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Single-player games like The Evolving World: Catalyst Wake

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to The Evolving World: Catalyst Wake, 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 The Evolving World: Catalyst Wake page.

Ranked picks

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    the Devil rais'd the storm — Steam game cover

    the Devil rais'd the storm

    Single-player alternative to The Evolving World: Catalyst Wake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Evolving World: Catalyst Wake.

    The Devil rais'd the storm is a mysterious science fiction visual novel with point-and-click elements. Unravel a tense and moody story as you navigate your new role stationed at a strange outpost on a remote planet.

    2025IndieAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Alone in the crowd — Steam game cover

    Alone in the crowd

    Single-player alternative to The Evolving World: Catalyst Wake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Evolving World: Catalyst Wake.

    Settled on a dystopian future, Alone in the Crowd is a humorous puzzle simulation investigative thriller, where you use a weird variety of gadgets to satisfy this mysterious, self proclaimed friendly AI character.

    2024IndieAdventure6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Boars in Rome — Steam game cover

    Boars in Rome

    Single-player alternative to The Evolving World: Catalyst Wake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Evolving World: Catalyst Wake.

    Boars in Rome is a parkour adventure game set in dystopian Rome. Master momentum based traversal and make your own path through ruined districts, decaying megastructures, and historical preserves.

    IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pandea Stones — Steam game cover

    Pandea Stones

    Single-player alternative to The Evolving World: Catalyst Wake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Evolving World: Catalyst Wake.

    In the game you play the Pandean hero, Tin, which has a mission to save his planet from alien threat. You will be facing many obstacles thru different environments, where you will meet angry robots and funny looking animals.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Special Case — Steam game cover

    Special Case

    Single-player alternative to The Evolving World: Catalyst Wake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Evolving World: Catalyst Wake.

    You won't win a war as a one man army, But because you keep fighting you are still alive_Mohamed Mostafa Battle the Occupation with unique super powers! Destroy helicopters, drones, and armored vehicles. Explore "The Strip," protect its people, and rebuild a war-torn world. Welcome to Special Case

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tide of Lone Stars-孤星之潮- — Steam game cover

    Tide of Lone Stars-孤星之潮-

    Single-player alternative to The Evolving World: Catalyst Wake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Evolving World: Catalyst Wake.

    Tide of Lone Stars is an ADV / AVG with conventional gameplay and unconventional apocalyptic sci-fi narrative. As a disabled girl living outside the walls, Blanka, you will meet a strange man, Adrian. An amazing adventure of “Love, Rebirth and Death” is ready to begin.

    IndieAdventureRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Still Heroes — Steam game cover

    Still Heroes

    Single-player alternative to The Evolving World: Catalyst Wake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Evolving World: Catalyst Wake.

    A digital comic about the story of Emeline. She tries to live her dream of being a superheroine after her friends decided to change their career paths. A gentle and moving story, drawn by hand.

    2022Indie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    KANADE — Steam game cover

    KANADE

    Single-player alternative to The Evolving World: Catalyst Wake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Evolving World: Catalyst Wake.

    A visual novel about becoming lovers with Kanade—a half-human, half-alien girl. Enjoy a tender relationship with Kanade and witness how love blossoms into a song that saves the world.

    2025AdventureCasual9.74 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Broken Minds — Steam game cover

    Broken Minds

    Single-player alternative to The Evolving World: Catalyst Wake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Evolving World: Catalyst Wake.

    A psychological murder mystery set in 90s Japan.

    2018IndieAdventure6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Prison of Lies — Steam game cover

    Prison of Lies

    Single-player alternative to The Evolving World: Catalyst Wake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Evolving World: Catalyst Wake.

    In this short visual novel, four prisoners on death row are cleared of all charges. But the prison has a quota to meet. The four are put in a room and asked to decide among themselves over the course of an hour... who will be the one to die?

    2026AdventureFree To PlayFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →