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Single-player games like Abyss

Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to 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.

Want the full alternatives list (paid + free + Steam Deck + cheaper picks)? See the parent games like Abyss page.

Ranked picks

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    Orcs Must Die! 2 — Steam game cover

    Orcs Must Die! 2

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

    You’ve tossed, burned and sliced them by the thousands – now orcs must die more than ever before! Grab a friend and slay orcs in untold numbers in this sequel to the 2011 AIAS Strategy Game of the Year from Robot Entertainment.

    2012ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut — Steam game cover

    Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut

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

    Harebrained Schemes' biggest Shadowrun game to date, and the definitive Shadowrun RPG experience available on PC. Now a standalone title with tons of new content & improvements!

    2014StrategyIndieAdventure3.74 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wasteland 2: Director's Cut — Steam game cover

    Wasteland 2: Director's Cut

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

    From the producer of the original Fallout comes Wasteland 2. With over 80 hours of gameplay, deck out your Ranger squad with devastating weaponry, test the limits of your strategy skills, and bring justice to the Wasteland! The choices are yours…but so are the consequences.

    2014StrategyIndieAdventure29.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Heat Signature — Steam game cover

    Heat Signature

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

    Heat Signature is a game from the developers of Gunpoint where you break into spaceships, make terrible mistakes, and think of clever ways out of them. You take a mission, fly to the target ship, sneak inside, and make clever use of your gadgets to distract, ambush and take out the crew.

    2017ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine — Steam game cover

    Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine

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

    Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is a single player or co-op heist game. Assemble a crack team of thieves, case the joint, and pull off the perfect heist.

    2013ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition — Steam game cover

    Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition

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

    Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition is the capstone title in Harebrained Schemes' Shadowrun series - and now includes the all-new, 6+ hr Shadows of Hong Kong Bonus Campaign. Experience the most impressive Shadowrun RPG yet, hailed as one of the best cRPG / strategy games of 2015!

    2015StrategyIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Plebby Quest: The Crusades — Steam game cover

    Plebby Quest: The Crusades

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

    Survive ambitious rulers dreaming of an empire, outsmart treacherous neighbors longing to burn your spoils, and navigate the religion’s predictably unreasonable demands; you need ask only one question as you build your legacy – “Will you burn them, or be burnt?”

    2020ActionStrategyIndie3.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Escapists — Steam game cover

    The Escapists

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

    The Escapists provides players the opportunity of experiencing a light-hearted insight into everyday prison life with the main objective being that of escaping!

    2015ActionStrategyIndie3.59 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sailor Simulator — Steam game cover

    Sailor Simulator

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

    Sail the seas and oceans on your own ship. Transport valuable goods, earn money, buy bigger ships. Fortune awaits you!

    ActionAdventureSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
  10. 10
    Moscow Rush — Steam game cover

    Moscow Rush

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

    Ride through the ice-covered streets of Moscow in an old-school truck, leaving behind your clumsy competitors. Prepare your car in the garage – collect, buy and replace engine parts, chassis and wheels.

    IndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Three Little Bears — Steam game cover

    Three Little Bears

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

    A great adventure of three little bears. Be the bear you want to be or... be them all. Riddles, puzzles and quite a lot of magic. Three bears, three adventures, one big goal. Can you reach it?

    IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Narco Tycoon — Steam game cover

    Narco Tycoon

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

    Narco Tycoon is a simulation game about building a drug empire. Manage and develop your own drug factories. Employ the best people in the "industry" and invest in new technologies. Influence local politics, destroy your rivals or take over their business. Become the real Drug Lord!

    StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Essex: The Whale Hunter — Steam game cover

    Essex: The Whale Hunter

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

    Experience a great seas adventure inspired by the famous Moby Dick. Grab a harpoon and take on the largest animals on Earth – the whales. Hunt, harvest resources, gain fame and amass a fortune!

    IndieAdventureSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Roadside Assistance Simulator — Steam game cover

    Roadside Assistance Simulator

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

    Roadside Assistance Simulator is an FPP game that will allow you to prove yourself as a road assistance specialist. Get behind the wheel of your mobile auto repair shop, complete orders and earn money to grow your business.

    IndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →