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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 — Steam game cover

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mixture — Steam game cover

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ven VR Adventure — Steam game cover

    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.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Trover Saves the Universe — Steam game cover

    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!

    2019ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gem Hunter — Steam game cover

    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!

    2017ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pixel Ripped 1995 — Steam game cover

    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.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Carly and the Reaperman - Escape from the Underworld — Steam game cover

    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!

    2018IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Moss — Steam game cover

    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.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Beanz!? — Steam game cover

    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!?

    ActionStrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →