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Single-player games like EREBUS: The Northwest Passage

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to EREBUS: The Northwest Passage, 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 — Steam game cover

    Marque & Reprisal

    Single-player alternative to EREBUS: The Northwest Passage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with EREBUS: The Northwest Passage.

    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.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    7 Years at Sea — Steam game cover

    7 Years at Sea

    Single-player alternative to EREBUS: The Northwest Passage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with EREBUS: The Northwest Passage.

    It’s the golden years of piracy! You, a cursed captain must sail the seas to prove your worthiness to the supernatural being who has claimed your soul. Make your way across the Islands, plunder other ships and complete quests, all while managing your supplies and crew.

    2027StrategyAdventureRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Road To Harvest: Food From Across The Ocean — Steam game cover

    The Road To Harvest: Food From Across The Ocean

    Single-player alternative to EREBUS: The Northwest Passage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with EREBUS: The Northwest Passage.

    Become the God of Harvest, explore the world of food and adventure, plant, trade, and spread deliciousness to create your own path to prosperity!

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Pale Beyond — Steam game cover

    The Pale Beyond

    Single-player alternative to EREBUS: The Northwest Passage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with EREBUS: The Northwest Passage.

    You didn’t ask to lead this expedition, but here you are. Stuck in the ice, Captain missing, miles from civilisation. Someone has to take charge. Manage your meagre resources, balance safety and morale, make the hard calls, and head in the only direction you can - through The Pale Beyond.

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sailing Era — Steam game cover

    Sailing Era

    Single-player alternative to EREBUS: The Northwest Passage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with EREBUS: The Northwest Passage.

    Every voyage is a journey of "Sailing & Beyond" in Sailing Era! Navigate your fleet and sail for fun; run a business; have a romantic encounter in the tavern; capture pirates amid intense battle; explore inland for treasure... Experience foreign culture, make novel discoveries, and sail away!

    2023StrategyAdventureSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Nantucket — Steam game cover

    Nantucket

    Single-player alternative to EREBUS: The Northwest Passage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with EREBUS: The Northwest Passage.

    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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    Help Will Come Tomorrow — Steam game cover

    Help Will Come Tomorrow

    Single-player alternative to EREBUS: The Northwest Passage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with EREBUS: The Northwest Passage.

    In an uninhabitable Siberian wilderness, in a wake of October Revolution, a group of passengers survives the mysterious catastrophe of Trans-Siberian railway train. They must endure in a harsh ice-clad climate until rescue arrives. Facing many dangers, their own weaknesses and, their own prejudice.

    2020StrategyAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Corsair Cove — Steam game cover

    Corsair Cove

    Single-player alternative to EREBUS: The Northwest Passage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with EREBUS: The Northwest Passage.

    Build a sprawling pirate haven, raise a fleet to explore the high seas, and take on the Crown to keep the Age of Piracy alive! From ale to flintlock pistols, and from scallywags to swashbucklers, you’ll need to manage complex production chains and govern a rowdy crew to reign supreme over the seas!

    2026StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Get In Get Out — Steam game cover

    Get In Get Out

    Single-player alternative to EREBUS: The Northwest Passage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with EREBUS: The Northwest Passage.

    A post-apocalyptic alternate-history guard simulator. A mysterious infection is ravaging the German-occupied UK. Interrogate arrivals, scan for symptoms, and make though moral calls as a guard. Randomized traits,multiple tools, an authoritarian regime, multiple endings and over 80 unique characters!

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Desktop Tiny Tides — Steam game cover

    Desktop Tiny Tides

    Single-player alternative to EREBUS: The Northwest Passage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with EREBUS: The Northwest Passage.

    Turn your desktop into a living fishing world. Drag your boat across the screen, discover 144 different fish, cast your line wherever they swim, complete timing-based fishing, upgrade your equipment, and build your collection.

    2026SimulationCasual3.59 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →