Single-player games like Dead Reckoner
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Dead Reckoner, 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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Sonar Scout
Single-player alternative to Dead Reckoner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Reckoner.
Pilot your submarine to activate and reestablish a network of beacons while carefully utilizing your sonar to navigate the low-visibility depths of the ocean.
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Fathoms
Single-player alternative to Dead Reckoner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Reckoner.
Hop into a ship and escape! With the help of an aquatic ally, you pilot an underwater vessel in an attempt to escape the clutches of the Sea Intelligence Bureau.
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Remnants of R'lyeh
Single-player alternative to Dead Reckoner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Reckoner.
Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's Great Work. An ancient dark power is calling you and you need to find an exit. Face your greatest fear, fight, hide... you must escape before the underwater city rises...
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Iron Lung
Single-player alternative to Dead Reckoner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Reckoner.
A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.
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Under The Waves
Single-player alternative to Dead Reckoner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Reckoner.
Stan, a professional diver in the North Sea, is struggling to overcome a life-changing loss during an extended mission underwater. Stuck in his self-imposed solitude, he starts to experience strange events and will have to make the most significant choice of his life...
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Biolum
Single-player alternative to Dead Reckoner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Reckoner.
Biolum is a 30min VR sci-fi narrative experience. Dive to uncharted depths of the ocean and discover a beautiful world of bioluminescent creatures. But all is not what it seems. What lies beneath the surface?
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KURSK
Single-player alternative to Dead Reckoner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Reckoner.
KURSK is the first ever adventure and documentary video game inspired by real events. You assume the role of a spy who finds way on the Russian nuclear submarine K-141 Kursk. While trying to complete your mission, you become witness to the dramatic events which shook the world at that time.
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ROUTINE
Single-player alternative to Dead Reckoner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Reckoner.
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.