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Single-player games like Make Sail

Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Make Sail, 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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    The Last Leviathan — Steam game cover

    The Last Leviathan

    Single-player alternative to Make Sail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Make Sail.

    The Last Leviathan is a physics-based, ship building and destruction sandbox. On your voyage to uncover where The Last Leviathan lies you will discover a world full of rival ships, mythical monsters, wrecked flotsam, physics-puzzles and hidden treasures.

    2016ActionStrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ragdolls Playground: The Sandbox — Steam game cover

    Ragdolls Playground: The Sandbox

    Single-player alternative to Make Sail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Make Sail.

    RAGDOLLS PLAYGROUND is a simple Physics Sandbox game where you can Build, Paint, Destroy, Drive cars, Simulate Wars or crush ragdolls in a large open space and watch them fight with the wobbliest physics system. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ship Graveyard Simulator — Steam game cover

    Ship Graveyard Simulator

    Single-player alternative to Make Sail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Make Sail.

    Visit the largest ship graveyard in the world. A dozen kilometers of beach filled with wrecks. Hundreds of ships wrecked on the coast. Thousands of tons of steel. Choose the most valuable ship for you and start the adventure. Play as one of the workers during the most dangerous work in the world!

    2021ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Nantucket — Steam game cover

    Nantucket

    Single-player alternative to Make Sail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Make Sail.

    Chase after Moby Dick, and live through the Golden Age of American whaling in this seafaring strategy game. Set sail around the world, manage your ship and crew, and live Ishmael's story, the sole survivor of the Pequod, a few years after the events narrated by Herman Melville in his masterpiece.

    2018StrategyIndieAdventure17.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rise of Piracy — Steam game cover

    Rise of Piracy

    Single-player alternative to Make Sail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Make Sail.

    The perfect blend of Action, Adventure and RTS. Begin your journey as the lowly captain of a small vessel. End as the commander of a threatening fleet. Rise to glory how you see fit. Trade, fight, recruit, grow, pillage, ally, destroy & conquer.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie15.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Breakwaters: Crystal Tides — Steam game cover

    Breakwaters: Crystal Tides

    Single-player alternative to Make Sail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Make Sail.

    Survive in a world ravaged by massive Titans and an ever changing ocean sim. Displace water to find resources for building and crafting unique items. Swim, sail, and fly to explore new islands and fight Titans.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ship Graveyard Simulator 2 — Steam game cover

    Ship Graveyard Simulator 2

    Single-player alternative to Make Sail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Make Sail.

    Dust off your torch and hammer - it's time to get back to work, you have a new job to do. Visit the new beach coast with the largest, biggest ship graveyard in the world, dismantle huge ship parts and collect tons of precious steel. Roll up your sleeves, it's time to get back to the business.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Feral Blue — Steam game cover

    Feral Blue

    Single-player alternative to Make Sail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Make Sail.

    The old world has drowned after the Second Flood. Now, only few survivors are fighting for the new gold - clean water, wood and soil. Become a ship's captain, keep your crew alive and create your sea empire!

    2019ActionStrategyAdventure19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kerbal Space Program — Steam game cover

    Kerbal Space Program

    Single-player alternative to Make Sail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Make Sail.

    In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.

    2015IndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Besiege — Steam game cover

    Besiege

    Single-player alternative to Make Sail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Make Sail.

    Besiege is a physics building game about constructing medieval machines to annihilate armies, obliterate castles and overcome challenging obstacles. Conquer the campaign or skirmish with friends in Multiplayer!

    2020IndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kind Words (lo fi chill beats to write to) — Steam game cover

    Kind Words (lo fi chill beats to write to)

    Single-player alternative to Make Sail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Make Sail.

    A game about writing nice letters to real people. Write and receive encouraging letters in a cozy room. Trade stickers and listen to chill music. We're all in this together. Sometimes all you need are a few kind words.

    2019IndieCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kind Words 2 (lofi city pop) — Steam game cover

    Kind Words 2 (lofi city pop)

    Single-player alternative to Make Sail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Make Sail.

    A game about being kind to real people. Send nice letters from your cozy room, go outside and say hi to your neighbors, swap recommendations, dress up for the poetry slam and add your dreams to a sky full of wishes. Join a community of real people with their hearts on their sleeves.

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Elegy for a Dead World — Steam game cover

    Elegy for a Dead World

    Single-player alternative to Make Sail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Make Sail.

    Explore dead civilizations, write about what you find, and share your stories with the universe: a game about writing fiction.

    2014IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Girls Like Robots — Steam game cover

    Girls Like Robots

    Single-player alternative to Make Sail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Make Sail.

    Their faces are the playing pieces. The rules are their emotions!Ridiculously charming puzzles, wrapped around an epic tale of love and danger, topped off with an authentic old-time stringband soundtrack!The goal is to put every one next to their friends.But you can't please everybody all the time.

    2014IndieAdventureCasual6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    LudoNarraCon Supporter Pack featuring Cyrano — Steam game cover

    LudoNarraCon Supporter Pack featuring Cyrano

    Single-player alternative to Make Sail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Make Sail.

    Support LudoNarraCon by purchasing this bundle of content including Cyrano, an exclusive game by the developer of Kind Words, commissioned especially for LudoNarraCon 2021, an album of music and a treasure trove of desktop wallpapers.

    2021IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cyrano — Steam game cover

    Cyrano

    Single-player alternative to Make Sail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Make Sail.

    Write love letters and cross swords in a one hour adaptation of the classic play: Cyrano de Bergerac!

    2025IndieAdventureCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →