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Single-player games like Stirring Abyss

Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Stirring Abyss, 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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    Rogue Waters — Steam game cover

    Rogue Waters

    Single-player alternative to Stirring Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Stirring Abyss.

    Rogue Waters is a Pirate Tactical Turn-Based Rogue-lite. Play as Captain Cutter, commanding your ship and crew through procedurally generated encounters to seek revenge. Recruit, train, and upgrade crew, use powerful sea creatures, and engage in dynamic naval and melee combat to gain the upper hand.

    2024ActionStrategyAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Oakenfold — Steam game cover

    Oakenfold

    Single-player alternative to Stirring Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stirring Abyss.

    Immerse yourself in a captivating world of tactical brilliance. Armed with your revolutionary TimeScrubber™, you'll have to navigate countless perilous encounters. For the indie strategy lovers seeking a fresh challenge, this game is your gateway to strategic mastery.

    2022StrategyIndie19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pathway — Steam game cover

    Pathway

    Single-player alternative to Stirring Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stirring Abyss.

    Explore the strange unknown with Pathway, a strategy adventure set in the 1930s great wilderness. Unravel long-forgotten mysteries of the occult, raid ancient tombs and outwit your foes in turn-based squad combat!

    2019StrategyIndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tyrant's Blessing — Steam game cover

    Tyrant's Blessing

    Single-player alternative to Stirring Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stirring Abyss.

    Tyberia has been turned into a paradise by the Tyrant, free from war, suffering, and death - because nearly everyone has been turned into the undead. Take charge of the last living warriors in tactical, turn-based battles and drive the Dead Army into the sea!

    2022StrategyIndieRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hard West 2 — Steam game cover

    Hard West 2

    Single-player alternative to Stirring Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Stirring Abyss.

    Hard West 2 is a journey to the heart of darkness in the American West. Take control of a supernatural posse and catch the mysterious Ghost Train. Outsmart, outcheat and outgun your enemies in this turn-based tactics game set in a Wild West world where nothing is as it seems.

    2022ActionStrategyRPG29.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dicey Tales — Steam game cover

    Dicey Tales

    Single-player alternative to Stirring Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stirring Abyss.

    Dicey Tales is a strategy RPG with deck-building mechanics. Assemble the ultimate expedition team by combining heroes and their skills. Roll the dice, battle foes, and shape your own story. Use strategy and a bit of luck to defeat powerful bosses!

    2024StrategyIndieRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Whispers of the Eyeless — Steam game cover

    Whispers of the Eyeless

    Single-player alternative to Stirring Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stirring Abyss.

    Become a cult leader and unleash divine power in this dark fantasy strategy RPG. You are the villain - you command disciples, outwit enemies in combat, and shape the fate of the fallen city as you awaken the Dead Gods — Wrath, Desire, and Madness.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Invisible, Inc. — Steam game cover

    Invisible, Inc.

    Single-player alternative to Stirring Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stirring Abyss.

    Take control of Invisible's agents in the field and infiltrate the world's most dangerous corporations. Stealth, precision, and teamwork are essential in high-stakes, high-profit missions, where every move may cost an agent their life.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    X-COM: Terror From the Deep — Steam game cover

    X-COM: Terror From the Deep

    Single-player alternative to Stirring Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Stirring Abyss.

    The war continues... X-COM: UFO Defense brought you to a galactic battlefield. X-COM: Terror from the Deep brings the alien terror into a totally new dimension.Seeking to take advantage of a weakened Earth, X-COM's deep space foes unexpectedly change strategy and launch a powerful second front against planet Earth.

    2007Strategy4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Phoenix Point — Steam game cover

    Phoenix Point

    Single-player alternative to Stirring Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Stirring Abyss.

    The acclaimed strategy game from the creator of X-COM. Fight tactical battles on procedural maps against a foe that adapts to your tactics. Manage diplomacy and economy on a global scale. Research, explore, overcome. Now includes Steam Workshop support for mods!

    2020StrategyRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Bureau: XCOM Declassified — Steam game cover

    The Bureau: XCOM Declassified

    Single-player alternative to Stirring Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear.  A top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating a series of mysterious attacks by an enemy more powerful than communism.

    2013Action19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Xenonauts — Steam game cover

    Xenonauts

    Single-player alternative to Stirring Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stirring Abyss.

    Xenonauts is a strategy game in which you control a multi-national military organisation defending a Cold War-era Earth from alien invasion, using small squads of persistent soldiers to eliminate the extraterrestrials and recover their technology in turn-based ground combat.

    2014StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    XCOM® 2 — Steam game cover

    XCOM® 2

    Single-player alternative to Stirring Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Stirring Abyss.

    XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.

    2016Strategy2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Arcis Ultima — Steam game cover

    Arcis Ultima

    Single-player alternative to Stirring Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stirring Abyss.

    Player finds himself in the war between human race and the invading creatures. You must train yourself, get the very best equipment, recall your past and help human efforts. Otherwise; as the time passes, you may find yourself in a hopeless situation.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gunbot Diplomacy — Steam game cover

    Gunbot Diplomacy

    Single-player alternative to Stirring Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Stirring Abyss.

    Splatter slimes, massacre mutants, and assemble your perfect Gunbot! Survive hordes of enemies in this top-down shooter roguelite by customizing your weapons on the unique upgrade grid, and pick from a wide variety of build-defining modules and wacky base bots for a new experience every run.

    2025ActionIndieCasual2.74 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gunbot Diplomacy: Blast Off — Steam game cover

    Gunbot Diplomacy: Blast Off

    Single-player alternative to Stirring Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Stirring Abyss.

    Splatter slimes, massacre mutants, and assemble your perfect Gunbot! Survive the wasteland in this top-down shooter roguelite by customizing your weapons on the unique upgrade grid, and pick from tons of build-defining modules and wacky bots for a new experience every run. Prologue teaser build.

    2025ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →