Single-player games like Trover Saves the Universe
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Trover Saves the Universe, 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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Journey Up
Single-player alternative to Trover Saves the Universe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Trover Saves the Universe.
Gain sentience and climb up out of the mines and beyond on your own or online with up to 4 players. Play with checkpoints or without for a more tense experience. Supports VR and desktop monitor mode. Can you reach the top?
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Outta Hand
Single-player alternative to Trover Saves the Universe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Trover Saves the Universe.
Outta Hand lets you embody one of the Hand-People, wide-eyed, hop-happy lab experiments with the power to jump great heights, leap impossible lengths, and shake hands from… really, really far away. Like a whole big dining room away.
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CatMxn: Chapter 1
Single-player alternative to Trover Saves the Universe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Trover Saves the Universe.
A random guy is thrown into the role as a feline champion. Harnessing the primal power of cats, he must face terrifying trials with his new found powers. This leads him to hunting down cat killers on the dark web.
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Handstand Hank
Single-player alternative to Trover Saves the Universe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Trover Saves the Universe.
Your name is Hank. You are doing a Handstand. Jump to the top.
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Escape Jump
Single-player alternative to Trover Saves the Universe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Trover Saves the Universe.
Escape Jump is a precision platformer where you and your funny companion jump and fall, rage-quit and fall, flip your table, destroy your computer, put it back together and then you fall.
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Journey To The Savage Planet
Single-player alternative to Trover Saves the Universe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Trover Saves the Universe.
"WELCOME TO THE PIONEER PROGRAM! As the newest recruit of Kindred Aerospace - The 4th best interstellar space exploration company - Your job is to determine if the planet ARY-26 planet is fit for humans. You may be short on equipment and experience, but you'll figure it out. Good luck!
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Protocol VR
Single-player alternative to Trover Saves the Universe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Trover Saves the Universe.
By signing below, you agree to follow the Protocol. Protocol is a program of strict rules created to make first contact with an alien life form that got shot down in the Arctic Circle.
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High On Life
Single-player alternative to Trover Saves the Universe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Trover Saves the Universe.
HIGH ON KNIFE DLC OUT NOW!! - Humanity is being threatened by an alien cartel who wants to use them as drugs. It’s up to you to rescue and partner with charismatic, talking guns, take down Garmantuous and his gang, and save the world!
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Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality
Single-player alternative to Trover Saves the Universe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trover Saves the Universe.
Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality smashes together the absolute VR chaos of the award-winning Job Simulator with the ridiculous, all-out, take-no-prisoners comedy of Rick and Morty.
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Virtual Virtual Reality
Single-player alternative to Trover Saves the Universe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trover Saves the Universe.
A game about VR, AI, and our collective sci-fi fever dreams. In a future where AI has transformed society, can humans still find purpose? Find out with Activitude, a service that lets humans aid AI clients in increasingly curious ways.
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Max Mustard
Single-player alternative to Trover Saves the Universe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Trover Saves the Universe.
Max Mustard is a made-for-VR platformer with 40 unique levels, 4 ridiculous bosses and 8 powerful upgrades. No boring bits! It’s the perfect combination of first-person power-ups and classic third-person platforming. This is a VR platformer you’ll find impossible to put down.
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Accounting+
Single-player alternative to Trover Saves the Universe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Trover Saves the Universe.
Accounting+ is a NIGHTMARE ADVENTURE COMEDY. Experience classic virtual reality gameplay: clean up your office, take the battery out of the cooling machine, play the skeleton xylophone, and summon thousands upon thousands of demons.
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High On Life 2
Single-player alternative to Trover Saves the Universe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Trover Saves the Universe.
An intergalactic conspiracy threatens the fate of humanity! Team up with a wide cast of talking alien guns as you shoot, stab, and skate your way through the exotic locales to take down the bad guys and save your favorite species (humans)!