Single-player games like Nephise: Ascension
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Nephise: Ascension, 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
Single-player alternative to Nephise: Ascension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Nephise: Ascension.
Nephise is a short and atmospheric puzzle game with narration. It is a relaxing and mysterious experience especially with the help of its music.
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Drizzlepath: Glass
Single-player alternative to Nephise: Ascension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Nephise: Ascension.
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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The Hunting God
Single-player alternative to Nephise: Ascension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Nephise: Ascension.
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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Quern - Undying Thoughts
Single-player alternative to Nephise: Ascension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nephise: Ascension.
Discover the truth about Quern’s past, unfold the mysteries of its present, and be the explorer who shapes its future. Quern introduces reusable puzzle mechanics to the classic genre, making the player think about the game as a whole, and not just as a series of individual challenges.
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Bottle (2016)
Single-player alternative to Nephise: Ascension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Nephise: Ascension.
Bottle is a short game which you play as a man of solitude. It is about the mood of melancholy in the winter nature.
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The Pedestrian
Single-player alternative to Nephise: Ascension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nephise: Ascension.
I can see the signs in my sleep now, always guiding me closer. Will this really work? Have we almost achieved the impossible?
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NaissanceE
Single-player alternative to Nephise: Ascension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nephise: Ascension.
NaissanceE is an obscure and magical first person exploration game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world.
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Dear Esther
Single-player alternative to Nephise: Ascension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Nephise: Ascension.
Begin a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
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Nephise Begins
Single-player alternative to Nephise: Ascension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Nephise: Ascension.
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.