Single-player games like Highwater
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Highwater, 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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Miasma Chronicles
Single-player alternative to Highwater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Highwater.
From the creators of Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden comes a beautifully crafted tactical adventure you won’t forget. Embark on a quest across a post-apocalyptic wasteland torn apart by a savage force known only as the ‘Miasma’.
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Rogue Waters
Single-player alternative to Highwater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Highwater.
Rogue Waters is a Pirate Tactical Turn-Based Rogue-lite. Play as Captain Cutter, commanding your ship and crew through procedurally generated encounters to seek revenge. Recruit, train, and upgrade crew, use powerful sea creatures, and engage in dynamic naval and melee combat to gain the upper hand.
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Skyshine's BEDLAM
Single-player alternative to Highwater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Highwater.
BEDLAM is a strategic turn-based strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Now with more battle strategy!!
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Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
Single-player alternative to Highwater — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A tactical game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with story, exploration, stealth, and strategy. Take control of a team of Mutants navigating a post-human Earth. Created by a team including former HITMAN leads and the designer of PAYDAY.
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Caravan SandWitch
Single-player alternative to Highwater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Highwater.
Embark on a journey across vast landscapes in Caravan SandWitch, a captivating narrative-driven exploration adventure.
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Overland
Single-player alternative to Highwater — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Take care of a group of travelers on a post-apocalyptic road-trip across the United States in this turn-based survival game.
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Chains of Freedom
Single-player alternative to Highwater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Highwater.
Embark on a thrilling journey in a high-stakes, turn-based tactics game. Lead an elite squad in a fictional, dystopian Eastern European country as you unravel a conspiracy threatening the state. Navigate intense strategic battles and adapt to ever-evolving challenges to prevail.
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Golf Club Nostalgia
Single-player alternative to Highwater — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Human life is wiped out. Earth is now a golf course for the ultra-rich. In this dystopian sports puzzler, play through destroyed brutalist monuments, crumbling shopping malls, and abandoned museums as you piece together the full story of how humanity fell.
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The Cub
Single-player alternative to Highwater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Highwater.
From the creators of Golf Club Nostalgia and Highwater. Return to their whimsical, neon-lit apocalypse in a Jungle Book meets The Armageddon fusion. Parkour through the remains of humanity as a child being hunted, while catchy end-of-days tunes and curious survivor stories play on the radio.
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Submerged
Single-player alternative to Highwater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Highwater.
Submerged is a third-person combat-free game in which you explore a mysterious flooded city and discover the beauty of desolation in vast outdoor environments. You take on the role of Miku, a young girl who has brought her wounded brother to the city in their small fishing boat.
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The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
Single-player alternative to Highwater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Highwater.
The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear. A top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating a series of mysterious attacks by an enemy more powerful than communism.