Single-player games like Flesh Water
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Flesh Water, 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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He Needs His Medicine
Single-player alternative to Flesh Water — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Flesh Water.
You have been dispatched for a 911 call. From the moment you step inside the apartment, you realize something is really wrong with the place. You are gonna make Him the last dosage. He needs his medicine.
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Barcha
Single-player alternative to Flesh Water — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Flesh Water.
A psychological horror game where you play as Hannibal, a father trapped between two terrifying worlds. After stealing a mysterious compass, he’s pulled into a distorted mansion inhabited by supernatural entities from the jinn realm. Can you survive and save your daughter before it’s too late?
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Last Round at the End of the World
Single-player alternative to Flesh Water — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Flesh Water.
Dream the riddle. Question the village. Choose who drowns. A poetic folk-horror game about divine messages, guilty villagers, ritual games, and the terrible cost of keeping a place safe.
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THRESHOLD
Single-player alternative to Flesh Water — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Flesh Water.
In a lonely station atop a mountain, a train rumbles its precious cargo to places unknown. Now is your shift. Keep the pace. Uncover a mystery. Fight for your last breath. The air is thin up here.
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Oxenfree
Single-player alternative to Flesh Water — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Flesh Water.
Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.
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Call of Cthulhu®
Single-player alternative to Flesh Water — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Flesh Water.
1924. Private Investigator Pierce is sent to look into the tragic death of the Hawkins family. Plunge into a world of creeping madness and cosmic horror. Cryptic clues, shadowy figures, and pure terror bar your way as you fight to retain your sanity and solve an otherworldly mystery.
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The Repairing Mantis
Single-player alternative to Flesh Water — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Flesh Water.
The Repairing Mantis is a narrative horror game that lets you experience the disturbing, violent (yet absurdly poetic) story of a mantis on a mission to repair a bridge made of flying squirrel flesh.
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Human Apocalypse: Prologue
Single-player alternative to Flesh Water — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Flesh Water.
A new virus is turning people into brain eating machines, etc. You know the rest. A cure has been found and all the infected people are now normal humans again. What is the problem then? Their skin color is still green. Play as an Ex-Zombie.
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Swallow The Blue
Single-player alternative to Flesh Water — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Flesh Water.
An eerie horror game set in a weird hotel plagued with bizarre beings and interesting characters. The game utilizes a never-used before environment alongside brand new horror mechanics, one of a kind graphics/art style, and an unnerving story with rich lore to create a unique experience for players.
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Swallow The Blue: Remastered
Single-player alternative to Flesh Water — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Flesh Water.
An eerie horror game set in a weird hotel plagued with bizarre beings and interesting characters. The game utilizes a never-used before environment alongside brand new horror mechanics, one of a kind graphics/art style, and an unnerving story with rich lore to create a unique experience for players.
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Introvert: A Teenager Simulator
Single-player alternative to Flesh Water — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Flesh Water.
One of the new guys in school tells you he’s going to shoot up the school if he doesn’t make friends in 5 days. Discover the decisions, people, situations you will encounter while playing and trying to make friends of your own and living your own life.
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Life On A Pizza
Single-player alternative to Flesh Water — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Flesh Water.
You are no longer the eater; you are the eaten. Play as toppings trying to survive on a pizza from the hungry Jaw biting its way to you and the ants pushing you to your delicious death. Customize the pizza, pick a mode and your topping, then hop in this hysterical party or solo game.
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How We Got Here
Single-player alternative to Flesh Water — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Flesh Water.
You wake up on a floating island with no idea how you got there. Find ways to reach new and strange islands and meet other survivors all while uncovering the story of how you all got there.
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Human Apocalypse - Reverse Horror Zombie Indie RPG Adventure
Single-player alternative to Flesh Water — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Flesh Water.
A new virus is turning people into brain eating machines, etc. You know the rest. A cure has been found and all the infected people are now normal humans again. What is the problem then? Their skin color is still green. Play as an Ex-Zombie.