Single-player games like Cardboard Ground
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Cardboard Ground, 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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Grottesco Absurdus
Single-player alternative to Cardboard Ground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cardboard Ground.
Grottesco Absurdus is a bright transference crossover, absurd and chaotic. A vibrant mixture of childhood fantasies and fears becomes an unpredictable story. It's a fair deal! Join us!
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GLAD VALAKAS SIMULATOR
Single-player alternative to Cardboard Ground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cardboard Ground.
GLAD VALAKAS SIMULATOR is a game about the most famous Russian streamer. You need to live 10 days in the image for the protagonist of the game.
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McPixel
Single-player alternative to Cardboard Ground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cardboard Ground.
McPixel is a save-the-day guy that you guide through 100 short challenges to prevent stuff from blowing up. You have only 20 seconds to save the day! Think quick!
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The Franz Kafka Videogame
Single-player alternative to Cardboard Ground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cardboard Ground.
An original puzzle/adventure game inspired by the writings of Franz Kafka.
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Deponia
Single-player alternative to Cardboard Ground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cardboard Ground.
In Deponia, the world has degenerated into a vast garbage dump, in which the crotchety Rufus ekes out his sorry existence.
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Chaos on Deponia
Single-player alternative to Cardboard Ground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cardboard Ground.
With this long-expected sequel to the critically highly acclaimed and lavishly praised Deponia, the player enters round two. Chaos on Deponia turns out to be even wackier than its predecessor and instantly puts the player under its spell.
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Little Inferno
Single-player alternative to Cardboard Ground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cardboard Ground.
Throw your toys into your fire, and play with them as they burn. An adventure that takes place almost entirely in front of a fireplace - about looking up up up out of the chimney, and the cold world just on the other side of the wall. From the creators of World of Goo and Human Resource Machine.
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Four Last Things
Single-player alternative to Cardboard Ground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cardboard Ground.
Four Last Things is a very silly pythonesque adventure made from Renaissance-era paintings and public domain recordings of classical music. It is about sin, and the Four Last Things – Death, Judgement, Heaven and Hell – and strives to be intelligent and ridiculous in equal measures.