Single-player games like Hide & Crab
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Hide & Crab, 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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Outta Hand
Single-player alternative to Hide & Crab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hide & Crab.
Outta Hand lets you embody one of the Hand-People, wide-eyed, hop-happy lab experiments with the power to jump great heights, leap impossible lengths, and shake hands from… really, really far away. Like a whole big dining room away.
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Mixture
Single-player alternative to Hide & Crab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hide & Crab.
Play as 2 characters at the same time - Alchemist & Knight. Traverse dangerous barren worlds of living metals, ores and crystals to find means of redemption.
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Ven VR Adventure
Single-player alternative to Hide & Crab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hide & Crab.
Ven VR Adventure is a single-player VR platform game. You happen to meet Ven on his unknown planet, invaded by Bruce Nelson, who wants to destroy the magical world.
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Trover Saves the Universe
Single-player alternative to Hide & Crab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hide & Crab.
From Squanch Games comes Trover Saves the Universe. Your pups are missing. The cosmos is at stake. Only you and Trover can save everything in this bizarre comedy adventure!
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Gem Hunter
Single-player alternative to Hide & Crab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hide & Crab.
A story-driven action platformer for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. Fly your Hovercraft on a quest to recover the Fox King's lost Diamonds and defeat the three Witches! Mine gems, battle creatures, solve mysteries, uncover secrets, build your ship, and speedrun for monthly Leaderboard giveaways!
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Pixel Ripped 1995
Single-player alternative to Hide & Crab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hide & Crab.
Pixel Ripped is back with a brand new nostalgia-fueled virtual reality game-within-a-game, this time in 1995! Help our hero Dot face challenging throwbacks to all your favorite 16-bit and 32-bit classics while surviving the struggles of a typical nine-year-old kid.
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Carly and the Reaperman - Escape from the Underworld
Single-player alternative to Hide & Crab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hide & Crab.
Join the adventure of Carly and the Reaperman in the Underworld! Master platforming to avoid dangers, solve puzzles and build your way to through dozens of fun and challenging obstacles to the finish line - play alone or with a friend!
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Moss
Single-player alternative to Hide & Crab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hide & Crab.
Moss is an action-adventure puzzle game from Polyarc tailor-made for the VR platform. It combines classic components of a great game—compelling characters, gripping combat, and captivating world exploration—with the exciting opportunities of VR.
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Beanz!?
Single-player alternative to Hide & Crab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hide & Crab.
Beanz!? Play multiplayer Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch or experience the intense campaign where you try and defeat "Beanz Incorporated" the evil company that kills Beanz and sells them so they can be eaten! Beanz!?