Single-player games like FREEWAVE
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to FREEWAVE, 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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DR. MATBEN
Single-player alternative to FREEWAVE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with FREEWAVE.
DR. MATBEN is an action-platformer roguelite where you customize your Modgun, explore simulations of your memories, and battle a rogue AI whose plan to save humanity could destroy it.
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Spider Dynasty
Single-player alternative to FREEWAVE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with FREEWAVE.
Play as a spider free from traditional platforming limits. Crawl across curved surfaces, web-swing through a web-woven aerial kingdom, battle corrupted creatures on uneven platforms, and uncover the secrets of two royal dynasties and the fall of the silk civilization.
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The Journey Home
Single-player alternative to FREEWAVE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with FREEWAVE.
Some answers can only be found by going within. In a world beyond the boundaries of time and space, your journey awaits. A stress-free atmospheric side-scrolling adventure.
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Carbon Rain
Single-player alternative to FREEWAVE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with FREEWAVE.
Explore a beautiful yet hostile post-apocalyptic world in this pixel-art action-adventure. Leave your bunker, battle mutated creatures, gather resources, upgrade your gear, and push deeper into dangerous new biomes.
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FAR: Changing Tides
Single-player alternative to FREEWAVE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with FREEWAVE.
An atmospheric vehicle adventure that follows the emotional journey of a boy and his ship as he embarks on a voyage to find a new home.
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Echo of Souls
Single-player alternative to FREEWAVE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with FREEWAVE.
Echo of Souls is a 2.5D action platformer with a rich story in a cyberpunk megacity, where the player switches between characters with different abilities to survive and uncover a hidden truth.
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Void Walkers X64
Single-player alternative to FREEWAVE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with FREEWAVE.
Embark on a classic 2D overhead RPG adventure inspired by the golden era of 16-bit classics. Forge your destiny across five distinct progression paths, master tactical combat, and explore a world where your choices unlock powerful hybrid classes.
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The Devil Within: Satgat
Single-player alternative to FREEWAVE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with FREEWAVE.
Join Kim Rip, a Royal Guard whose humanity is gradually slipping away, on a thrilling 2.5D action-adventure platforming journey in 'The Devil Within: Satgat'. Uncover the mysteries of a desolate realm as you engage in stylish battles against formidable foes.
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Dreaming With Sharks
Single-player alternative to FREEWAVE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with FREEWAVE.
Play as a Shark name Doc who is granted wonderful surgical abilities after given strange pills from a mysterious man. Doc excels at his surgeries, but suffers wild hallucinations. Progress each day with a variety of minigames and modifiers in order to become a surgery master!