Single-player games like Buy a Croquette!
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Buy a Croquette!, 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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魔女之塔 Witch's Tower
Single-player alternative to Buy a Croquette! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Buy a Croquette!.
An innovative Tower of the Sorcerer strategy game with unique gameplay mechanics.
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木夕镇的午夜轮回 Midnight cycle in Muxi Town
Single-player alternative to Buy a Croquette! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Buy a Croquette!.
What kind of work is this? This is an experimental multi storyline game. The work tells a science fiction story about consciousness implantation and simulated biological experiments. The work consists of a mixture of 24 storylines, 3 types of reincarnation endings, and 1 main ending.
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羽翼的祈愿 - Feather Of Praying
Single-player alternative to Buy a Croquette! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Buy a Croquette!.
This is a horror puzzle RPG first released in 2016. Players control Qiu Xiaoqi as she explores a mysterious room filled with puzzles alongside a white-haired youth. They unravel mechanisms to uncover the truth behind her loss of consciousness. Will the wish be fulfilled? The story is yours to shape!
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谁说奶妈不能拯救世界!
Single-player alternative to Buy a Croquette! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Buy a Croquette!.
一款以探索为核心的RPG游戏! 什么?你居然是一位被人们看不起的弱小牧师? 通过你的智慧,收集情报,提升自我,然后去击败魔王来证明自己吧!
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花火与幽灵少女 - Hanabi and Ghost girl
Single-player alternative to Buy a Croquette! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Buy a Croquette!.
蝉鸣声中偏远的山中小镇,表面悠然而宁静,背后却隐藏着某个笼罩了这里数百年的黑暗秘密。女主角结城花火几年前跟随父母一同来到空铃镇,在父母的事故后因为内向的性格被排挤的她如今一个人生活在小镇上,直到在旧校舍邂逅本已死去的“幽灵”。
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reD:起始的旋转之音(The beginning of the Melody)
Single-player alternative to Buy a Croquette! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Buy a Croquette!.
The main character, Mika, in order to recall her parents’ self-consciousness, signed in a project called reD. The reD official claimed that completing the tasks assigned by the organization could realize her dreams. But the detailed tasks were fairly questionable.
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村庄-The Village
Single-player alternative to Buy a Croquette! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Buy a Croquette!.
After you graduated from college, you were assigned to a small village as a doctor.It looks like an ordinary village, but there are many strange things in it.A man knocking at the door in the middle of the night may not be asking for a doctor.The person you saw may not be alive.Haunted?
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Winter Clothing
Single-player alternative to Buy a Croquette! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Buy a Croquette!.
This is a horror plot puzzle game with Chinese folk themes. There is an unwritten rule in Tianhe Town: on the day of the Winter Clothing Festival, no villager is allowed to approach the back mountain. Is there really a ghost on the mountain? Perhaps there is something more terrifying than ghosts.
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Remember, Remember
Single-player alternative to Buy a Croquette! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Buy a Croquette!.
A psychological horror game and visual novel that will test your morality, your ability to adapt, and your willpower to remain sane under pressure...