Single-player games like DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain, 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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Open Waters
Single-player alternative to DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain.
Open Waters is a first-person ocean survival horror game. Stranded in a small boat, you must navigate treacherous waters, evade creatures of the deep, and find your way back to safety before the ocean drags you into its depths.
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Darkwood
Single-player alternative to DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain.
Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.
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Full Fathom
Single-player alternative to DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain.
Full Fathom is an oceanic survival horror game. Pilot a deteriorating submarine as it drifts through grim waters, keeping it maintained as it is your only lifeline in the hostile, merciless ocean.
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The Subminer
Single-player alternative to DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain.
An atmospheric underwater drilling roguelite beneath the icy crust of Enceladus. Pilot your submarine, explore the depths, mine resources through procedural caves and upgrade your base. Each dive is darker and more dangerous, and you must face the terrors lurking in the shadows. Live. Dive. Repeat.
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Recurrence
Single-player alternative to DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain.
"Something is broken... and it keeps repeating."A classic survival horror set in a cyberpunk world corrupted by a strange signal. Solve puzzles, face terrifying creatures, and try to escape a nightmare that seems endless
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Narcosis
Single-player alternative to DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain.
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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Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days
Single-player alternative to DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain.
Texas, 1980. Walton City has fallen to a zombie outbreak. Lead a band of desperate survivors from refuge to refuge by scavenging, crafting, and fighting in a relentless struggle for survival. Plan wisely, stick together, and — above all — keep moving if you want to make it out alive.
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Chernobylite Complete Edition
Single-player alternative to DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain.
Chernobylite is a science-fiction survival horror RPG. Set in the hyper-realistic, 3D-scanned wasteland of Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone, explore a non-linear storyline in your search to uncover the truth of your tortured past.
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Wantless : Solace at World’s End
Single-player alternative to DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain.
In this dystopic sci-fi Tactical RPG, save your patients from themselves. Craft your skills among millions of combinations, heal the mind and face ever growing nightmares in 10mn runs. Will you overcome the insidious being chasing you across minds?