Single-player games like Sharks and Minnows
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Sharks and Minnows, 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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Obey the Voice™
Single-player alternative to Sharks and Minnows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Sharks and Minnows.
You are here to listen to The Voice, do what he says. But don't listen to other voices...
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Murky Divers
Single-player alternative to Sharks and Minnows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Sharks and Minnows.
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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Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit
Single-player alternative to Sharks and Minnows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Sharks and Minnows.
Survive five nights of terror in this chilling adventure game. Travel between time periods to solve puzzles, gather clues, and outrun the threat relentlessly pursuing you. Move swiftly and stay hidden, and you may just survive. But be careful—it's not just your own life that’s on the line this time.
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POOLS
Single-player alternative to Sharks and Minnows — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Walking simulator. Explore, admire and listen. Uncanny. Relaxing. Unnerving. Eerie. Immersive. No monsters chasing you or jumping at your screen, but can feel oppressive at times by invoking fears of getting lost, the dark, tight spaces and liminal space architecture. Inspired by backrooms.
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Loan Shark
Single-player alternative to Sharks and Minnows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Sharks and Minnows.
The loan shark is coming for you. Catch enough fish to repay your debt before it is too late. Go fish.
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SKIBIDI GYATROOMS
Single-player alternative to Sharks and Minnows — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Skibidi Gyatrooms is a 1-4 player co-op horror game. You and the homies just fell into the Backrooms, you must out-GYAT the Skibidi Toilet with max rizz or get flushed. Expect cursed levels, and brainrot that’ll keep you on edge.
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Dread Flats
Single-player alternative to Sharks and Minnows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Sharks and Minnows.
This is a first-person Chinese horror game, players will go to a murder building, uncover the truth of the murder, find the missing people..
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Subnautica
Single-player alternative to Sharks and Minnows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Sharks and Minnows.
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.