Single-player games like Among the Waves
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Among the Waves, 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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Echo of Souls
Single-player alternative to Among the Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Among the Waves.
Echo of Souls is a 2.5D action platformer with a rich story in a cyberpunk megacity, where the player switches between characters with different abilities to survive and uncover a hidden truth.
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Relive
Single-player alternative to Among the Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Among the Waves.
Relive is a dark yet hopeful action-adventure where you create new plant growth with every step, transform the remains of fallen foes to amplify your magical powers, and overcome deadly challenges to transform the world around you.
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Liminal City: Axiom of Maria - Chapter One
Single-player alternative to Among the Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Among the Waves.
Liminal City: Axiom of Maria is a 3D Metroidvania set in Seoul — a ghost city run by AI after humanity's population collapse. Explore a twisted Seoul and discover new abilities.
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Altered Alma
Single-player alternative to Among the Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Among the Waves.
Altered Alma combines the beloved classic Metroidvania formula with RPG elements, dating sim features, a slick pixel-art presentation, and a gripping story. Whether you want to beat up bad guys, find love, or just explore the beautiful cyberpunk cityscape, Neo Barcelona awaits!
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DOOMBLADE
Single-player alternative to Among the Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Among the Waves.
Deep underground, Gloom Girl discovers DOOMBLADE, a sentient weapon hellbent on escape after eons in chains. Together, “Doom and Gloom” embark on a vengeful quest to unlock the powerful abilities and destroy the Dread Lords once and for all in this 2D Action Metroidvania.
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Frontier Hunter: Erza’s Wheel of Fortune
Single-player alternative to Among the Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Among the Waves.
This is an anime-style Metroidvania game with an RPG progression system, numerous weapons for switching, and an emphasis on equipment building. It offers three switchable characters, smooth gameplay, impactful combat feedback, and anime-style story scenes.
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GRIME
Single-player alternative to Among the Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Among the Waves.
Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.
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Yars Rising
Single-player alternative to Among the Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Among the Waves.
From the renowned development studio WayForward Technologies, Inc. (Shantae, River City Girls, Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp) comes Yars Rising, a 2D action adventure exploration of one of Atari’s richest, and best known classic titles.