Single-player games like Cockroach Simulation
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Cockroach Simulation, 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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Hell Division
Single-player alternative to Cockroach Simulation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cockroach Simulation.
Hell Division is a game from the 3rd person, which is a battle of combat drones.
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Drone Arena
Single-player alternative to Cockroach Simulation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Cockroach Simulation.
Drone Arena is a TPS arena shooter roguelite where you control a Drone wielding weapons at a time to fight off hordes of mechas. Choose from a variety of power-ups and items to create unique builds and survive to the top of the arenas. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
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Distant Colony
Single-player alternative to Cockroach Simulation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cockroach Simulation.
Explore alien planets in sci-fi survival adventure, gather resources to craft tools, overcome environmental hazards, uncover hidden secrets, and build thriving, self-sustaining colonies with advanced technology. Prepare humanity for a new future among the stars.
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Red Planet Rampart
Single-player alternative to Cockroach Simulation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cockroach Simulation.
You are deployed to the desolate red planet to reforge humanity's hope. With no hospitable atmosphere, no nurturing water sources, only relentless storms, unknown alien creatures, you must use wit and determination to survive on this alien land and build a Mars base of your own.
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nanos world™
Single-player alternative to Cockroach Simulation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Cockroach Simulation.
The next-generation open-world multiplayer sandbox. Play community-made game modes, create addons with Lua scripting, import custom assets from Unreal Engine 5, and host your own dedicated servers for hundreds of players!
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Armatus
Single-player alternative to Cockroach Simulation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Cockroach Simulation.
ARMATUS is a third-person roguelite shooter set in the demon-infested ruins of Paris. As the last supernatural warrior of an ancient order, armed with powerful firearms and incredible celestial powers, scour the city in search of a lost gateway to heaven - the Sunless Gate.
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Airborne Empire
Single-player alternative to Cockroach Simulation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Cockroach Simulation.
Build your sky city while exploring a vast landscape in this Open World RPG City Builder. Combining the methodical construction and management of a city builder; the unique lift, balance, and propulsion needed for a flying city; and the compelling characters, dangers, and adventures of an RPG!
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Strike Suit Zero
Single-player alternative to Cockroach Simulation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cockroach Simulation.
Pilot the mecha Strike Suit across massive fleet battles where your dogfighting skills decide Earth's fate. Fast, frantic space combat with capital ship destruction, multiple endings, and a universe that's anything but empty. This is space combat reborn.
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Cockroach Simulator household survivor
Single-player alternative to Cockroach Simulation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cockroach Simulation.
Cockroach Simulator household survivor Allows you to simulate being a cockroach that even you can't imagine. In its view, you too are a terrible thing.