Games like Nowhere Near
Games like Nowhere Near include Phasmophobia, MiSide, Firewatch, What Remains of Edith Finch, and Outer Wilds. We matched them by the tags players give Nowhere Near on Steam (Psychological Horror, Story Rich, Detective, Mystery, and Demons): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Phasmophobia
Shared: Psychological Horror · Horror · Detective

MiSide
Shared: Psychological Horror · Story Rich · Horror

Firewatch
Shared: Story Rich · Atmospheric · Mystery

What Remains of Edith Finch
Shared: Story Rich · Mystery · Atmospheric

Outer Wilds
Shared: Story Rich · Mystery · Exploration

SOMA
Shared: Psychological Horror · Story Rich · Horror

Mouthwashing
Shared: Psychological Horror · Story Rich · Horror

The Painscreek Killings
Shared: Detective · Mystery · Story Rich

Sally Face - Episode One
Shared: Psychological Horror · Story Rich · Horror

Subliminal
Shared: Psychological Horror · Mystery · Atmospheric

Demonologist
Shared: Psychological Horror · Horror · Demons

Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs
Shared: Story Rich · Psychological Horror · Horror

Return of the Obra Dinn
Shared: Detective · Story Rich · Mystery

No, I'm not a Human
Shared: Psychological Horror · Story Rich · Horror

Layers of Fear (2016)
Shared: Psychological Horror · Horror · Atmospheric

Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
Shared: Story Rich · Detective · Mystery

Raging Loop
Shared: Psychological Horror · Mystery · Story Rich

CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs
Shared: Story Rich · Mystery · Horror

Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
Shared: Story Rich · Detective · Mystery

Alan Wake
Shared: Story Rich · Horror · Psychological Horror

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Shared: Mystery · Detective · Atmospheric

Call of Cthulhu®
Shared: Psychological Horror · Detective · Story Rich

Unheard - Voices of Crime
Shared: Detective · Mystery · Story Rich

SILENT HILL 2
Shared: Psychological Horror · Story Rich · Horror