Single-player games like Cataplexy
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Cataplexy, 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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The Remission of Sins
Single-player alternative to Cataplexy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cataplexy.
The Remission of Sins is a fully-voiced, multi-ending short horror visual novel. Depending on the player’s choice, it branches to 12 different endings.
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Bobok
Single-player alternative to Cataplexy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cataplexy.
Grotesque notes written not by Fyodor Dostoevsky, but by a "certain person".
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MEAT-GRINDER
Single-player alternative to Cataplexy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cataplexy.
Have a human MEATGRINDER with Obi the freelance hitman! Fulfill contracts all over the planet, open a beer, turn off your brain: it's time to kill and solve the financial problems of Obi and her peculiar family!
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SHUT IN
Single-player alternative to Cataplexy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cataplexy.
SHUT IN is a dark comedy/psychological horror adventure game which explores depression and isolation by trapping you inside your own house. Explore a hostile home, solve puzzles, and withstand sarcasm from a rude and unreliable narrator. Idiot.
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Bed Lying Simulator 2020
Single-player alternative to Cataplexy — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Simulator of lying on a bed. Or lying to a bed. Or maybe the bed is lying. Is your bed lying to you?
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Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die!
Single-player alternative to Cataplexy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cataplexy.
Hair metal's not dead, it just smells funny! Get your denim vest, bandana and makeup, and dive into a point-and-click adventure as a middle-aged teddy bear planning a comeback with his old glam metal band – in a world where glam metal has been dead and buried for decades.
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THE CORRIDOR
Single-player alternative to Cataplexy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cataplexy.
THE CORRIDOR is a 20-30 minute experience about the relationship between player and game.
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INDIKA
Single-player alternative to Cataplexy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Cataplexy.
Play a third-person, story-driven game set in alternative Russia at the turn of the XIX century where religious visions clash with harsh reality. INDIKA tells the story of a young nun who sets off on a journey of self-discovery with the most unusual companion by her side, the devil himself.