Single-player games like Waking Tides
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Waking Tides, 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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The Nameless City
Single-player alternative to Waking Tides — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Waking Tides.
Narrative-driven first person horror adventure inspired by Lovecraft's short novel "The Nameless City". Explore the ruins of a city that some say they are older than humanity itself. While you delve deeper into the ancient buildings, reality and visions blend into an indistinct haze.
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Transient: Extended Edition
Single-player alternative to Waking Tides — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Waking Tides.
H.P. Lovecraft meets Cyberpunk. Delve deep into a dystopian world and investigate what is happening to you and your friends in a domed city. Solve puzzles, hack systems and plug in to explore other dimensions. Discover a truth that might tear apart your sanity and question your very existence.
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Butcher of the North
Single-player alternative to Waking Tides — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Waking Tides.
You never received any New Year's gifts. This year, you decided to take what is yours. After tracking Santa down by his IP address, you head to his lair to take what is rightfully yours.
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The Wellmonts Case
Single-player alternative to Waking Tides — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Waking Tides.
The Wellmonts Case is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1993, Northern Maine. As a private detective, you explore the abandoned Wellmont farm, search for clues, photograph unsettling evidence, and uncover the truth behind a family's unexplained disappearance.
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NIGHTSLINK
Single-player alternative to Waking Tides — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Waking Tides.
You are the Nightslink. Traverse abandoned roads under cover of night. Deliver cassette tapes in a post-apocalyptic world. An atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure.
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Alone in the Dark
Single-player alternative to Waking Tides — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Waking Tides.
Return to Derceto Manor in this reimagination of Alone in the Dark, a love letter to the 90’s cult classic horror game.
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Summer of '58
Single-player alternative to Waking Tides — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Waking Tides.
In the summer of 2008. The main character, at the request of followers, goes to Russia to explore the abandoned camp "Yunost". Locals say that this place is inhabited by restless souls. This will need to be checked.
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In My Head
Single-player alternative to Waking Tides — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Waking Tides.
You have been sent photographs of a place where, according to rumors, an artifact of an ancient civilization is hidden... Do you dare to go there?!
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Driftwatch VR
Single-player alternative to Waking Tides — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Driftwatch VR is a Vive on-rails shooter. Travel on the back of a giant whale or helicopter platform to explore our magical realm infested with evil goblins. Defeat the enemies by unleashing your skills with magic mastery, the longbow or dual wielding crossbows…