Single-player games like Carnival in the hut
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Carnival in the hut, 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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Rolling Hills: Cozy Sushi Restaurant
Single-player alternative to Carnival in the hut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Carnival in the hut.
Manage your own sushi restaurant! Collect and upgrade dishes, personalize your dining room, and use special abilities to serve customers in a dash.
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CHUCHEL
Single-player alternative to Carnival in the hut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Carnival in the hut.
CHUCHEL is a comedy adventure game from the creators of Machinarium, Botanicula and Samorost. Join the hairy hero Chuchel and his rival Kekel as they will be facing numerous puzzles and challenges in their quest to retrieve the precious cherry!
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Botanicula
Single-player alternative to Carnival in the hut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Carnival in the hut.
Humor-filled indie adventure game created by the makers of Machinarium and Samorost.
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Papetura
Single-player alternative to Carnival in the hut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Carnival in the hut.
Papetura is a short atmospheric adventure game, with unique world handmade entirely out of paper, and beautiful fragile music. It tells the story of two little creatures whose house is in danger of being burned down.
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Ever Seen A Cat? 2
Single-player alternative to Carnival in the hut — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A relaxing hidden object game. Find even more cats in several stylish environments! Every play through is different!
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Cats Huddled Together 挤在一起的猫猫们
Single-player alternative to Carnival in the hut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Carnival in the hut.
A puzzle game filled with cats, featuring two gameplay modes. Come and enjoy petting the cats in the game!
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Keep Me Gifted
Single-player alternative to Carnival in the hut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Carnival in the hut.
In Keep Me Gifted you will make your career debut as a Gift Shop owner. Be ready to encounter unhinged characters and their requests, try to match those requests with your wrapping skills, manage your item stock, upgrade your shop, and increase your store's popularity. And stay gifted!
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Gorogoa
Single-player alternative to Carnival in the hut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Carnival in the hut.
Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts. Winner of Debut Game at the 2018 BAFTA Games Awards, as well as Best Mobile Game and the Innovation Award at the GDC 2018 Choice Awards.
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August Walk
Single-player alternative to Carnival in the hut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Carnival in the hut.
The game has three story branches: normal, realistic, and mystical walk. In the normal branch you can just walk around the summer city, the forest and the spring.
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Sandbox
Single-player alternative to Carnival in the hut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Carnival in the hut.
The goal of the game is to collect 22 bills. To collect them, you need to press the "play" button and move to the sandbox level.
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Keepers
Single-player alternative to Carnival in the hut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Carnival in the hut.
Keepers is a space-themed clicker game. You are an employee of a center tasked with saving a planet - a typical light-year.
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Memory Patches
Single-player alternative to Carnival in the hut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Carnival in the hut.
A visual short novel about a girl who wakes up in an empty apartment and tries to figure out what happened. In front of her are four boxes filled with different items from her past. Touching them, she recalls pieces of memories, but one of the items is cursed.
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Stellario
Single-player alternative to Carnival in the hut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Carnival in the hut.
In a large star field, the Spirit flies around and absorbs stars to build up mass and take on a different appearance. But you have to be careful on the journey - there are black holes scattered around the field, and also spaceships flying at unthinkable speeds.
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Alcatraz
Single-player alternative to Carnival in the hut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Carnival in the hut.
I was surprised to end up in Alcatraz. Having the best lawyer, I had hoped to be acquitted. But all his efforts to get me acquitted were in vain. My sentence screamed: "Welcome to hell, son." And so I found myself among thieves, murderers and rapists.