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Single-player games like Crash Dive

Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Crash Dive, 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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    Silent Shark — Steam game cover

    Silent Shark

    Single-player alternative to Crash Dive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Crash Dive.

    A tactical, map-based WWII submarine sim set in the Pacific Theater: Approach, intercept, strike unseen, withdraw into the deep. With realistic instruments, a Torpedo Data Computer (TDC), and including a full campaign with missions, patrol zones, radio intel, and more.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Morse Depths: WWII — Steam game cover

    Morse Depths: WWII

    Single-player alternative to Crash Dive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Crash Dive.

    Take command of a WWII submarine. Master Morse Code to fire torpedoes, defuse mines, and survive the final siege. From 1942 to 1945, every dot and dash is the difference between glory and the ocean floor.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Battleships and Carriers 2:  1940-1945 — Steam game cover

    Battleships and Carriers 2: 1940-1945

    Single-player alternative to Crash Dive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Crash Dive.

    Casual WW2 naval turn-based strategy: attack/defend, search & destroy, build ships, subs and aircraft. Clear & simple combat and move. Fast, re-playable board game style strategy, with 70 unit types. More than 40 missions, death-matches & campaigns (Destroy, Conquer, Defend, Escort, Kill-Them-All).

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation15.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    U-Boot: The Board Game - Digital Edition — Steam game cover

    U-Boot: The Board Game - Digital Edition

    Single-player alternative to Crash Dive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Crash Dive.

    A digital version of the iconic U-BOOT The Board Game. Manage the crew of a powerful warship during World War II. Explore enemy territory, win battles using the strength of a steel giant and reliable tactics, and most importantly - overcome the blue abyss.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Crash Dive 2 — Steam game cover

    Crash Dive 2

    Single-player alternative to Crash Dive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Crash Dive.

    WWII Tactical submarine combat in the South Pacific

    2021ActionIndieSimulation11.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter — Steam game cover

    Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter

    Single-player alternative to Crash Dive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Crash Dive.

    Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter brings you an authentic and historically accurate destroyer simulation along with gripping anti-submarine warfare set in the turmoils of the Atlantic Ocean during World War II.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Silent Hunter® III — Steam game cover

    Silent Hunter® III

    Single-player alternative to Crash Dive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Crash Dive.

    The king of submarine simulations returns with an all-new 3D engine, new crew command features, and more realistic WWII naval action than ever before. The movie-like graphics and simple, tension-filled gameplay make this the perfect game for the realism fanatic and the casual gamer.

    2008Simulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Silent Hunter®: Wolves of the Pacific — Steam game cover

    Silent Hunter®: Wolves of the Pacific

    Single-player alternative to Crash Dive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Crash Dive.

    Hunt, hide and kill as you take command of U.S. submarines and crews and navigate the treacherous waters of the Pacific during WWII. Silent Hunter, the industry-leading naval warfare simulation franchise for over a decade, returns to its roots with next-generation graphical realism, immersive gameplay, innovative crew evolution and more...

    2008Simulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Silent Service 2 — Steam game cover

    Silent Service 2

    Single-player alternative to Crash Dive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Crash Dive.

    The all-new Silent Service II A State Of The Art Simulation Of Submarines In World War II!

    2014Simulation6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wolfpack — Steam game cover

    Wolfpack

    Single-player alternative to Crash Dive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Crash Dive.

    A crew of players experience the tense atmosphere of a WW2 U-boat, manning the stations in this realistic co-op simulation game. Several crews may play together in a wolfpack, completing missions based on iconic events during the different stages of German U-boat warfare. Solo play included.

    2019SimulationEarly Access34.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Task Force 1942: Surface Naval Action in the South Pacific — Steam game cover

    Task Force 1942: Surface Naval Action in the South Pacific

    Single-player alternative to Crash Dive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Crash Dive.

    A Long Lance torpedo rips through the hull of your flagship. Huge columns of water from enemy gunfire surround your battleships. It's just another day in Task Force 1942, the first in a new series of spectacular World War II Pacific War simulations from MicroProse.

    2014Simulation6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Xenoform — Steam game cover

    Xenoform

    Single-player alternative to Crash Dive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Crash Dive.

    On a recently-terraformed planet at the edge of human space, waves of alien invaders have suddenly appeared. Take the pilot's seat of a VTOL fighter aircraft and wipe out the alien infection!

    2018ActionSimulationCasual16.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →