Single-player games like Windward Horizon
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Windward Horizon, 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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Windward
Single-player alternative to Windward Horizon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Windward Horizon.
Windward is an action-filled multiplayer sandbox game that puts you in control of a ship sailing the high seas of a large procedurally-generated world.
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King of Seas
Single-player alternative to Windward Horizon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Windward Horizon.
King of Seas is an ARPG adventure game set in a nautical pirate world. Embark on an epic adventure across the seven seas where you’ll discover lost islands and treasures, fight rival pirates and menacing monsters, and become the most legendary pirate of all time!
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Windrose
Single-player alternative to Windward Horizon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Windward Horizon.
Embark on a PvE survival adventure in the Age of Piracy. Fight on land and sea, solo or with friends. Build, craft and explore vast open world filled with dark secrets. Master soulslite combat and take on challenging bosses, command your ship and plunder unspoken treasures!
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Caribbean Legend: Age of Pirates
Single-player alternative to Windward Horizon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Windward Horizon.
You are the captain and owner of your own ship—the finest fate one could hope for in the 17th century Caribbean. Unlimited sandbox experience. 60 hours of content. A unique genre blending naval combat, land exploration, and global map. Think Sid Meier's Pirates! meets Bannerlord.
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Cat Quest III
Single-player alternative to Windward Horizon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Windward Horizon.
In Cat Quest III you play as a purrivateer in a freely explorable 2.5D open-world swarming with Pi-rats. You can sail the seas in your ship for treasures galore! But prepare for peril, as the Pirate King aims to hunt you down...
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Terror of the Seven Seas
Single-player alternative to Windward Horizon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Windward Horizon.
Become a Mighty Captain in a Age of sail naval combat game, set in all of the Seven Seas! Sail the entire world: conquering, boarding, plundering, exploring and trading along the way! Gather your crew, ready your ship, hoist your sails and enter a world of swashbuckling and piracy!
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Sid Meier's Pirates!
Single-player alternative to Windward Horizon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Windward Horizon.
Sail the Caribbean, marauding all on the high seas or ally your ship and crew as a privateer in search of riches - the life you choose is up to you. Face dogged enemies, raid unsuspecting villages, woo fair maidens, avoid capture or dig for buried treasure. Discover what it takes to become one of the most famous pirates in history!
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The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt
Single-player alternative to Windward Horizon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Windward Horizon.
Hail to the Captain! Sail into the heart of the Caribbean in the Age of Piracy - the time of black flags and white skulls, blue waves and golden opportunities. Hoist the Jolly Roger and grab the steering wheel to sail through battles and raids, ransoms and treasures, to become the Crimson King of the Antilles!
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LEGO® Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game
Single-player alternative to Windward Horizon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Windward Horizon.
LEGO® Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game is an action adventure game that brings the Pirates of the Caribbean world and all its colorful characters to life in LEGO Brick form. Players experience all the memorable scenes from all four films in the humorous and quirky LEGO Video Games style.
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Project 5: Sightseer
Single-player alternative to Windward Horizon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Windward Horizon.
Open world multiplayer sandbox/RPG game. Explore, gather, build, research, and fight to protect what's yours -- by yourself or together with your friends.
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Celestis
Single-player alternative to Windward Horizon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Windward Horizon.
Celestis is a real-time strategy game where the goal is to take control of the procedural galaxy by capturing stars.