Single-player games like Cat's Cradle
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Cat's Cradle, 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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They Bleed Pixels
Single-player alternative to Cat's Cradle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cat's Cradle.
They Bleed Pixels is a fiendishly difficult action platformer inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and classic horror.
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Skeleton Crew
Single-player alternative to Cat's Cradle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cat's Cradle.
Kick, throw and thrash your way to victory in this gothic multiplayer platform brawler. Explore dungeons, unlock new characters, kick butts!
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BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites
Single-player alternative to Cat's Cradle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cat's Cradle.
Original developer WayForward upgrades its 2011 classic with new voice acting by Laura Bailey and Troy Baker, sharpened visuals, and rebalanced gameplay. Run, jump, cut, and feed your way through a massive underground castle to confront Rayne’s father at the behest of the Brimstone Society.
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Glaze Cup: Journey to the West
Single-player alternative to Cat's Cradle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cat's Cradle.
This is a side scrolling action Rougelike game set in the three realms of humans, demons, ghosts, and gods. It tells the story of Lao Sha and other characters from Journey to the West before they learn from the classics
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RedEx
Single-player alternative to Cat's Cradle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cat's Cradle.
RedEx is a 2D shooter with Tower Defence mechanics, with a minimalist pixel art stile. You are to fight against mercenaries of underground smuggling organization which pretends to be a logistic corporation called RedExpress.
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Gravity Circuit
Single-player alternative to Cat's Cradle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cat's Cradle.
Gravity Circuit is a flashy action packed 2D platformer in the spirit of console classics. Follow Kai, a lone operative war hero who harnesses the mysterious powers of the Gravity Circuit, on an adventure in a futuristic world inhabited by sentient robots.
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Unruly Heroes
Single-player alternative to Cat's Cradle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cat's Cradle.
LET'S KUNG FU THEM ALL! Play solo or co-op and take control of four unlikely heroes that battle a diverse lineup of enemies, show off your Kung-Fu skills and journey west across stunning different environments in order to hunt for the scattered remnants of the Sacred Scroll.
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Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef
Single-player alternative to Cat's Cradle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cat's Cradle.
From the developers of the Guns, Gore and Cannoli franchise comes a new 2D run & gun platformer: Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & TEEF! Spearhead an Ork invasion, destroy the hive city and kill your warboss! ‘Ere we go!
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Wire Flying Maid
Single-player alternative to Cat's Cradle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cat's Cradle.
According to my research, most maids can fly in some way. In her case, it's two wires.
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Wire Flying Maid 2
Single-player alternative to Cat's Cradle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cat's Cradle.
As you know, the elegant maid never walks. Instead she flies.
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Silver Wire
Single-player alternative to Cat's Cradle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cat's Cradle.
Zombies and bats have appeared in the night hall. It is also the maid's job to eliminate them. Her weapon, the silver wire, binds and cuts the monsters. Let's get down to work.
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Samurai Sword Stage
Single-player alternative to Cat's Cradle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cat's Cradle.
Samurai Sword Stage is a cool and simple samurai action game. Kill 100 enemies with your stylish swordsmanship.