Single-player games like The Cub
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to The Cub, 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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Golf Club Nostalgia
Single-player alternative to The Cub — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Cub.
Human life is wiped out. Earth is now a golf course for the ultra-rich. In this dystopian sports puzzler, play through destroyed brutalist monuments, crumbling shopping malls, and abandoned museums as you piece together the full story of how humanity fell.
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On Rusty Trails
Single-player alternative to The Cub — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Cub.
Conformity is everything in this lightning-fast platformer - get ready to shift your friendships each and every second!
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Black The Fall
Single-player alternative to The Cub — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Cub.
After decades of toil, an old machinist plots his escape from Communism, through manipulation and scheming. Along the road, he befriends the most unlikely creature, an abandoned robot. Could they solve the puzzles and flee this bleak world together?
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The Last Campfire
Single-player alternative to The Cub — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Cub.
The Last Campfire is an adventure, a story of a lost ember trapped in a puzzling place, searching for meaning and a way home.
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The Last Cube
Single-player alternative to The Cub — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Cub.
Cube puzzler and an epic adventure. Stamp stickers to the sides of your cube to imbue each surface with unique powers, which are vital to solving puzzles and finding secrets.
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Saviorless
Single-player alternative to The Cub — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Cub.
Embark on a journey to The Smiling Islands, the realm of the Saviors, where an enigmatic guide beckons. The seasoned narrator has shared this story countless times, yet none have graced the miraculous land. Can you seize your narrative and ascend as a Savior?
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The End Is Nigh
Single-player alternative to The Cub — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Cub.
The End Is Nigh is a sprawling adventure platformer where you die a lot, but thats ok because you are probably already dead anyway.
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Neva
Single-player alternative to The Cub — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Cub.
Experience the moving tale of a young woman and her lifelong bond with a magnificent wolf as they embark on a thrilling adventure through a rapidly dying world.
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Planet of Lana
Single-player alternative to The Cub — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Cub.
In a world torn between nature’s grace and cold machine invasion, one girl and her companion must rely on their bond to survive and protect what they hold dear. Their story of hope, loss, and love will stay with you long after the journey ends.
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Little Nightmares
Single-player alternative to The Cub — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Cub.
Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.
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Highwater
Single-player alternative to The Cub — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Cub.
Earth has flooded and the planet is doomed, but there’s still time to enjoy the view. Guide Nikos and friends through the flooded world of Highwater and beyond in this story driven, adventure game where they’ll have to fight for their chance to escape.