Single-player games like Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands, 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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Gretel & Hansel
Single-player alternative to Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands.
Gretel & Hansel is a delightfully twisted exploration-adventure crafted entirely by hand in watercolor. Abandoned in a cursed forest, you play as Gretel, guiding her brother home while outwitting deadly traps, unraveling sinister puzzles, and escaping the clutches of a ravenous witch.
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Éalú
Single-player alternative to Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands.
A cozy, handmade stop-motion adventure... unless the maze takes a darker turn... Guide your wooden mouse through a labyrinth full of puzzles & unknown dangers in search of an exit to a happier place.
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Harvester
Single-player alternative to Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands.
A strange and twisted world...Harvester! The most violent adventure game of all time comes to Steam!
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人类动物园 Human Zoo
Single-player alternative to Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands.
Beautiful teenagers, dreams, grotesque orgies. When no one in the world is awake anymore, is your sanity an alternative madness? A turn-based surrealist psychological horror game with beautiful L2D combat artwork and a deep, philosophical plot.
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Myst: Masterpiece Edition
Single-player alternative to Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands.
The classic Myst experience with point and click controls, released as a remaster to the original in 2000. Enter a world where nothing is as it seems... and adventure knows no bounds!
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Smile For Me
Single-player alternative to Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands.
A heartbroken clown, wayward souls, and juicy mechanical lips. As “The Big Event" draws near, help the troubled residents of the Habitat and de-mask the mysterious Doctor Habit... before it's too late.
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Fran Bow
Single-player alternative to Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands.
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
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Four Last Things
Single-player alternative to Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands.
Four Last Things is a very silly pythonesque adventure made from Renaissance-era paintings and public domain recordings of classical music. It is about sin, and the Four Last Things – Death, Judgement, Heaven and Hell – and strives to be intelligent and ridiculous in equal measures.
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Myst
Single-player alternative to Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands.
Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.
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Riven
Single-player alternative to Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands.
Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.
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The Lighthouse
Single-player alternative to Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands.
The Lighthouse is a uniquely crafted thriller with glimpses into psychotic, alternate dimensions. Private Investigator James Irvine finds himself lured into a haunting, neo-noir world in search of a missing young woman, named Lily Beaumont.
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Daylight
Single-player alternative to Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands.
You awake, trapped in an abandoned hospital. Your only source of light is your phone. You hit a dead-end and must turn around, but behind you lurks an eerie presence and strange noises... Experience Daylight, a procedurally generated psychological thriller for your PC.
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Guardians of Middle-earth
Single-player alternative to Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A shadow grows over Middle-earth as the greatest armies of the Third Age prepare for the coming battle. Take up arms in the clash over Middle-earth as the most powerful heroes and villains from the greatest fantasy epic of all time.
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Blacklight: Tango Down
Single-player alternative to Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
In Blacklight: Tango Down, experience the bleeding edge of advanced warfare. Participate in the “NetWar”: a hyper-realistic battlefield letting you fight tomorrow’s conflicts with or against your friends in the gritty Blacklight universe.
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Shadow Ops: Red Mercury
Single-player alternative to Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Race against time and terrorism as a member of the elite counter terrorist team in this all-out first person shooter. Your duty is to hunt down a terrorist overlord carrying a nuclear device before untold disaster is unleashed.
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Spearhead
Single-player alternative to Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Spearhead is a tank simulator that puts you in command of an M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank in tactical combat. Lead your team through intense missions, strategize effectively, and dominate the battlefield in this immersive mix of action and simulation gameplay.