Single-player games like Cave Crawler
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Cave Crawler, 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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I MUST FIND HER
Single-player alternative to Cave Crawler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
April 27, 1986 — during the mass evacuation of the city of Pripyat, a bus convoy with residents of the city disappears. Oleg Suvorov goes in search of the missing convoy to FIND his little daughter, who was on one of the missing buses
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EarWorm
Single-player alternative to Cave Crawler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
You are an Earworm. You are an underworld contractor who hacks memories for a living. Dive into the memories of your victims in order to unlock the security questions to their bank account.
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New Face On The Block
Single-player alternative to Cave Crawler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
A psychological home-invasion horror set in the bleak year of 1992, focusing on tension, atmosphere, and an immersive soundtrack. The story involves elements of a cult, rituals meant to reach the dead, and the haunting presence of those who should have remained in the past.
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Invasion of The Halloween Fiends
Single-player alternative to Cave Crawler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
Invasion of The Halloween Fiends is a First-Person Retro horror game that takes place on Halloween Night. Strangers keep visiting you looking for candy. Some of them may not be so friendly. Will you be able to survive Halloween Night?
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The Strange Lights
Single-player alternative to Cave Crawler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
You have arrived in a forest where people are rumored to disappear and strange things happen... Locals often see bright flashes and hear strange sounds...
- 6
Clink
Single-player alternative to Cave Crawler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
You are a lonely woman, secluded in a house with your cat... and the secrets of the past. What hides within your mind — illness, or something otherworldly? Nightmares and reality intertwine… everything is so foggy. Do you have the courage to remember what happened?
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Fatal Midnight
Single-player alternative to Cave Crawler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
During the night, Dan is awakened by unusual sounds coming from deep inside the house. Concerned about his sister's condition, he decides to check on her. Upon entering her room, he discovers that she has disappeared. Fear grips him, and he starts rushing around the house looking for her.
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Silent Nights
Single-player alternative to Cave Crawler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
Silent Nights - A short horror game with realistic graphics, touching storyline and scary moments.
- 9
SCP Foundation: ITTLG - Chapter 1
Single-player alternative to Cave Crawler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
SCP Foundation: ITTLG Chapter 1 is a visual novel about, SCP-105 & SCP-105-B and her friendship with you. Trying to escape the foundation, in the end. They find out the dark truth behind their existence.
- 10
Suits: A Business RPG
Single-player alternative to Cave Crawler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
Corporations control the entire global government. Injustice has inspired a revolution in Suits City. Follow the journey of a businessman's descent into corruption...
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Suits: Absolute Power
Single-player alternative to Cave Crawler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
A business planet full of mystery, relics of power, dangerous jobs and terrifying monstrosities. Will your company defy the toxicity of this environment or will you find yourselves courting the power of corruption itself, in absolution.
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Kitsune Kitchen
Single-player alternative to Cave Crawler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
Play through the story of a young man’s quest to create the ultimate BLT sandwich.
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Cave Crawler: Volume 2
Single-player alternative to Cave Crawler — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Crawl, run, and shimmy your way through this caving experience to survive the horrors lurking through the underground, and discover what would drive a man to go so deep into the bowels of the earth.