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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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    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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    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 →
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    Blacksea Odyssey — Steam game cover

    Blacksea Odyssey

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

    Enter the Blacksea Odyssey, a violent top-down rogue-lite space shoot ‘em up RPG brimming with colossal creatures and runic technologies. Explore dangerous, interstellar spacescapes as you hunt enormous space-behemoths with a harpoon and rune-infused spears.

    2016ActionIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Assault Android Cactus+ — Steam game cover

    Assault Android Cactus+

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

    Assault Android Cactus is an intense arcade style twin stick shooter - pick from one of nine unique synthetic heroines and blast your way through overwhelming robots hordes to save the ship from its own workforce. Supports single player and local co-op game modes.

    2015ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Freaky Awesome — Steam game cover

    Freaky Awesome

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

    Freaky Awesome is a hectic action rogue-lite. You explore a randomly generated old factory, fighting weird monsters and avoiding traps. Toxic wastes will make you mutate, gaining different powers every time. You will need to adapt to your mutations to survive!

    2017ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →