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
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.
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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!
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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?
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.