Single-player games like Cat in the Box
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Cat in the Box, 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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Tide Up
Single-player alternative to Cat in the Box — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cat in the Box.
Tide Up is a rather dark and gloomy adventure game. Accompany the girl in a dreamlike world of wonder. Collect the pearls scattered around the world and help the girl escape!
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The Witch's House MV
Single-player alternative to Cat in the Box — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cat in the Box.
A young girl, Viola, is drawn inexorably to a mysterious manor that seems to change behind her back. It is a place of pain, turmoil and death. Plumb its detestable depths and abominable history. Untangle riddles that bar your perilous path. And flee the hellish halls of The Witch’s House.
- 3
The Bad Son
Single-player alternative to Cat in the Box — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The Bad Son is the anti-authority indie horror RPG that your parents don't want you to play.
- 4
月圆之堡 Castle of Full Moon
Single-player alternative to Cat in the Box — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cat in the Box.
elf girls marry into a mysterious castle and reveal the horrific truth.
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Causality
Single-player alternative to Cat in the Box — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cat in the Box.
Causality is a survival horror game. You must rescue 3 students trapped in a school full of mysterious psychic phenomena, and uncover the secrets behind therein. The real story behind the school, and the causal relationship of the events, is all in your hands.
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Coffin of Ashes
Single-player alternative to Cat in the Box — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cat in the Box.
Delilah is an ordinary school girl who accidentally discovers an old mansion on a rainy night. As her exploration in the mansion continues, she finds many mysterious phenomena that can't be explained. In this mansion covered by ashes, what's the secret hidden deep underground?
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Mad Father
Single-player alternative to Cat in the Box — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cat in the Box.
Witness the tale of a most foolish family. A remake of the classic horror exploration game makes its way to Steam.
- 8
The Crooked Man
Single-player alternative to Cat in the Box — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cat in the Box.
There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile... This is the first title in the series known as The Strange Man, developed by Uri Games. Experience the myriad horrors awaiting David as he moves into his new house.
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Outlast
Single-player alternative to Cat in the Box — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cat in the Box.
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
- 10
Potato Survival
Single-player alternative to Cat in the Box — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cat in the Box.
Potato Survival is a short story game about a character who lives alone on the open sea. Collect potatoes and try to survive for 21 days with the knowledge you gain daily. Unlock new skills to create a more meaningful day to day life!
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Void Memory
Single-player alternative to Cat in the Box — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cat in the Box.
You, who was born in a world full of darkness, should wander this hollowed land to find the Relics for a person who created you. However, fallen and lost souls with trap-filled trials await in your course of doing so. Can you survive in this crumbling world and start a new era?
- 12
Dusk of the Cage
Single-player alternative to Cat in the Box — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cat in the Box.
더스크 오브 더 케이지는 좀비들만 남은 세계 속에 살고 있는 자매가 기차를 타고 지역을 돌아가며 방송국들을 고치는 내용의 짧은 단편 게임입니다.
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Death of Marionette
Single-player alternative to Cat in the Box — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cat in the Box.
Strange things start to happen at a ruined factory where Sawyer and her friends arrive to prepare an event. Can they leave the place safely?
- 14
Stray Savior
Single-player alternative to Cat in the Box — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cat in the Box.
Stray Savior is a 2D action platformer packed full of lethal traps, precise jumps, and powerful bosses. Venture through the dystopian world with weapons and skills, to prove yourself and forge your own path.