Single-player games like Cats on Duty
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Cats on Duty, 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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Cats on Duty: Prologue
Single-player alternative to Cats on Duty — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cats on Duty.
Cats on Duty: Prologue is a purr-fect blend of RTS, tower defense, and match-3 game genres. The Prologue contains the whole first chapter of Cats on Duty spread over 10 captivating levels, each showcasing a unique challenge and certain game feature. Enjoy the meow-nificent battle!
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Skellboy Refractured
Single-player alternative to Cats on Duty — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cats on Duty.
Play as Skippy, the square, flexible skeleton in this cute Action-RPG, to keep a heartbroken court magician from destroying the world with his army of monsters and undead! Change out your body parts with those of enemies and friends and become the hero of Cubold Kingdom!
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Ooglians
Single-player alternative to Cats on Duty — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Cats on Duty.
Ooglians are coming! Nothing excites an ooglian more than smashing machinery. Protect your machinery with more machinery which attracts even more ooglians. How unfortunate.
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Frontline Zed
Single-player alternative to Cats on Duty — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Cats on Duty.
Defend your fortified barricade by night, collect weapons and conduct repairs by day. Survive long enough to make your way through America and towards rescue.
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CATO: Buttered Cat
Single-player alternative to Cats on Duty — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Cats on Duty.
Puzzle platformer where you control both the cat and the toast, based on the famous "Buttered Cat Paradox". The game features 200+ levels, 70+ skins, plus boss fights and mini-games!
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Revenge of the Titans
Single-player alternative to Cats on Duty — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Cats on Duty.
The ultimate mash-up of Real-time Strategy and Tower Defense!
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Necronator: Dead Wrong
Single-player alternative to Cats on Duty — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Cats on Duty.
Necronator: Dead Wrong is a deck-building roguelike with an RTS twist. Build a powerful deck. Collect and deploy undead units and raise a unique army. Master each commander’s playstyle and conquer the world. Change the game with rule-bending relics. Unlock new decks and do it all again.
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Unrailed!
Single-player alternative to Cats on Duty — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cats on Duty.
Unrailed! is a co-op multiplayer game where you have to work together with your friends to build a train track across endless procedurally generated worlds. Master random encounters with its inhabitants, upgrade your train and keep it from derailing!
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Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
Single-player alternative to Cats on Duty — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Cats on Duty.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
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DRAWER
Single-player alternative to Cats on Duty — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Cats on Duty.
An arcade racing game with indirect controls. Take on the role rally car co-pilot, when the pilot himself isn’t there O_O Develop your spatial thinking and fine motor skills, beat other players’ records and, most importantly, have fun!