Single-player games like Octodad: Dadliest Catch
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Octodad: Dadliest Catch, 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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Friendly Steps
Single-player alternative to Octodad: Dadliest Catch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Octodad: Dadliest Catch.
A physics-based 1-4 player co-op disaster about getting home after a wild night out. It was a fun night! Now grab your buddies and walk home. IF YOU REMEMBER HOW.
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Donut County
Single-player alternative to Octodad: Dadliest Catch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Octodad: Dadliest Catch.
Donut County is a story-based physics puzzle game where you play as an ever-growing hole in the ground. Meet cute characters, steal their trash, and throw them in a hole.
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RoboSkate
Single-player alternative to Octodad: Dadliest Catch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Octodad: Dadliest Catch.
Roll the board. Whir the motors. Scrape the metal. RoboSkate is a short and challenging physics based adventure where you master the controls of a robotic arm stuck to a skateboard and overcome the trials of a short yet treacherous journey.
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Surgeon Simulator
Single-player alternative to Octodad: Dadliest Catch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Octodad: Dadliest Catch.
Surgeon Simulator is an over-the-top operation sim, stitching together pitch-black humour with life-saving surgery. Become Dr. Burke, a would-be surgeon with a less than conventional toolkit, as he performs procedures on patients including the Heavy from TF2! ...is that a hammer?
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Grandma, No!
Single-player alternative to Octodad: Dadliest Catch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Octodad: Dadliest Catch.
Step into Grandma’s slippers and wreak havoc in this physics-driven comedy where nothing stays under control—and that’s exactly the point. Fart, flop, and fumble your way through a home that refuses to behave.
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City Climber
Single-player alternative to Octodad: Dadliest Catch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Octodad: Dadliest Catch.
City Climber is a silly physics-based game about a floppy ragdoll climber, who has to save the world. Find your way through diverse hand-crafted environments and enjoy funny challenges full of falling and destruction.
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Jazzpunk: Director's Cut
Single-player alternative to Octodad: Dadliest Catch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Octodad: Dadliest Catch.
Jazzpunk is a comedy adventure set in an alternate reality Cold War World, plagued with corporate espionage, CyberCrime, and sentient martinis. Gameplay is inspired by spoof comedy films and cartoons of yesteryear, with a focus on weird gadgets, exotic locales, and open-world style exploration.
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Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?!
Single-player alternative to Octodad: Dadliest Catch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Octodad: Dadliest Catch.
Hit the road in this massive sequel to the million-selling Cook, Serve, Delicious series. Manage your food truck, cook delicious dishes and serve customers as you take the road trip of a lifetime across war-torn America.
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Bugsnax
Single-player alternative to Octodad: Dadliest Catch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Octodad: Dadliest Catch.
Catch mysterious living snacks and feed them to your friends in this unusual island adventure!
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IndependANT
Single-player alternative to Octodad: Dadliest Catch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Octodad: Dadliest Catch.
Explore the vast Living Room to find food for your struggling ant colony in this cute and casual collectathon!
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Octodad (Student Edition)
Single-player alternative to Octodad: Dadliest Catch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Octodad: Dadliest Catch.
You are Octodad, a dapper octopus masquerading as a human, as he goes about a day of his life. His existence is a constant struggle, as he must master mundane tasks with his unwieldy boneless tentacles while simultaneously keeping his cephalopodan nature a secret from his human family!
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Antbassador
Single-player alternative to Octodad: Dadliest Catch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Octodad: Dadliest Catch.
Take control of The Antbassador, a giant human finger with a tophat, as he makes his way through a bustling ant colony. You must use your prodigious digit to help the citizens of Antopia without causing an international incident!
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Snakedate
Single-player alternative to Octodad: Dadliest Catch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Octodad: Dadliest Catch.
Welcome to Charmr, the premier dating app for snakes! Looking for love? Cruise around the club and wrap around your dates to show your affection!