Single-player games like Nephise
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Nephise, 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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Nephise Begins
Single-player alternative to Nephise — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nephise.
Nephise Begins tells the player what happened at the time before Nephise was an orb collector. The main setting is forest again, but this time without snow, instead a more sunny and foggy weather.
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Nephise: Ascension
Single-player alternative to Nephise — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Nephise.
Nephise returns, in her deadliest and most expansive adventure yet! Will she escape from Dragons Valley? Find out in this highly immersive first-person “walking simulator” with extensive exploration, as well as light puzzle and platforming elements.
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The Hunting God
Single-player alternative to Nephise — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nephise.
The Hunting God is a short walking simulator in which you play as Nodens the hunting god and listen to what he has been through accompanied by a white wolf named Draiochta.
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Drizzlepath: Deja Vu
Single-player alternative to Nephise — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nephise.
A man embarks on a journey toward the top of a mountain, to discover the truth of his existence. Along the way, he ponders the nature of life itself. Drizzlepath: Deja Vu is a spiritual revisitation of Tonguç Bodur's very first game, Drizzlepath.
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Dear Esther
Single-player alternative to Nephise — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nephise.
Begin a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
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Drizzlepath: Glass
Single-player alternative to Nephise — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nephise.
Your husband is dead and you want to visit his grave. There is an abondoned house in a village, and in that house you will find a red rose. You don't want to go to your husband's grave empty handed.
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Drizzlepath: Genie
Single-player alternative to Nephise — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nephise.
Walk as Lula, on the path you choose, as she journeys to discover the meaning of the Genie and fulfill her destiny.
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Bottle (2016)
Single-player alternative to Nephise — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Nephise.
Bottle is a short game which you play as a man of solitude. It is about the mood of melancholy in the winter nature.