Single-player games like Cat 3
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Cat 3, 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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Collapsle
Single-player alternative to Cat 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Cat 3.
Collapsle is a fast-paced match-three score attack roguelite set in the Gold Rush West. Create powerful synergies and score big, with tons of items, characters, customization options, and challenges to discover!
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One Pop Planet
Single-player alternative to Cat 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Cat 3.
A Tetris-like puzzle game, played with a single button, and pieces that fall from all four directions. Match colourful pixel art pieces to feed your planet and hit the leaderboard, all while dealing with escalating speed, meteor storms, black holes, and more!
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Gyre
Single-player alternative to Cat 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cat 3.
Gyre is a unique space-themed puzzle game! Strategically place planets and enhancements onto dynamic orbits to gain millions of points in combinations.
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Kill The Nova
Single-player alternative to Cat 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cat 3.
Classic puzzle meets roguelike deck-building! Collect a variety of unique pieces, build powerful synergies, and unleash overwhelmingly inflated scores through explosive “multipliers.” Smash impossible numbers straight into your enemies and beat up the final boss—the developer himself!
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Pastry Pile Up
Single-player alternative to Cat 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cat 3.
Drop and merge pastries to create bigger, more delicious treats! Serve your sweet creations to adorable cat customers to earn coins. Use your coins to fully customize your cozy bakery, and compete on the global leaderboard to achieve the highest score.
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CatMelon - Suika Game
Single-player alternative to Cat 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cat 3.
Combine several adorable cats dressed as fruits inside their favorite playing space: the cardboard box! Match two identical cats to create an increasingly larger cat until you reach the CatMelon. Develop your best strategy to remain at the top of the ranking!
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rook
Single-player alternative to Cat 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Cat 3.
rook is a chess deckbuilding roguelike. cover your board in stickers and stack spare tiles to supercharge the cascading chaos and watch your scores go exponential, maybe then you might just survive the gauntlet.
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BOX: Space Station
Single-player alternative to Cat 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cat 3.
BOX: Space Station is a challenging puzzle game where your objective is to escape, but the more than one hundred levels will make your objective more difficult.