Single-player games like The World Next Door
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to The World Next Door, 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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Arcadia Fallen
Single-player alternative to The World Next Door — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The World Next Door.
Play the role of a young alchemist apprentice who is unwillingly bound to an illegal spirit. Suddenly drawn into a war between humanity and magic, they must join a group of unlikely heroes to escape their own doom, hopefully saving the world along the way.
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Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe
Single-player alternative to The World Next Door — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The World Next Door.
Battle Chef Brigade pairs combo-based hunting and puzzle-based cooking in a hand drawn, fantasy adventure. Cook your way into the Brigade while subduing Victusia’s destructive monsters. Follow Mina and Thrash in the single-player campaign or challenge your friends in Local Multiplayer and Daily Cook-Offs.
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Murder by Numbers
Single-player alternative to The World Next Door — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The World Next Door.
Solve Pixel Puzzles to find clues. Use those clues to interrogate witnesses. Work your way to the truth... ...and uncover the mystery of Murder by Numbers!
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Anodyne 2: Return to Dust
Single-player alternative to The World Next Door — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The World Next Door.
A 3D-2D adventure where you travel a 3D world and explore 2D dungeons inside of its characters' bodies and minds! In an unforgettable, surreal story, travel the world, meet whimsical denizens, and save the world from the dangerous Nano Dust.
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Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To
Single-player alternative to The World Next Door — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The World Next Door.
Cast spells, be queer, and crash the biggest concert of the year! Spirit Swap is an action-puzzle meets narrative game set in a lush world of witchy demons.
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After I met that catgirl, my questlist got too long!
Single-player alternative to The World Next Door — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The World Next Door.
Find love and establish your adventurers' guild in this yuri RPG / visual novel hybrid!
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Heartspell: Horizon Academy
Single-player alternative to The World Next Door — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The World Next Door.
Date wizards, match gems, and level up in this match-3 visual novel with a lot of heart and a little spice. Form deep relationships with faeries, sirens and werewolves, each with their own endearing personalities and challenges. Make choices that affect your relationships, and their destinies.
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Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly
Single-player alternative to The World Next Door — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The World Next Door.
Dust off your coffee machine and prepare your warmest smile to meet your customers again in the second episode of the much loved coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator; Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly.
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Floppy Knights
Single-player alternative to The World Next Door — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The World Next Door.
Meet the Floppy Knights: tangible projections summoned from floppy disks! Tactics fuse with card game mechanics as Phoebe and Carlton, a brilliant young inventor & her robot-arm bestie, square off in turn-based battles. Select your Knights, hone your deck, and execute your strategy for victory!