Single-player games like The Cat Machine
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to The Cat Machine, 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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Save The Cat!
Single-player alternative to The Cat Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Cat Machine.
A lost cat is waiting for you. Use your hand to shift the world, clear a path, and bring it home through 6 themed worlds and 120 handcrafted sliding puzzles. Avoid dogs, use boxes and portals, and keep your promise: this time, you will save the cat.
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时间之神的猫
Single-player alternative to The Cat Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Cat Machine.
Use four-dimensional space-time thinking and time travel ability to eat the fish within the specified time and return to the original position, while avoiding the guards' pursuit.
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Another Cat in Dungeons
Single-player alternative to The Cat Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Cat Machine.
Another Cat in Dungeons is a sequence from A CAt in Dungeons. Save another cat from another dungeons going through turnable tabletops, finding the safest path to the goal. Use teleports, mechanisms and your brain in new puzzles carefully designed.
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Nino Maze LOFI II
Single-player alternative to The Cat Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Cat Machine.
Following Nino Maze LOFI line of cute graphics and LOFI music, we now bring Nino Maze Lofi II, a new adventure!
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🌸 Lofi Mahjong 🌸
Single-player alternative to The Cat Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Cat Machine.
Dive into a calm, cozy world with Lofi Mahjong. Enjoy classic Mahjong Solitaire enhanced by a lofi soundscape for maximum focus and minimum stress.
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Bricky to Me
Single-player alternative to The Cat Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Cat Machine.
Brick to Me puts you on a Puzzle Platform full of dynamically arranged rooms with a random path to the confrontation with “Space Mania”.
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Cat way Domino
Single-player alternative to The Cat Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Cat Machine.
Find a new way to play Domino, helping a cat going trough different paths, finding the best domino pieces combination to keep the cat alive, in a relaxing ambience
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Samurai Cat
Single-player alternative to The Cat Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Cat Machine.
Samurai Cat is a puzzle game based on checkers where you control Mr. Jack, a remaining cat in a world conquered by mice. Use cheese to lure the mice to vantage positions and help Mr. Jack eliminate them all with just one movement.
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The Eldritch Zookeeper
Single-player alternative to The Cat Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Cat Machine.
Manage a zoo of otherworldly eldritch monsters! Zoo visitors are invited to gaze into the abyss, it's fun for all the family! And all the family might end up devoured, this cursed zookeeper isn't entirely reliable. Add to your Wishlist, today!
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Hand of Daggers
Single-player alternative to The Cat Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Cat Machine.
The traitorous Royal Courtiers have arrived in the dead of night, daggers drawn! Play a roguelike deckbuilding card game against them, with your life on the line. Add to your wishlist today.