Single-player games like DREDGE
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to DREDGE, 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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SUNLESS SEA
Single-player alternative to DREDGE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with DREDGE.
LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.
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Subnautica
Single-player alternative to DREDGE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with DREDGE.
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
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Still Wakes the Deep
Single-player alternative to DREDGE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with DREDGE.
1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.
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SIGNALIS
Single-player alternative to DREDGE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with DREDGE.
A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.
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WORLD OF HORROR
Single-player alternative to DREDGE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with DREDGE.
Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...
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Crow Country
Single-player alternative to DREDGE — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The year is 1990. It’s been two years since the mysterious disappearance of Edward Crow and the abrupt closure of his theme park, Crow Country. But your arrival has broken the silence, Mara Forest. If you want answers, you’ll have to venture deep into the darkness of Crow Country to find them…
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Narcosis
Single-player alternative to DREDGE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with DREDGE.
Survival, horror at the sunless depths of the Pacific Ocean: Stranded on the seafloor with low light and few tools, an industrial diver takes desperate steps to surface before his oxygen — and sanity — give out.
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UMIGARI | ウミガリ
Single-player alternative to DREDGE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with DREDGE.
UMIGARI is a first-person harpoon fishing game set in the foggy waters off the coast of Japan. Hunt fish with your harpoon, sell your catch, buy fuel, and upgrade your gear. Alone at sea, the more you explore, the stranger the fish become.
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Outer Wilds
Single-player alternative to DREDGE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with DREDGE.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
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The Witness
Single-player alternative to DREDGE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with DREDGE.
You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
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Darkest Dungeon®
Single-player alternative to DREDGE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with DREDGE.
Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?
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Stardew Valley
Single-player alternative to DREDGE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with DREDGE.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
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Slime Rancher
Single-player alternative to DREDGE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with DREDGE.
Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes.
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Blue Prince
Single-player alternative to DREDGE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with DREDGE.
Welcome to Mt. Holly, where every dawn unveils a new mystery. Navigate through shifting corridors and ever-changing chambers in this genre-defying strategy puzzle adventure. But will your unpredictable path lead you to the rumored Room 46?
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Terraria
Single-player alternative to DREDGE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with DREDGE.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
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A Short Hike
Single-player alternative to DREDGE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with DREDGE.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.