Single-player games like Botanica
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Botanica, 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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Botanicula
Single-player alternative to Botanica — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Botanica.
Humor-filled indie adventure game created by the makers of Machinarium and Samorost.
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Thank Goodness You're Here!
Single-player alternative to Botanica — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Botanica.
Thank Goodness You're Here! is an absurd comedy slapformer set in the bizarre Northern English town of Barnsworth. As a traveling salesman, take the time to see the sights and meet the locals, who are very eager to give you a series of increasingly odd jobs…
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Crypt Custodian
Single-player alternative to Botanica — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Botanica.
Crypt Custodian is a charming metroidvania about cleaning up the afterlife. Play as Pluto - a mischievous cat who has died, and is sentenced to be the afterworld's janitor... FOREVER! Hang out with other doomed ghosts, battle beasts, and explore a vastly expansive landscape.
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Voidwrought
Single-player alternative to Botanica — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Botanica.
Voidwrought is a 2D action-platformer set in a hand-drawn world of cosmic horrors. Explore the thawing ruins of the First Civilisation and strike down the gods that dwell there. Grow your powers, uncover ancient artifacts, and expand your shrine amid the wreckage.
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MIO: Memories in Orbit
Single-player alternative to Botanica — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Botanica.
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
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Cuphead
Single-player alternative to Botanica — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Botanica.
Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game heavily focused on boss battles. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e. traditional hand drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings.
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Stars In The Trash
Single-player alternative to Botanica — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Botanica.
Stars in the Trash brings the magic of animated movie classics into a narrative-driven platformer that combines action, exploration and puzzles. Tired of feeling trapped at home, Moka, a spoiled cat decides to run away and seek adventure. Explore, make friends, fight, and escape from the kennelman.
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Owlboy
Single-player alternative to Botanica — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Botanica.
Owlboy is a story-driven platform adventure game, where you can fly and explore a brand new world in the clouds! Pick up your friends, and bring them with you as you explore the open skies, in one of the most detailed adventures of this era.