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Single-player games like Red Sea

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Red Sea, 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 2: Freedom Uprising — Steam game cover

    Miasma 2: Freedom Uprising

    Single-player alternative to Red Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Red Sea.

    Turn-based planning and realtime battles, with a choice-driven story, all set in a dystopian future

    2021StrategyIndieRPG2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Soul•Apocalypto — Steam game cover

    Soul•Apocalypto

    Single-player alternative to Red Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Red Sea.

    《Soul Apocalypto》 is a role-playing game that also emphasizes the selection of team strategies. You can summon different roles to form your own team, and realize team characteristics by deploying role skills. To defeat different enemies and pass bosses in this way!

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Blade Prince Academy — Steam game cover

    Blade Prince Academy

    Single-player alternative to Red Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Red Sea.

    Blade Prince Academy is a new take on tactical RPGs, where you lead your squad of Blade Princes to defend the city of Abjectalia in real-time with pause combat. Use your team's power to devastate any threat, but be vigilant, there is always a price to pay when you make a pact with darkness.

    2024StrategyIndieRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Aarklash: Legacy — Steam game cover

    Aarklash: Legacy

    Single-player alternative to Red Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Red Sea.

    In Aarklash: Legacy take command of a mercenary squad in search of truth and guide it through countless battles.Welcome to Aarklash, a land of chaos where incessant battles between the forces of Light, Destiny and Darkness have lasted since the beginning of time.

    2013StrategyAdventure15.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dark Deity 2 — Steam game cover

    Dark Deity 2

    Single-player alternative to Red Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Red Sea.

    Verroa is a peaceful continent on the brink of war as the Asverellian Empire seeks to expand - at your homeland’s expense. Command unlikely heroes, fight challenging turn-based battles, and watch hardship forge iron into steel. Dark Deity is back, bigger and better than before!

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin — Steam game cover

    Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin

    Single-player alternative to Red Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Red Sea.

    Rise above the Mirk and protect your ship from dangers unknown in the latest entry in the classic Defender’s Quest tower defense series!

    2025StrategyIndieRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    7,62 High Calibre — Steam game cover

    7,62 High Calibre

    Single-player alternative to Red Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Red Sea.

    7.62 High Calibre is a tactical action game, sequel to Brigade E5. A professional mercenary is in pursuit of a certain Russian "businessman", who stole a large amount of money from his "colleagues". Now he is hiding in a small country of Latin America to avoid an inevitable punishment.

    2014StrategySimulationRPG4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Masquerada: Songs and Shadows — Steam game cover

    Masquerada: Songs and Shadows

    Single-player alternative to Red Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Red Sea.

    Masquerada is a single-player tactical RPG set in a Renaissance-inspired city of magic, where real-time combat can be paused to set up elemental combos powered by Venetian-styled masks. Come for gorgeous hand-drawn art; stay for the rich lore & a thoughtful, fully-voiced tale of intrigue & tragedy.

    2016IndieRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →