Single-player games like In Other Waters
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to In Other 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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Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition
Single-player alternative to In Other Waters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with In Other Waters.
KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway running through the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it.
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Heaven's Vault
Single-player alternative to In Other Waters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with In Other Waters.
An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.
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Aquaria
Single-player alternative to In Other Waters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with In Other Waters.
Aquaria is an award-winning action-adventure game set in a massive underwater world teeming with life and filled with ancient secrets. Join Naija, a lone underwater adventurer, as she travels from hidden caves shrouded in darkness, to beautiful, sunlit oases in search of her past.
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Genesis Noir
Single-player alternative to In Other Waters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with In Other Waters.
A noir adventure spanning time and space. When a love triangle between cosmic beings becomes a bitter confrontation, you'll witness a gunshot fired by a jealous god—otherwise known as The Big Bang. Jump into the expanding universe and search for a way to destroy creation and save your love.
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Elroy and the Aliens
Single-player alternative to In Other Waters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with In Other Waters.
Slope City, 1993. Talking robots, ancient alien secrets, and a mysterious message from the past. Follow Elroy and Peggie through a portal to find Elroy's father, missing for 18 years. A heartfelt point & click adventure where the puzzles make sense and the story stays with you.
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Citizen Sleeper
Single-player alternative to In Other Waters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with In Other Waters.
Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.
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Observation
Single-player alternative to In Other Waters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with In Other Waters.
Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.
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Subnautica
Single-player alternative to In Other Waters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with In Other Waters.
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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Raft
Single-player alternative to In Other Waters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with In Other Waters.
Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!
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Scavenger SV-4
Single-player alternative to In Other Waters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with In Other Waters.
Scavenger SV-4 is a highly replayable atmospheric first-person science fiction game. Part simulator, part roguelike, it has elements of action, combat, resource management, and a dash of horror. It is not quite like any game you have played before.
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Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
Single-player alternative to In Other Waters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with In Other Waters.
A dice-driven RPG, in a human and heartfelt sci-fi world. You are an escaped android, with a malfunctioning body, a price on your head and no memory of your past. Get a ship, find a crew, and take on contracts while you navigate across the Starward Belt.