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Single-player games like Pug Trouble

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Pug Trouble, 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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    Claw & Load : Mine,Shoot,Meow! — Steam game cover

    Claw & Load : Mine,Shoot,Meow!

    Single-player alternative to Pug Trouble — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Pug Trouble.

    In the cursed Eternal Night Continent, ancient magic clashes with firearms as you battle for survival. Serve the Tsundere Demon Cat, fend off hordes of undead horrors, and command an army of Guardian Mewlings armed with bizarre weapons. Each run is a desperate loop of mining frenzy and combat chaos!

    ActionSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    LeHweng LeHweng — Steam game cover

    LeHweng LeHweng

    Single-player alternative to Pug Trouble — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pug Trouble.

    platformer with unique actions that only click.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dreamer's Wake — Steam game cover

    Dreamer's Wake

    Single-player alternative to Pug Trouble — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pug Trouble.

    A stylized third person collectathon set in collapsing dreamscapes. Play as a Haniwa, a Japanese clay figure, and explore surreal worlds to restore them from static.

    2026IndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Grandma(88) — Steam game cover

    Grandma(88)

    Single-player alternative to Pug Trouble — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pug Trouble.

    Of course Grandma loves you — but she loves it even more when you simply listen. Dive into her labyrinth of memories, challenge her stories and watch everything around you fall apart. Can you escape her version of the past?

    2026IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sub Terra Draconis — Steam game cover

    Sub Terra Draconis

    Single-player alternative to Pug Trouble — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pug Trouble.

    Amidst falling gems, angry dwarves, and lots of explosions, join a young dragon on his search for a proper hoard and a mate! A varied and addictive action/puzzle game with over 120 challenging levels, plus editor!

    2019ActionIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mansion of a Million Monsters! — Steam game cover

    Mansion of a Million Monsters!

    Single-player alternative to Pug Trouble — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pug Trouble.

    The Orchard Estate is Haunted! Investigate a spooky cartoon mansion and its zany suspects, uncover the clues, and unmask the monsters prowling its halls in this action-adventure whodunnit! But beware, the mansion appears to shift each case, and seems to hold deeper mysteries…

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Below the Stone — Steam game cover

    Below the Stone

    Single-player alternative to Pug Trouble — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pug Trouble.

    Below the Stone is an extraction roguelike about dwarves on the quest for the deepest depths. A place where each and every descent will lead to new adventures -- and where only the most determined dwarves with many lost lives will be rewarded by the hidden world lying below the stone.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    I Hate Running Backwards — Steam game cover

    I Hate Running Backwards

    Single-player alternative to Pug Trouble — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pug Trouble.

    I Hate Running Backwards is a never-ending adrenaline packed shoot'em down roguelite that puts the emphasis on destruction and fighting never ending waves of enemies while time traveling through procedurally generated worlds!

    2018ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wreckdigger — Steam game cover

    Wreckdigger

    Single-player alternative to Pug Trouble — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pug Trouble.

    Dive into a short story about stranded rebel fighting for his survival on a foreign mysterious planet which is a spaceship graveyard. Encounter scavengers fighting for valuable ship parts. Meet other survivors -help others to help yourself. An action platformer with metroidvania elements.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pigbook — Steam game cover

    Pigbook

    Single-player alternative to Pug Trouble — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Pug Trouble.

    A short metroidvania platformer game about a small island of pigs drawn into the worldly events of a new world ruled by a Corporation of a Dragon.

    2023ActionFree To PlayFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Astral Blaze — Steam game cover

    Astral Blaze

    Single-player alternative to Pug Trouble — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pug Trouble.

    Embark on a quest for a rumored treasure while exploring ruins of an old civilization. A half survivor and half roguelike type game with partly randomized dungeons and character development by choice of cards found in the dungeons. Featuring unique dash attack and simple controls.

    2025ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →