Single-player games like C.A.R.L.
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to C.A.R.L., 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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ElecHead
Single-player alternative to C.A.R.L. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with C.A.R.L..
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Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack
Single-player alternative to C.A.R.L. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with C.A.R.L..
A sci-fi puzzle-platformer of cataclysmic proportions! Evolve from a tiny captive into a world-eating giant. Use your mutant blob powers to devour the pathetic humans and all of civilization!
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Planet of the Eyes
Single-player alternative to C.A.R.L. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with C.A.R.L..
An atmospheric narrative-platformer about a service robot stranded on a mysterious planet, Planet of the Eyes features a stunning visual mix of puzzle and platforming challenges, an original musical score, and fully voiced audio logs left by another survivor. Explore the mystery of an unknown world.
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PONCHO
Single-player alternative to C.A.R.L. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with C.A.R.L..
A robot, a poncho and a journey of discovery! Make your way through this wonderful world of pixelated parallax platforming to solve the ultimate puzzle: who is Poncho?
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Secret Agent HD
Single-player alternative to C.A.R.L. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with C.A.R.L..
Return to the remote island classic world of rewards and traps in the HD remake of Secret Agent! Guide 006 through puzzles & arcade challenges of your favorite missions, then uncover the whole new Episode loaded with all new puzzles, enemies, challenges, hazards & help 006 finally defeat DVS!
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Sunblaze
Single-player alternative to C.A.R.L. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with C.A.R.L..
Sunblaze is a brain-twisting precision platformer with hundreds of challenging, handcrafted levels to keep you dying for hours and hours.
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Horace
Single-player alternative to C.A.R.L. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with C.A.R.L..
"The best platformer of 2019."Horace is a huge platforming adventure which pushes the boundaries of the genre with a profound story of a small robot learning of life, the universe and Douglas Adams. Made by videogame lovers for videogame lovers!
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Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials
Single-player alternative to C.A.R.L. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with C.A.R.L..
Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials is a snarky action-adventure puzzle game with a good dose of humor. Explore hundreds of secret-filled rooms, fight big bosses, gather companions for your party and use the powers of Pip—your bat buddy—to solve puzzles and escape the eldritch abyss!
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Commander Keen
Single-player alternative to C.A.R.L. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with C.A.R.L..
Commander Keen: Invasion of the Vorticons: Episode 1: Marooned on Mars (Dec. 14th 1990) Episode 2: The Earth Explodes (1991) Episode 3: Keen Must Die! (1991) Commander Keen's very first adventure, and the debut of id's groundbreaking side-scrolling technology.
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Cave Story+
Single-player alternative to C.A.R.L. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with C.A.R.L..
Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.