Single-player games like Drown in Yesterday's Sea
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Drown in Yesterday's Sea, 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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Crypt of the NecroDancer
Single-player alternative to Drown in Yesterday's Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Drown in Yesterday's Sea.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
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Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe
Single-player alternative to Drown in Yesterday's Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Drown in Yesterday's Sea.
Battle Chef Brigade pairs combo-based hunting and puzzle-based cooking in a hand drawn, fantasy adventure. Cook your way into the Brigade while subduing Victusia’s destructive monsters. Follow Mina and Thrash in the single-player campaign or challenge your friends in Local Multiplayer and Daily Cook-Offs.
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Absolum
Single-player alternative to Drown in Yesterday's Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Drown in Yesterday's Sea.
Fight as the outcast heroes of Talamh in a fierce battle to retake magic from Sun King Azra’s grasp in Absolum, an original roguelite beat ‘em up by Dotemu.
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Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy
Single-player alternative to Drown in Yesterday's Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Drown in Yesterday's Sea.
The Trine series is back with its biggest adventure! In their fifth outing, the Heroes of Trine are pitted against dastardly and duplicitous villains, who will stop at nothing to seize control of the kingdom. The clock is ticking to save the world of Trine!
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Arcadia Fallen
Single-player alternative to Drown in Yesterday's Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Drown in Yesterday's Sea.
Play the role of a young alchemist apprentice who is unwillingly bound to an illegal spirit. Suddenly drawn into a war between humanity and magic, they must join a group of unlikely heroes to escape their own doom, hopefully saving the world along the way.
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Magical Delicacy
Single-player alternative to Drown in Yesterday's Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Drown in Yesterday's Sea.
A magical pixel art platformer. Explore an unfamiliar town and deliver tasty treats to the townsfolk. Cook magical delicacies from your bought and gathered ingredients. Learn new ways to traverse, discover secrets, and figure out the intricacies of your orders.
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Timespinner
Single-player alternative to Drown in Yesterday's Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Drown in Yesterday's Sea.
Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.
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Long Live The Queen
Single-player alternative to Drown in Yesterday's Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Drown in Yesterday's Sea.
Rule the world or die trying!Being a Princess is not an easy job. Being a Queen is even harder. Especially when you're only fourteen years old, and the reason you've inherited the throne is that your royal mother has just met an untimely end.Now power is up for grabs.