Single-player games like Kraken Academy!!
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Kraken Academy!!, 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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Boreal
Single-player alternative to Kraken Academy!! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kraken Academy!!.
What if the winter season never ended? With an unique hunting mechanic, and a pixel aesthetic, unravel the tale of Boreal.
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Isekaing: from zero to zero.
Single-player alternative to Kraken Academy!! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kraken Academy!!.
Zoe is hit by Truck-kun and respawns in a retro game, where she must face dangers in the form of clichés, meaningless choices, a plot that has more holes than Swiss cheese, and other plagues of modern gaming. Also, every notable person is trying to sing her a song! Will she endure such torment?
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Robotherapy
Single-player alternative to Kraken Academy!! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kraken Academy!!.
An emotional dark comedy about robots doing therapy. In Robotherapy, you're a robot therapist in a dystopian society that killed all the humans, but is still not happy. Treat patients, meet weird robots and enter their minds. If killing all humans doesn't bring happiness, then what does?
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Risimon
Single-player alternative to Kraken Academy!! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kraken Academy!!.
Risimon is an adventure & monster-taming game combining an off-the-wall tone with a retro, yet restyled, aesthetic. Experience a hilarious journey across the Issou region. Catch Risimon, train them and fight to prove to yourself that you are NOT a loser!
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The Darkside Detective: Backside of the Moon
Single-player alternative to Kraken Academy!! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kraken Academy!!.
You'd think that after 20+ cases, there'd be no crime left in Twin Lakes - but that's not how crime works, rookie. Six new mind-melting mysteries await Detective McQueen and Officer Dooley - just as soon as they get the mustard out of Dooley's gun.
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Happy Birthday: With Sergio Spellbound
Single-player alternative to Kraken Academy!! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kraken Academy!!.
Better than a birthday card. Use the Steam gift system to deliver this birthday present to your friends. The amazing Sergio Spellbound will ensure they have the magical birthday adventure of a lifetime. They will Point&Click their way to BIRTHDAY GLORY. If they’re lucky, they may even survive …
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Vanildo's Journey
Single-player alternative to Kraken Academy!! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kraken Academy!!.
Vanildo, a skilled retired adventurer is forced to return to work because of the peculiar events that are taking place in the city of Pirarotoba, including the disappearance of his old friend.
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Kindergarten 3
Single-player alternative to Kraken Academy!! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kraken Academy!!.
Kindergarten 3 is the long awaited threequel to the Kindergarten series! Explore a new school with old and new friends...and new ways to get ruthlessly murdered.
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Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition
Single-player alternative to Kraken Academy!! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kraken Academy!!.
Join Brian Pasternack on his first working day at Sintracorp. Uncertain, unprepared, and massively unqualified, will Pasternack have what it takes to shine in Sintracorp’s hierarchy? It all depends on how he performs on his first assignment… and whether he survives it.
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Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
Single-player alternative to Kraken Academy!! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kraken Academy!!.
Solving crime is no walk in the pond. You are a down-on-his-luck detective who also happens to be a duck. Use your powers of de-duck-tion to inspect evidence, fill in the blanks, and bust the case wide open! This is a short but twisty detective case.
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Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping
Single-player alternative to Kraken Academy!! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kraken Academy!!.
You are the one and only Duck Detective, a depressed and recently divorced duck who must quack the case. Inspect evidence, make de-duck-tions, and solve this no-murder mystery!
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Odyssey Island
Single-player alternative to Kraken Academy!! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kraken Academy!!.
Odyssey Island is a punchy action RPG. Fight dangerous beasts, go fishing, argue about the meaning of family, commit crimes or simply chill on deck with your new-found crew.
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Apple Crumble
Single-player alternative to Kraken Academy!! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kraken Academy!!.
It’s your grandma’s 84th birthday party and nobody is trying to murder her. Stop suspecting your family members, and don’t worry about the strange man in your bedroom. A new creepy-cozy mystery thriller from the creators of Duck Detective.