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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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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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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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.
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Silent Still 2
Single-player alternative to Cave Crawler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
Silent Still 2 is a first-person psychological horror that traps you in the paralyzing nightmare of sleep paralysis. Helpless and unable to escape, you’ll face unspeakable entities that watch, whisper, and move when you can’t. Blurring the line between waking and something far worse
- 8
CALLUS
Single-player alternative to Cave Crawler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
Callus is a short psychological horror (~30 minutes) in the walking simulator genre, featuring jump scares and themes of cruelty and overprotection. It was released as a transitional project between larger releases, with an intentionally simple story and concise gameplay.
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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.