Single-player games like Open Waters
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Open Waters, 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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DREADMOOR
Single-player alternative to Open Waters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Open Waters.
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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Maja Island
Single-player alternative to Open Waters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Open Waters.
Sail through a mysterious open world island in your trusty boat, scavenge for resources to upgrade it, and face off against Maja.
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SMS Returns
Single-player alternative to Open Waters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Open Waters.
The 2012 viral phenomenon returns. A slender, faceless figure hunts you in your favourite maps rebuilt from the ground up, including the all-new Forest. Survive with friends in multiplayer, immerse yourself in VR, and build your own terrifying maps with the in-game editor. Will you survive?
- 4
Sea Warden
Single-player alternative to Open Waters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Open Waters.
Sea Warden is a co-op survival adventure set on the back of Ao, a giant sea turtle journeying across a shattered world. Build, craft, explore, and defend your living base as you travel between forgotten islands in search of lost knowledge and stranded souls.
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Memories Loaming
Single-player alternative to Open Waters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Open Waters.
A horror anthology about people working along a remote highway in Labrador, Canada. Try to remain balanced and lucid at your normal job. Also, there's a bear.
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ABISMO
Single-player alternative to Open Waters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Open Waters.
ABISMO is a co-op deep-sea horror game set on the abyssal floor of an alien planet. Descend alone or with up to 4 players into shifting trenches, explore derelict facilities, and recover what you need to survive while uncovering an analog-horror mystery hidden in corrupted VHS tapes.
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The Roc
Single-player alternative to Open Waters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Open Waters.
Venture into the dark realm of the legendary Roc, Run from cover to cover, Be wary of wild beasts and supernatural terrors and use your hand cannon if you have to, Find all ancient tablets and put an end to the Roc's Tyranny.
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Only Fog Remains
Single-player alternative to Open Waters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Open Waters.
She came in search of a ghost story to record, but is now part of it. With only a cassette player in hand, Cynthia must now traverse the fog and search for her friends before it changes them forever.