Single-player games like Darkwater
Below are 15 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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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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Subterror
Single-player alternative to Darkwater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Darkwater.
Explore abandoned biospheres at the bottom of the ocean, alone or with up to 4 friends.
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Sub Command
Single-player alternative to Darkwater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Darkwater.
Take charge of the most deadly modern-day submarines in the world - three distinct submarines across two unique and challenging campaigns. Utilize cutting-edge sensor and weapon technology to locate, track and destroy the enemy - even deliver Tomahawk missiles to inland targets.
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Wolfpack
Single-player alternative to Darkwater — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A crew of players experience the tense atmosphere of a WW2 U-boat, manning the stations in this realistic co-op simulation game. Several crews may play together in a wolfpack, completing missions based on iconic events during the different stages of German U-boat warfare. Solo play included.
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MISERY
Single-player alternative to Darkwater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Darkwater.
MISERY is a 1–5 player co-op survival game set in a nuclear disaster zone. Here, every day is a struggle: search radioactive ruins for resources, build your bunker, craft weapons, and explore a weird, procedurally-generated world with your friends. Beware of anomalies, monsters, and armed bandits.
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Silent Hunter® III
Single-player alternative to Darkwater — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The king of submarine simulations returns with an all-new 3D engine, new crew command features, and more realistic WWII naval action than ever before. The movie-like graphics and simple, tension-filled gameplay make this the perfect game for the realism fanatic and the casual gamer.
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Dark Hours
Single-player alternative to Darkwater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Darkwater.
Dark Hours is a co-op survival horror game for 1-4 players. Your heist has been disrupted by a supernatural event, and your team of robbers is now trapped with an evil entity. Forget your plan, your mission is to survive. Explore and cooperate to find a way out.
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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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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.