Single-player games like Tides of Despair
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Tides of Despair, 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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Satisfactory
Single-player alternative to Tides of Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
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Survive on Raft
Single-player alternative to Tides of Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Survive on Raft is a Survival Sandbox Simulator on the Raft in the middle of the ocean! Fight with shark, build base, craft, loot islands, farm and survive. Play solo or with friends.
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Grandiose
Single-player alternative to Tides of Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Grandiose is a calming and creative base builder game full of botany, building and strategy. Land on the island that will become your domain in a universe soon to be borrowed from the ingenious and creative abilities of your mind.
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Chocolate Factory
Single-player alternative to Tides of Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Tides of Despair.
Build your dream Chocolate Factory among candy cane forests and gumdrop hills to produce the tastiest sweets. A delicious first-person factory automation game with a little exploration and combat. Confectionary conveyor belt heaven awaits!
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Voidtrain
Single-player alternative to Tides of Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Tides of Despair.
Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.
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KeepUp Survival
Single-player alternative to Tides of Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Tides of Despair.
KeepUp Survival is an open base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and unfold your own story on a mysterious island.
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ARK: Survival Evolved
Single-player alternative to Tides of Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Tides of Despair.
Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!
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The Planet Crafter
Single-player alternative to Tides of Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.