Single-player games like Spire, Surge, and Sea
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Spire, Surge, and 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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Upheaval
Single-player alternative to Spire, Surge, and Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spire, Surge, and Sea.
Spend your time well: in 30 days a powerful Magician arrives, and everything changes! Explore the wilds around your remote village, learn from mistakes, recover magical artifacts, and turn setbacks into advantages in this text-based open world roguelike adventure. Time's up: Upheaval is here again!
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Alcyone: The Last City
Single-player alternative to Spire, Surge, and Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spire, Surge, and Sea.
Alcyone: The Last City is an interactive sci-fi novel where your choices can lead to the salvation or destruction of the last refuge of civilisation in the universe. Immerse yourself in a branching narrative of diverse characters, intrigue, and world-altering decisions.
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Touhou: Beyond Gensokyo
Single-player alternative to Spire, Surge, and Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Spire, Surge, and Sea.
Discover the mysteries of Gensokyo through the lens of Shin, a photographer from the outside world. In this immersive visual novel, join forces with the shrine maiden Reimu Hakurei to unravel the truth behind this incident and stop the enigmatic Kurohana.
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Posthuman: Guardians vs PSION
Single-player alternative to Spire, Surge, and Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Spire, Surge, and Sea.
Choose from 20+ distinct superpowers! Lead your team of superheroes to the moon and beyond, and stop the supervillains of PSION—unless, of course, you join them. A text-based interactive superheroes game.
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Arcadie II: Cold Lands
Single-player alternative to Spire, Surge, and Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spire, Surge, and Sea.
You are the Monarch. Choose between diplomacy and tyranny. Romance allies or enemies. Your decisions define your rule and the fate of those closest to you in this character-driven interactive tale.
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Wizard Confidential
Single-player alternative to Spire, Surge, and Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Spire, Surge, and Sea.
Sling spells and crack the case in a city full of bootleggers, corrupt cops, and vampires. Can you save your partner before a wizard dooms Seattle? A text-based interactive urban fantasy noir novel.
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Survive, Resist, Collaborate - a World War 2 Choice-Based Story
Single-player alternative to Spire, Surge, and Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spire, Surge, and Sea.
A fully narrated branching narrative game set in occupied Netherlands during World War 2. Every choice shapes the fate of a young Dutch civilian. Will you resist the Germans? Simply try to survive? Or join them in the fight against Bolshevism? Based on real events.
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Hunter: The Reckoning — A Time of Monsters
Single-player alternative to Spire, Surge, and Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Spire, Surge, and Sea.
Topple the vampires from the streets below! Will you unite the homeless, the gangs, and the secret hunter societies to defy vampiric rule? An interactive novel set in the World of Darkness extended universe.
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Choice of Robots
Single-player alternative to Spire, Surge, and Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Spire, Surge, and Sea.
Your robots will change the world! Will you show them the true meaning of love, or conquer Alaska with your robot army? A 300,000-word epic interactive sci-fi novel.
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Vampire: The Masquerade — Night Road
Single-player alternative to Spire, Surge, and Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spire, Surge, and Sea.
The elders have entrusted you, an elite vampire courier, to deliver their secrets. Can you outrun the hunters, the other drivers, and the rising sun?
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Heroes Rise: The Prodigy
Single-player alternative to Spire, Surge, and Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Spire, Surge, and Sea.
Do you have what it takes to become a legendary Powered hero? "Heroes Rise" is an epic interactive novel where your choices control the story. The game is entirely text-based--without graphics or sound effects--and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. How high will you rise?
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Choice of the Deathless
Single-player alternative to Spire, Surge, and Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Spire, Surge, and Sea.
Battle demons and undead attorneys, and win souls to pay back your student loans! At the elite demonic-law firm of Varkath Nebuchadnezzar Stone, you'll depose a fallen god, find romance, and maybe even make partner, if you don't lose your own soul first.
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Vampire: The Masquerade — Parliament of Knives
Single-player alternative to Spire, Surge, and Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spire, Surge, and Sea.
Dominate undead politics through cunning and violence! Will a missing Prince give you the opening to betray your sire and seize power?
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Werewolf: The Apocalypse — The Book of Hungry Names
Single-player alternative to Spire, Surge, and Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spire, Surge, and Sea.
Save the living earth with Rage and spirit! Can your shattered werewolf pack defeat a Wyrm Spirit that manifests as a lie that you want to believe?
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Vampire: The Masquerade — Out for Blood
Single-player alternative to Spire, Surge, and Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spire, Surge, and Sea.
Gather your allies to hunt the vampires that terrorize your town! Study their ways and exploit their rivalries, or you'll become a vampire yourself.
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Heroes Rise: The Hero Project
Single-player alternative to Spire, Surge, and Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Spire, Surge, and Sea.
The sequel to "Heroes Rise: The Prodigy." It's America's #1 reality show for heroes! As a contestant on "The Hero Project," you'll battle villains and heroes alike with your newly discovered "Infini" powers.