Single-player games like Cave Crawler
Below are 12 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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Welcome to Kowloon
Single-player alternative to Cave Crawler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
This is an indie horror from the first person, in which you find yourself in an area called Kowloon in search of cheap housing. The inhabitants of this place only at first glance seem to be ordinary people, but if we dig deeper, we will see their real faces.
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Scanner Sombre
Single-player alternative to Cave Crawler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
Scanner Sombre is a 3d horror cave exploration game where darkness is your greatest foe. Illuminate the unseen with your LIDAR scanner, revealing the eerie beauty and peril of the abyss. From the creators of Prison Architect, this immersive adventure uses light and shadow for a haunting experience.
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Mouthwashing
Single-player alternative to Cave Crawler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
The five crew members of the Tulpar are stranded in the empty reaches of space, shrouded in perpetual sunset. God is not watching.
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Gray Dawn
Single-player alternative to Cave Crawler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
Embark on a terrifying adventure of a priest accused of murdering an altar boy. Gray Dawn is a psychological thriller infused with religious elements and combines story-driven quests with an artistic experience.
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Backrooms: Lost Tape
Single-player alternative to Cave Crawler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
You work in the cinema as an usher and accidentally fell into the Backrooms, now being trapped, needing to unravel the mysteries of the yellow rooms in order to get out of this place, but be careful, there are entities that will be in your way.
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Witch's Doll
Single-player alternative to Cave Crawler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
Witch's Doll is a first-person psychological horror game with realistic graphics. Beware, something is lurking in the dark. Get ready for intense jumpscares.
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Lair of Torment
Single-player alternative to Cave Crawler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
This is an indie horror game with first-person puzzles. Terror and fear have enveloped the city. The maniac has returned. You sneak into his lair to try and stop him before he goes too far...
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Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1
Single-player alternative to Cave Crawler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
The most relaxing horror game you'll ever play. Anemoiapolis exists in the uncanny valley of American architecture -- endless carpeted floors and lonely malls. Escape for your life, and enjoy the scenery.
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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.
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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.