Single-player games like These Darker Tides
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to These Darker 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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Home Safety Hotline
Single-player alternative to These Darker Tides — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with These Darker Tides.
Hearing noises? Seeing things? Call Home Safety Hotline! Our operators are standing by, waiting to give you the answers you need to protect your home from all manner of pests and household hazards.
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Murky Divers
Single-player alternative to These Darker Tides — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with These Darker Tides.
Solo or up to 8 players. Get rid of your employer's failed experiments in abandoned underwater labs. Navigate your submarine, avoid abyssal terrors, and remove all corpses.
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Life Eater
Single-player alternative to These Darker Tides — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with These Darker Tides.
If you don't sacrifice your neighbors, the world ends. Life Eater is a horror fantasy kidnapping simulator where you must become intimately familiar with your targets' lives one intrusive action at a time... and hope that the dark god you serve is even real.
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ORDER 13
Single-player alternative to These Darker Tides — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with These Darker Tides.
You wake up in a dark warehouse, tasked with packing orders while something lurks in the shadows. Work fast, stay safe, and protect your cat. He’s all you’ve got.
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Narcosis
Single-player alternative to These Darker Tides — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with These Darker Tides.
Survival, horror at the sunless depths of the Pacific Ocean: Stranded on the seafloor with low light and few tools, an industrial diver takes desperate steps to surface before his oxygen — and sanity — give out.
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Still Wakes the Deep
Single-player alternative to These Darker Tides — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with These Darker Tides.
1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.
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The Shore
Single-player alternative to These Darker Tides — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with These Darker Tides.
THE SHORE is a first person story driven game with an atmospheric environment and narrations, You will encounter mysterious creatures and unravel the secrets behind them. Strong elements of horror, struggle to survive an unknown world that will make you question your own sanity.
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Stirring Abyss
Single-player alternative to These Darker Tides — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with These Darker Tides.
Stirring Abyss is an indie tactical squad-based game with strong RPG elements in which you uncover the ancient mysteries of the depths depicted in the classic vein of Lovecraftian horror.
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SCP: Descent
Single-player alternative to These Darker Tides — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with These Darker Tides.
Inspired by SCP-087, step into the shoes of an unfortunate student long before the stairwell became legend. Follow the clues left by those who came before, your only choice is to descend.
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Tempus Rail
Single-player alternative to These Darker Tides — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Trapped in the temporal loop, fight your way to the front of the train and destroy the engine before the day resets. Tempus Rail is a story rich, First-Person, Roguelike Deck-Builder set in the Wild West. Play to escape and uncover the mystery behind the train and its passengers.
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Grow On The Go
Single-player alternative to These Darker Tides — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with These Darker Tides.
Care for your leafy friends in this cosy plant care sim and explore new locations from the comfort of your store window. Design your dream workshop and find the best companions for each of your pals.
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Module Miner
Single-player alternative to These Darker Tides — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with These Darker Tides.
Module Miner is a minimalist retro inspired idle mining game. Hover over blocks to break them, collect resources, and buy upgrades.