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Single-player games like Caterva

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Caterva, 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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    Robits: Quantum Descent — Steam game cover

    Robits: Quantum Descent

    Single-player alternative to Caterva — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Caterva.

    Momentum is your greatest advantage. It's also your biggest mistake. A momentum-driven roguelite twin-stick shooter set in a procedurally generated, living quantum arena that never lets you settle in. Stack weapons and mods into a drone built to survive it.

    ActionIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Alchemickal — Steam game cover

    Alchemickal

    Single-player alternative to Caterva — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Caterva.

    A skill-based action roguelite where you imbue your weapons with chemickals to exploit enemy weaknesses on the fly. Scour dungeons, upgrade your arsenal, and master alchemy to thwart an arcane invasion!

    2026ActionIndie5.39 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    CIPHER 61 — Steam game cover

    CIPHER 61

    Single-player alternative to Caterva — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Caterva.

    CIPHER 61 is a fast-paced, action-packed top-down-shooter, with tons of temporary and permanent upgrades. Can you make it through all 61 rooms?

    2022ActionIndie7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Doomsday Hunters — Steam game cover

    Doomsday Hunters

    Single-player alternative to Caterva — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Caterva.

    Shoot stuff in a perfect pixel world, combine items, build guns, die every time! Roguelite twin-stick shooter where magic and post-apocalyptic future technologies collide. Defeat evil lord Dracula and save everyone!

    2023ActionIndie15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ATOMINE — Steam game cover

    ATOMINE

    Single-player alternative to Caterva — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Caterva.

    Atomine is a twin stick procedural shooter rogue-lite set in a virtual world with minimalist design, where the player recounts on the screen the real events of STUXNET, the first weapon ever created in the form of computer virus.

    2017ActionIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    HyperParasite — Steam game cover

    HyperParasite

    Single-player alternative to Caterva — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Caterva.

    A rogue-lite twin-stick shooter/brawler that never plays the same twice. Collect and control 60 different characters as the body-snatching alien Parasite with a grudge against humanity. Fight to the top of the food chain: possess the President, push the Big Red Button and one-up the human race.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Starward Rogue — Steam game cover

    Starward Rogue

    Single-player alternative to Caterva — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Caterva.

    Starward Rogue is a bullet hell twin-stick shooter. Blast your way through the Megalith, a rogue-lite labyrinth lodged in the side of a star. Customize your mech with a huge variety of weapons, perks, and upgrades. Steel yourself for the dangers that lurk in the depths of the dungeon.

    2016ActionIndieRPG11.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Not The Robots — Steam game cover

    Not The Robots

    Single-player alternative to Caterva — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Caterva.

    You are a robot in an office building. You have to eat furniture and not get caught. A mysterious story unfolds.Not The Robots is this year’s most exciting Roguelike Stealth Furniture Eating Simulator. It’s a game with random levels, permadeath, and the goal of eating furniture - which is also your stealth cover.

    2013ActionStrategyIndie1.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →