Single-player games like Carestia
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Carestia, 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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Outpost Delta
Single-player alternative to Carestia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Carestia.
Outpost Delta is a single player, 2-D side-scrolling sci-fi shooter for PC. Take on the role of Delta, the outpost’s emergency defense, who along with her AI companion must defend the space station against alien intruders.
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GLIDE
Single-player alternative to Carestia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Carestia.
Explore, puzzle, jump Exploration, Mystery, Puzzles. Become a cat hero and explore an unknown world. Overcome treacherous terrain, discover hidden passages, and solve ancient puzzles to uncover the secrets hidden in the shadows. Will you reach the end of this perilous journey?
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Something Ate My Alien
Single-player alternative to Carestia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Carestia.
SAMA is a hand painted, digging and puzzle adventure where you take the role of a mining ship and the little Alien blob crew hijacked by a pirate ship. Your Aliens have to dig, fight and puzzle their way through the subterranean worlds fulfilling the ransom demand. Can you do it?
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Goodboy Galaxy
Single-player alternative to Carestia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Carestia.
A vibrant sci-fi platform adventure game where you help Maxwell the dog explore unfamiliar worlds, make strange new friends and contend with mysterious forces - by jumping, shooting, slicing, shrinking, warping and drilling.
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Leap Year
Single-player alternative to Carestia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Carestia.
Leap Year is a clumsy platformer about knowledge and discovery. Explore a compact, hand drawn world filled with hidden paths. Understand the game’s secrets to reach new areas and collect all the pages of your calendar.
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Mind Over Magnet
Single-player alternative to Carestia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Carestia.
An attractive puzzle platformer where you use magnetism to escape a factory. Meet a cast of magnet characters and work together to solve logical conundrums.
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The Swapper
Single-player alternative to Carestia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Carestia.
What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.
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On Rusty Trails
Single-player alternative to Carestia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Carestia.
Conformity is everything in this lightning-fast platformer - get ready to shift your friendships each and every second!