Single-player games like Oceanborne
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Oceanborne, 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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Cluckopia
Single-player alternative to Oceanborne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Oceanborne.
Cluckopia is a cozy block-building game. You are a rooster: build a house — walls, door, roof — and set out to find your missing sister. Plant, cook, forge, decorate the village and make friends at your own pace; when danger comes, awaken the legendary powers. Play alone or with up to 3 friends.
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DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS™ 2
Single-player alternative to Oceanborne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Oceanborne.
DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS™ 2 is a block-building RPG set in a fantasy land threatened by an evil cult. Explore, battle, build and harvest in the charming single-player campaign or build big projects in the online sandbox mode for up to 4-players.
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Supreme Heroes
Single-player alternative to Oceanborne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Oceanborne.
Highschool sophomore Jacob suddenly discovers he has super powers and must team up with his best friends to become the 'Elect Few', but convincing them to embrace their powers and save the world is all but easy. Events bring Jacob to battle villainous factions in order to bring peace to the nation.
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Herdles
Single-player alternative to Oceanborne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Oceanborne.
An adorable open world platformer where you play as a magical dog. Zoom around a vibrant landscape, using an evolving arsenal of abilities to explore, solve challenges and discover secrets – one bark at a time!
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HammerHelm
Single-player alternative to Oceanborne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Oceanborne.
HammerHelm is a unique blend of third-person adventuring and strategic town building. Create your dwarf character and build a flourishing town above ground. Complete quests, craft weapons and armor, defeat dangerous enemies and be the leader your townspeople need!
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ArkCraft: The Rebirth of the World
Single-player alternative to Oceanborne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Oceanborne.
In this open-world crafting and building game, you explore an ancient world full of dangers and secrets. Collect animals and plants, build bases and master the craft as you build your ark and save civilization from destruction by the flood and then rebuild it.
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Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey
Single-player alternative to Oceanborne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Oceanborne.
Survive your evolution in Neogene Africa starting 10 million years ago. Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is a third-person open world survival game where you Explore, Expand, and Evolve to advance your clan to the next generation in the exciting new adventure from Panache Digital Games.
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The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™
Single-player alternative to Oceanborne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Oceanborne.
A survival crafting adventure set in the Fourth Age of Middle-earth. Lead the Dwarves to reclaim Moria - mine, build, and battle through procedurally generated depths alone or with up to 8 players in co-op. It is time to return to Moria!
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Galactic Mining Corp
Single-player alternative to Oceanborne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Oceanborne.
Galactic Mining Corp is a unique rogue-lite, action game with crafting and base building mechanics. Head into uncharted space and discover a universe of locations to exploit for riches! Use your profits to expand your HQ, hire a crazy work force, obtain new drill components and upgrade everything.
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Geo
Single-player alternative to Oceanborne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Oceanborne.
Geo is a game about building and expanding an intergalactic mining corporation. Explore uncharted space and discover comets, moons, Planets and gas giants before heading in and drilling the cash out of them! Expand your HQ, build new rooms and facilities to increase your drilling stats.
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Sweezy Gunner
Single-player alternative to Oceanborne — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Sweezy Gunner is an eye melting, brain bending, mouse squeezing 2D Shoot em up. destroy everything in your path, Upgrade the Sweezy Gunner ship. A Large open World! Travel through the lush green fields, frozen tundra and arid desert. Explore the depths of the many dungeons, caves and temples and collect that tasty loot!
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Dreamstones
Single-player alternative to Oceanborne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Oceanborne.
Dreamstones is an exciting combination of modern block-breaker gameplay with action RPG statistics, collectable loot and world building.
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Scud Frenzy
Single-player alternative to Oceanborne — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Scud Frenzy, the Biggest Game Show in the Cosmos, brings you a fast paced eight-directional shooter about destruction, chaos, rewards and high-scores.
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Puzzle Plunder
Single-player alternative to Oceanborne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Oceanborne.
Puzzle Plunder is a Pirate themed match 3 game with stat building elements. Connect and match the icons to overcome obstacles as you sail the vast ocean in search of loot.
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RagTag
Single-player alternative to Oceanborne — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
RagTag is a unique blend of action and strategy that puts you in control of a RagTag group of humans, mutants, animals and cyborgs as you fight from extinction across the stars. RagTag has simple mechanics that allow complex manoeuvres and trick shots to dispatch your enemy.