Single-player games like SALTWATER
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to SALTWATER, 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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Rogue: Genesia
Single-player alternative to SALTWATER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with SALTWATER.
Walk upon a new world and slay foes endangering it. Rogue : Genesia is an action rogue-lite game, where you fight relentless hordes consisting of hundreds and thousands of monsters, make your build, break the balance, defeat bosses and save one of the many worlds.
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SYNTHETIK 2
Single-player alternative to SALTWATER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SALTWATER.
SYNTHETIK 2 is a unrelenting tactical-shooter rogue-lite. Play alone or with friends. Loot powerful tech. Experience the next level in gun-play. Upgrade your androids to rival the machine gods!
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Sharded World
Single-player alternative to SALTWATER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SALTWATER.
Sharded World is a reversed bullet hell, rogue-lite, ARPG game combining simple gameplay and great rpg progression. Each level has its own unique features and challenges. Upgradable characters, weapons and orbs. Challenges, daily quests, and leaderboards. Fight, get stronger and defeat the Lich!
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Temtem: Swarm
Single-player alternative to SALTWATER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with SALTWATER.
Can you Survive the Swarm? Unlock mighty abilities and upgrades, find and collect Tems to evolve and become stronger, discover overpowered strategies, and battle massive bosses in this survivor-like bullet heaven! Play solo or online co-op with up to 3 players, building the wildest synergies.
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Hell is Others
Single-player alternative to SALTWATER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SALTWATER.
Hell is Others is an extraction top-down shooter combining roguelike elements. Outside the safety of your apartment lies the noir hellscape that is Century City. A city of endless night that straddles the line between reality and insanity. Explore, hunt, and loot in a place where blood is currency.
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Survivors of the Dawn
Single-player alternative to SALTWATER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SALTWATER.
A roguelite horde-survival bullet heaven with QUINTILLIONS of bullets over QUINTILLIONS of hordes. Mix weapons with items, modify, control chaos at terminals and break through tightening waves.
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Neon Chrome
Single-player alternative to SALTWATER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SALTWATER.
A masterful combination of top-down shooter and endless replayability with procedural levels. Blast your way through walls & enemies with guns and cybernetic abilities. Install perks from cyber chambers and upgrade your character stats after each death. Can you stop the Overseer?
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SNAKE FARM
Single-player alternative to SALTWATER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SALTWATER.
A top-down action roguelike about buying snakes, fighting them, selling their oil, and buying more snakes. Upgrade your weapons, get stronger snakes to fight, and chase down a high score with only ten days to live.