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Single-player games like Pipkin

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Pipkin, 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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    Disc Creatures — Steam game cover

    Disc Creatures

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

    Humans live alongside creatures, each with different personalities, abilities, and moral codes. The invention of the DiscKid has changed life for everyone. Humans can copy creatures and use their power to help others and solve mysteries around the world.

    2019IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Digimon Story Time Stranger — Steam game cover

    Digimon Story Time Stranger

    Single-player alternative to Pipkin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Pipkin.

    The latest in the Digimon Story series is finally here! In this RPG, unravel a mystery that spans across the human world and the Digital World, collecting and raising a wide variety of Digimon to save the world.

    2025RPG69.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Siralim 2 — Steam game cover

    Siralim 2

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

    Siralim 2 is an old-school monster catching RPG. Summon and customize hundreds of creatures to fight for you as you battle your way through endless dungeons. Find rare treasure and use it to upgrade your castle, empower your creatures, craft powerful artifacts, learn new spells, and much more.

    2016IndieRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    HEARTBEAT — Steam game cover

    HEARTBEAT

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

    Make friends, make enemies, go fishing, collect cards, beat up sharks, beat up tigers, obtain the denim blade, train a fuzzy infantile insect for battle, and uncover ancient secrets in this monster-filled adventure.

    2018IndieRPG14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 — Steam game cover

    Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3

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

    The Startling Developments Detective Agency springs into action as On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 begins, set in motion by a call from a mysterious source. The ever escalating perils on the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness will season our tender heroes to their very core!

    2012IndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Anode Heart — Steam game cover

    Anode Heart

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

    A semi-open world, monster tamer RPG, set in a digital, futuristic environment, with fast-paced combat, a card minigame and focus on exploration.

    2023IndieAdventureRPG17.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Coromon — Steam game cover

    Coromon

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

    Coromon is a modern take on the classic monster-taming genre. Tame Coromon and explore a vast world filled with thrilling turn-based battles, brain-twisting puzzles, and a mysterious threat to the world awaiting defeat. Nobody said being a Battle Researcher was easy!

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Crystal Project — Steam game cover

    Crystal Project

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

    Crystal Project is a non-linear JRPG where you are the maker of your own adventure. Explore the world while you find Crystals, unlock classes, learn abilities, and create a strategy capable of taking down the world's toughest bosses. Or just stick to exploring; it's up to you.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure13.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Undertale — Steam game cover

    Undertale

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

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance — Steam game cover

    Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance

    Single-player alternative to Pipkin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Pipkin.

    Become a mighty demigod and battle through a decimated Tokyo in a war between angels and demons. Make new allies along your journey, engage in intense, turn-based combat, recruit hundreds of demons and forge your own path to dictate the fate of all existence.

    2024AdventureRPG20.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →