Single-player games like The Little Crane That Could
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to The Little Crane That Could, 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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Ring Miner
Single-player alternative to The Little Crane That Could — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Little Crane That Could.
An open world space mining game. Explore a vast planetary ring where every spot on every rock can be mined for minerals. Use your transport ship to drop off the mining rover, anywhere in the ring system, and start digging! Your capable 6-wheeled rover can climb many obstacles.
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Goat Simulator
Single-player alternative to The Little Crane That Could — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Little Crane That Could.
Goat Simulator is the latest in high-tech Goat Simulation technology.
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Fugl
Single-player alternative to The Little Crane That Could — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Little Crane That Could.
Soar with the wind as a shape-shifting bird. Explore worlds teeming with life. Discover and morph into hundreds of animal species. Relax and enjoy the freedom of Fugl.
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The Precinct
Single-player alternative to The Little Crane That Could — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Little Crane That Could.
Averno City, 1983. Gangs rule the streets and your father lies restless in his grave. Clean up the city, uncover the truth, and embark on thrilling vehicle chases through destructible environments in this neon-noir action sandbox police game.
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PANELKI
Single-player alternative to The Little Crane That Could — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Little Crane That Could.
A utility worker earns for a ticket to leave the endless Siberian city of panel houses. Permafrost, day/night cycle, dynamic weather and open world. Feel the atmosphere of the northern city, having been in the role of a handyman. Now with multiplayer!
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Totally Reliable Delivery Service
Single-player alternative to The Little Crane That Could — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Little Crane That Could.
Delivery Attempted. That's the Totally Reliable Delivery Service guarantee! T.R.D.S. is a ragdoll physics simulation about terrible package delivery couriers. Work together using odd machinery, useful gadgets, and the wonders of physics to reliably deliver packages to their destination.
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State of Decay
Single-player alternative to The Little Crane That Could — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with The Little Crane That Could.
The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world.
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Imhotep, Pyramid Builder
Single-player alternative to The Little Crane That Could — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with The Little Crane That Could.
Do you like watching others do all the work?Cats do!In this unique game (AVX req'd) you plan, direct and oversee the construction of a Pyramid in Ancient Egypt.Organize agriculture, plan the village, direct the building and watch thousands of workers on screen, in real time.Build it, stone by stone!
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Children of Orc
Single-player alternative to The Little Crane That Could — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Lead your civilization of Orc Children, stranded on a planet. Build infrastructure, explore continents, and instruct your peers. Children of Orc mixes the point-and-click adventure game with real-time-strategy. You control one single Orc and will have to instruct your tribe on how to explore and exploit your habitat.
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Flank That Tank!
Single-player alternative to The Little Crane That Could — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Twin Stick Shooter where everything breaks!Smash through walls, punch through obstacles, every thing is possible in the game with procedural destruction.In 22 fun-packed levels, you crash through anything to mop up all opponents.
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Hexa Trains
Single-player alternative to The Little Crane That Could — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with The Little Crane That Could.
Lay the tracks, schedule the trains, and let the planet's economy thrive. Are you the infrastructure-hero that has the chops to manage inter-global transport? Find out in... Hexa Trains!