IMHO.

Single-player games like The Evolving World: Catalyst Wake

Below are 9 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

  1. 1
    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 →
  2. 2
    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 →
  3. 3
    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 →
  4. 4
    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 →
  5. 5
    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 →
  6. 6
    Infinite Lives — Steam game cover

    Infinite Lives

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

    Explore infinite possibilities with INFINITE LIVES - where superhumans and subhumans fight for control of the ultimate shared universe! Bursting into the 3rd dimension brings new powers with unprecedented freedom, in a vicious cycle that never ends...

    2025ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
  7. 7
    planetarian: Snow Globe — Steam game cover

    planetarian: Snow Globe

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

    "planetarian: Snow Globe," the prequel to Key's sci-fi kinetic novel "planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet," is now available with binaural audio support! Enjoy the story of a companion robot and her coworkers at a planetarium, and the simple joys they find in their everyday lives.

    2025AdventureSimulationCasual3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
  8. 8
    State of Mind — Steam game cover

    State of Mind

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

    State of Mind is a futuristic thriller game delving into transhumanism. The game explores themes of separation, disjuncture and reunification, in a world that is torn between a dystopian material reality and a utopian virtual future.

    2018IndieAdventure19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
  9. 9
    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 →