus, 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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Lilac Prose
Single-player alternative to Project Deep Nexus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Project Deep Nexus.
A raw, cruel story about addiction, abuse, and recovery. A young man, bound by a vial of morphine, and a world that gives him just that, so long as there's a drop of him worth taking. It has to get worse before it gets better.
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量化情绪
Single-player alternative to Project Deep Nexus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Project Deep Nexus.
《量化情绪》是一款近未来科幻二次元风格的文字冒险游戏。2036年，可以将人类情绪精确量化为指数的“量化情绪”系统已经被建立。转校生洛舟某日获得了查看、调节他人情绪的能力。借助这项能力，洛舟很快在学校站稳脚跟、并期望以此能与分别已久、流言缠身的青梅竹马柔歌重新交好。但当幸福可以被调节出来时，你还愿意付出真实的代价吗？ 游戏有极具特色的近未来世界观和情绪系统设定，单女主线，玩家需要通过名为“铃铛视界”的小游戏，获取其他角色的情绪查看权限和调节权限，并做出选择，导向四种不同结局（沉默线、殉道者线、行尸线和希望线）。
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Tyrania Enforcers - Visual Novel
Single-player alternative to Project Deep Nexus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Free To Play with Project Deep Nexus.
Faced with evil... would you pull the trigger? Tyrania Enforcers is a story-driven visual novel exploring morality, duty, and the cost of enforcing order in a world on the brink of conflict.
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Locus Equation
Single-player alternative to Project Deep Nexus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Project Deep Nexus.
You are an anthropod, a synthetically crafted life form. Your objective is to save the ones who are stuck on an uninhabited planet. Persuade, charm, manipulate: use your ultimate power—freedom of choice—in sci-fi role playing hyper variative game LOCUS EQUATION.
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Sokolov Test
Single-player alternative to Project Deep Nexus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Project Deep Nexus.
Sokolov Test is a psychological sci-fi visual novel in which a machine examiner evaluates your answers one by one. Face strange questions, visual tests, system anomalies, secrets and fragmented memories. The test is not asking whether you are good. It is asking whether you are a person.
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是谁偷走了我的人生？
Single-player alternative to Project Deep Nexus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Project Deep Nexus.
《是谁偷走了我的人生？》是一部发生在虚构自由城市“伯利蒂尔”的中长篇青春群像视觉小说。玩家将跟随社会学新生荆千和，在高校城中结识孔澄洸、池迟望等人，并通过轻量互动，逐渐走近她们各自隐藏的过去与困境。 “我，荆千和，失去了初中三年的记忆。” 来到伯利蒂尔后，她拥有了新的朋友与珍贵的日常，遗失的青春似乎正一点点重新生长。直到那个少年平静地说： “记住我，然后，去改变。” 当被掩埋的真相浮出水面，那些曾经失去的、渴望的，以及无法改变的过去，又将把她们带向怎样的未来？ 愿你走完这段旅程时，也能重新找到属于自己的人生。
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Morpho Reverie
Single-player alternative to Project Deep Nexus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Project Deep Nexus.
Welcome to the world of the artcore narrative rhythm game Morpho Reverie. You are my kindred soul. No matter what, you never miss my performance. This time, play music with me. And when we do—we will surely be reunited.
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Tame or Conquered
Single-player alternative to Project Deep Nexus — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
You got isekai'd, only to wake up as a cursed saintess. You have 6 months to choose a husband from 7 yandere red flags.. or become a big tree and die. A "simple" psychological horror & dark romance VN.