Single-player games like Darkwater
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Darkwater, 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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Barotrauma
Single-player alternative to Darkwater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Darkwater.
Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!
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Magnavis
Single-player alternative to Darkwater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Darkwater.
Set in the depths of the Red Seas, Magnavis is a 1-4 player co-op submarine horror survival game. Manually operate grotesque ship systems powered by living organs, weld catastrophic leaks, and survive with your crew in an abyss where unknown terrors lurk in the absolute dark.
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Sunken Veins
Single-player alternative to Darkwater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Darkwater.
Sunken Veins is a resource management horror game set in a deep sea mining facility. You collect resources deposited by an underwater drill, avoid adaptive monsters and drain away overwhelming floods of water caused from mining operations.
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UBOAT: The Silent Wolf VR
Single-player alternative to Darkwater — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
UBOAT: The Silent Wolf is an amazing combination of a role-playing game and a simulator, offering a deep and immersive experience, allowing you to feel like a real submarine captain during World War II.
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IronWolf VR
Single-player alternative to Darkwater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Darkwater.
IronWolf VR is a roomscale submarine game playable either singleplayer or online co-op with motion controls. Built from the ground up for VR, each part of the submarine has been crafted for an optimal VR experience.
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Hadal
Single-player alternative to Darkwater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Darkwater.
Guide a Nereid Freight submarine crew through Europa’s hostile under-ice oceans. Deliver essential cargo, salvage wrecks, repair failing stations, hunt dangerous lifeforms, and survive in the crushing darkness where every dive carries risk — and nothing stays quiet for long.
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Neverseas
Single-player alternative to Darkwater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Darkwater.
Neverseas is a tactical action-RPG set in an open sea world. Command your ship, engage in battles, explore the lands beyond the ocean gates, and shape a global conflict between empires. Will you uncover the secrets of the seas—or vanish with your crew in this ruthless war?
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Murky Divers
Single-player alternative to Darkwater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Darkwater.
Solo or up to 8 players. Get rid of your employer's failed experiments in abandoned underwater labs. Navigate your submarine, avoid abyssal terrors, and remove all corpses.
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FTL: Faster Than Light
Single-player alternative to Darkwater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Darkwater.
This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
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Subnautica
Single-player alternative to Darkwater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Darkwater.
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
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We Need To Go Deeper
Single-player alternative to Darkwater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Darkwater.
DIVE. DISCOVER. DIE. Crew a submarine with friends in We Need To Go Deeper - a 2-4-player cooperative submarine roguelike set in a Verne-inspired undersea universe.
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Lethal Company
Single-player alternative to Darkwater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Darkwater.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
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Fire & Maneuver
Single-player alternative to Darkwater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Darkwater.
The Armchair Historian brings you a new turn-based strategy game set in the Victorian Era. As muskets become rifles and infantry is confronted by modernizing artillery, it is imperative to adapt to a rapidly changing battlefield. This is a new age, not of courage and chivalry, but of Blood and Iron.
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The Haunting of Billy Classic
Single-player alternative to Darkwater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Darkwater.
It’s Halloween night and your girlfriend is missing! Play as Billy, fighting through the randomly generated halls of an old, haunted mansion. Fight zombies, ghosts, goblins, and more with over 120 unique weapons and more than 610,000 costume combinations!
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The Haunting of Billy
Single-player alternative to Darkwater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Darkwater.
It’s Halloween night and your girlfriend is missing! Play as Billy, fighting through the procedurally generated halls of an old, haunted mansion. Fight zombies, ghosts, goblins, and more with over 1 million costume combinations and more than 60 unique weapons to use!
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Ms. Squeaker's Home for the Sick
Single-player alternative to Darkwater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Darkwater.
Civil war has arrived in Uthania. The Ms. Squeaker's Home for the Sick children's hospital has been converted overnight by the S.R.M government to accommodate the flood of wounded and dying civilians. You will do your best to process the patients of war or risk termination from this position.