Single-player games like Exterminant
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Exterminant, 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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Seabun
Single-player alternative to Exterminant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Exterminant.
Seabun is an incremental 2D survivor-like with creature collection elements, where you play a scientist bunny diving deeper and deeper to find the source of the sea's corruption. Haul your loot home between dives, grow your lab, and raise the fish you rescue into rideable mounts.
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Egg Chicken Farm
Single-player alternative to Exterminant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Exterminant.
This is a casual idle simulation game. Nurturing chicks and collecting different chicken species. You will start with an egg, Watch the chicks grow. Use the breeding house to produce new eggs. Earn coins to upgrade facilities, gradually expand your farm, and unlock more content.
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Clockwork Owl
Single-player alternative to Exterminant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Exterminant.
Clockwork Owl is a Coin Pusher Roguelite. Use turn-based classic arcade coin-pushing physics mechanics as a means to battle forest critters, while making your way up a tree. Collect a deck of new cogs from random encounters and upgrade your owl at shops to survive this permadeath journey.
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Molluscarium
Single-player alternative to Exterminant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Exterminant.
Relax and collect over 500 unique molluscs in this cozy idle game. Watch larvae grow into stunning adults in real-time, customize vibrant aquatic habitats across 9 themed packs, and discover rare species from garden snails to deep-sea cephalopods.
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Amphibarium
Single-player alternative to Exterminant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Exterminant.
Relax and collect hundreds of unique frogs and salamanders in this cozy idle game. Watch tadpoles undergo metamorphosis in real-time, customize lush terrariums, and discover rare species. Let your vivarium thrive in the background while you work or study. Start your collection today!
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Easy Bubbles
Single-player alternative to Exterminant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Exterminant.
Easy Bubbles is a relaxing aquarium simulation filled with cute sea creatures. Manage your aquarium with click and idle mechanics, collect resources and have a pleasant experience in the colorful and peaceful underworld.
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Unpackmania
Single-player alternative to Exterminant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Exterminant.
Unpackmania is an incremental card collecting game where every pack you open has the potential to make you more powerful than the last. Fight off enemies, create combos, level up, and watch your power spiral out of control.
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My Little Spider
Single-player alternative to Exterminant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Exterminant.
Adopt a cute pet spider that lives anywhere on your desktop! Team up to discover unique bugs, decorate their web, and unlock adorable spider hats as you work or relax.