Single-player games like The Carcass
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to The Carcass, 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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Kinetype
Single-player alternative to The Carcass — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Carcass.
KINETYPE is a minimalist, terminal, ASCII, roguelite where your keyboard is the interface for survival. Navigate procedural terminal grids by typing commands to move and survive. Extract to bank Bytes for permanent upgrades, or lose your streak to the system. The terminal is yours to command.
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Alcyone: The Last City
Single-player alternative to The Carcass — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Carcass.
Alcyone: The Last City is an interactive sci-fi novel where your choices can lead to the salvation or destruction of the last refuge of civilisation in the universe. Immerse yourself in a branching narrative of diverse characters, intrigue, and world-altering decisions.
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SKY HARVEST
Single-player alternative to The Carcass — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Carcass.
The last satellites still catch sunlight. You pull that power down and decide who gets it. Run Shelter 432 for thirty days, file a daily report to a commission that reads every line, and learn what your lies cost.
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CultGame
Single-player alternative to The Carcass — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Carcass.
Create your own cult, perform forbidden rituals, and crusade against the filthy non-believers. It's time to play god. CultGame is a retro cult simulator RPG where you start your own cult in a procedurally generated dark fantasy world with haunting ASCII art.
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Upheaval
Single-player alternative to The Carcass — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Carcass.
Spend your time well: in 30 days a powerful Magician arrives, and everything changes! Explore the wilds around your remote village, learn from mistakes, recover magical artifacts, and turn setbacks into advantages in this text-based open world roguelike adventure. Time's up: Upheaval is here again!
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The Forgotten Nightmare Series
Single-player alternative to The Carcass — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Carcass.
A classic-style text adventure game spanning three chapters. Enter verb/noun commands via keyboard, mouse, or game controller to explore, collect items, and solve puzzles in a post-apocalyptic, Christian-themed story. Features an auto-drawing map and hint system.
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Everburning Dark 长夜余烬
Single-player alternative to The Carcass — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Carcass.
Everburning Dark blends 2048-style roguelike merge combat, unlimited AI-driven storytelling, and companion AI bonding. Build with relics and skills, talk freely to reshape each run, and uncover the folk-horror truth of a dying dynasty.
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Kardiya: The Winds of Fate
Single-player alternative to The Carcass — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Carcass.
Rogue-lite RPG Dicebuilding game. Roll the dice, choose your companions, organize your gear, explore all of Kardia, and die. Then try again! Try again and again. Experience a different story each time. Until you find The Winds of Fate.
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Pixel Empires
Single-player alternative to The Carcass — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Carcass.
A pixel idle tower defense where your kingdom fights on its own. Workers gather, your army auto-battles endless waves, spells self-cast — you aim the bow, chain combos and choose what to upgrade. Bosses, titans, prestige, 100+ achievements. The night is endless. The bow is yours.
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Lepidarium
Single-player alternative to The Carcass — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Carcass.
Relax and collect hundreds of unique butterflies and moths in this cozy idle game. Watch caterpillars transform from larva to chrysalis to winged beauty, customize lush greenhouses, and discover rare species from monarchs to atlas moths.
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Reptilarium
Single-player alternative to The Carcass — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Carcass.
Relax and collect hundreds of unique reptiles in this cozy idle game. Watch eggs hatch and babies grow in real-time, customize stunning terrariums, and discover rare species from geckos to chameleons.
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Molluscarium
Single-player alternative to The Carcass — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Carcass.
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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Dinosaurium
Single-player alternative to The Carcass — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Carcass.
Relax and collect over 500 unique dinosaurs in this cozy idle game. Watch hatchlings grow into towering giants in real-time, customize prehistoric habitats across 9 themed packs, and discover rare species from tiny raptors to mighty sauropods.
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Mammalarium
Single-player alternative to The Carcass — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Carcass.
Relax and collect over 500 unique mammals in this cozy idle game. Watch babies grow into magnificent adults in real-time, customize warm woodland habitats across 9 themed packs, and discover rare species from tiny shrews to great whales.
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Compactor Baron
Single-player alternative to The Carcass — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Carcass.
You're broke and the bills keep coming. Smash scrap into cubes, sell them, pay up. A short active incremental: aim, let the hammer swing, upgrade your tools, go bankrupt on purpose, and build a scrapyard that pays for itself.
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Restore The Internet
Single-player alternative to The Carcass — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Carcass.
A cozy incremental on a retro desktop. Restore forgotten websites one block at a time, then connect them: where you place each page changes its income, traffic and repair speed. Upgrade, automate, and finish with a proper ending. No forced resets.