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Single-player games like Rat Catcher

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Rat Catcher, 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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    Temple of Horror — Steam game cover

    Temple of Horror

    Single-player alternative to Rat Catcher — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rat Catcher.

    Escape the dangerous beings lurking in the dark, dodge countless deadly traps and slowly unruffle the secret of the Temple of Horror while not just trying to survive but to find your way out of this hell. Are you ready?

    2022ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Greed & Darkness — Steam game cover

    Greed & Darkness

    Single-player alternative to Rat Catcher — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Rat Catcher.

    Venture into a foreboding fortress to gather riches with only a torch to guide you. Sneak past or fight monsters in intense melee combat and search for the Gorged One's treasure chamber. Leaving empty-handed is not an option.

    IndieRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Precept — Steam game cover

    Precept

    Single-player alternative to Rat Catcher — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rat Catcher.

    Precept is a first-person psychedelic action horror game with a heavy focus on exploration. Players take control of a night guard whose purpose is to finish his daily task. The player must find way to escape and survive from mysterious company's environment and entities.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    TOXICANT — Steam game cover

    TOXICANT

    Single-player alternative to Rat Catcher — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rat Catcher.

    TOXICANT offers a sinister twist on the survival horror genre, featuring randomized levels and roguelike elements.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shaft 29 — Steam game cover

    Shaft 29

    Single-player alternative to Rat Catcher — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rat Catcher.

    You are alone in Shaft 29...Descend into old, pitch-black, and hazardous labyrinth to restore the failing power grid. Scavenge the dark for scrap, repair components in safe room, and brave anomalies hiding in the depths. Keep the lights on, and keep moving down...

    2027ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    夢迷 -Mumei- — Steam game cover

    夢迷 -Mumei-

    Single-player alternative to Rat Catcher — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rat Catcher.

    A 3D exploration horror action game where you recall the sins you committed in this life and try to escape from a labyrinth

    ActionIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bunker's Shadow — Steam game cover

    Bunker's Shadow

    Single-player alternative to Rat Catcher — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rat Catcher.

    The game is a First Person Shooter.In a huge dangerous underground, you need to save a little girl.Being lost in a huge bunker, the task is to survive and find the keys for the doors and find the way to the exit. An encounter with zombies and enemy soldiers is inevitable.

    2024ActionIndie0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Slender Island — Steam game cover

    Slender Island

    Single-player alternative to Rat Catcher — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rat Catcher.

    Slender Island is a first-person survival horror game where you find yourself on an abandoned island with a goal of stealing all the treasures hidden in its dungeons. However, Slender Mouse and other monsters won't give them up without a fight.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Putinator — Steam game cover

    Putinator

    Single-player alternative to Rat Catcher — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Rat Catcher.

    The Russian army tried to clone their leader, thus resulting in a never ending mindless horde of Putin zombies... In this retro inspired shooter you take the role of a soldier sent as clean up crew to a town on the outskirts of Chernobyl, with one mission. KILL ALL THE PUTIN ZOMBIES.

    2022Action0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    PLEASE STOP CRYING — Steam game cover

    PLEASE STOP CRYING

    Single-player alternative to Rat Catcher — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Rat Catcher.

    PLEASE STOP CRYING is a lighthearted horror game about a father taking on housework and babysitting all at once.

    2024Action2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    PLEASE STOP CRYING: TERRIBLE TWOS — Steam game cover

    PLEASE STOP CRYING: TERRIBLE TWOS

    Single-player alternative to Rat Catcher — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Rat Catcher.

    PLEASE STOP CRYING: Terrible Twos is a lighthearted horror game about a father yet again struggling to keep up with his baby at a restaurant.

    2025Action2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →