Single-player games like Trawler's Wake
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Trawler's Wake, 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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Marque & Reprisal
Single-player alternative to Trawler's Wake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trawler's Wake.
Explore. Trade. Fish. Whale. Colonize. Fight. Pillage. Survive. You are a sea captain in the year 1522, and the whole world is yours to discover in this roguelike sandbox historical sailing simulator.
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Nightmare Fishing Tournament
Single-player alternative to Trawler's Wake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Trawler's Wake.
A fishing sim with a HORRIFYING twist!. It's not enough to simply HOOK a fish, players must ENTER THE WATER and take them on using WEAPONS like spearguns and floating mines! Once a fish is STUNNED, it must be REELED IN before it RECOVERS! Upgrade your ITEMS and use scales to CRAFT PERKS!
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Hearthsail
Single-player alternative to Trawler's Wake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trawler's Wake.
A cozy sailing game about relighting a forgotten harbour. Fish, farm, cook and build across an ocean with no edge, where every shore stays where you found it. Restore Hearth Harbor alone or share one persistent world with friends in online co-op.
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Catch&Cargo
Single-player alternative to Trawler's Wake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trawler's Wake.
“Catch & Cargo” is a first-person, single-player fishing and boating semi-simulator with survival elements, set in tropical waters. Catch and sell fish, deliver cargo, avoid storms, stay hydrated, and shed the “gringo” label as you adapt to the challenges of life on the open sea.
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DREADMOOR
Single-player alternative to Trawler's Wake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trawler's Wake.
DREADMOOR is a dark first-person fishing adventure game set in a submerged world, rotting from a past catastrophe. Fish in murky waters, upgrade your boat, craft survival gear, and fight monstrous creatures that lurk under the water and on the land.
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Loam
Single-player alternative to Trawler's Wake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trawler's Wake.
Loam is a cooperative game in an infinite world where players gather resources, craft equipment, build structures on the land or at sea, explore and fight dangerous creatures alone or with friends.
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Drowned Station
Single-player alternative to Trawler's Wake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trawler's Wake.
Drowned Station is a post-apocalyptic underground fishing adventure. Descend into the radioactive tunnel system. Scavenge through abandoned stations and rotten ruins. Follow the trail of your missing son, and discover what lurks beneath.
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Escape From Lavender Island
Single-player alternative to Trawler's Wake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trawler's Wake.
Explore a dream that refuses to end. As Zede Aksis, wander a surreal city that feels both alive and liminal, filled with digital citizens and absurd infrastructure. Can you find an escape? A way out of a world that remembers you better than you remember it?