Single-player games like Stray Cat Crossing
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Stray Cat Crossing, 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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Cat in the Box
Single-player alternative to Stray Cat Crossing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stray Cat Crossing.
Cat in the Box is a horror adventure game. Help the poor girl explore the mansion and escape from unknown entities that are pursuing her. Use a variety of tools and your wits to overcome any challenges you face. At times, you'll even have to wake yourself from nightmares to survive.
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Fran Bow
Single-player alternative to Stray Cat Crossing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stray Cat Crossing.
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
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OFF
Single-player alternative to Stray Cat Crossing — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
“I’m the Batter. I’ve been entrusted with a sacred mission.” -- One of the most influential RPGs of the last 20 years is finally coming to Steam. Take control of the Batter as he seeks to purify an uncanny and hopeless world haunted by specters, guided by a cryptic, grinning cat called The Judge.
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Alicemare
Single-player alternative to Stray Cat Crossing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stray Cat Crossing.
Alicemare is a somehow familiar yet totally unique adventure game infused with subtle hints of horror, created by △○□× (Miwashiba) using the WOLF RPG Editor.
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Year Walk
Single-player alternative to Stray Cat Crossing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stray Cat Crossing.
Venture out into the dark woods where strange creatures roam, on a vision quest set in 19th century Sweden. Solve and decipher cryptic puzzles, listen for clues, and learn about mysterious folklore creatures in the built-in encyclopedia as you seek to foresee your future.
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Fausts Alptraum
Single-player alternative to Stray Cat Crossing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stray Cat Crossing.
Fausts Alptraum is an single player, puzzle game created by LabORat Studio, an indie game team from Taiwan. The story based on Goethe's Faust. Players will play as a troubled girl wandering around in a crayon-drawn world. Players will have to find the relevance between dreams and reality by collecting clues.
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The Cat Lady
Single-player alternative to Stray Cat Crossing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stray Cat Crossing.
The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...
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OneShot
Single-player alternative to Stray Cat Crossing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stray Cat Crossing.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
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OMORI
Single-player alternative to Stray Cat Crossing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stray Cat Crossing.
Explore a strange world full of colorful friends and foes. When the time comes, the path you’ve chosen will determine your fate... and perhaps the fate of others as well.
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SILENT HILL 2
Single-player alternative to Stray Cat Crossing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Stray Cat Crossing.
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.