Single-player games like Arcane Library
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Arcane Library, 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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Sweet Street
Single-player alternative to Arcane Library — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Arcane Library.
A quiet Edwardian front garden, and whoever calls at it. Put things out, learn what each animal likes, and wait. Cats come over the fence, the year turns in fortnights, and nothing is ever lost. The garden carries on while you are away.
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The Grotto Index
Single-player alternative to Arcane Library — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Arcane Library.
A cozy nonogram (picross) adventure. Descend a living dungeon and fill a naturalist's journal one picture-logic puzzle at a time. 100 hand-crafted specimens across 10 floors. No fail states, no guessing: every puzzle is solvable by pure logic. Just you, a lantern, and quiet discovery.
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101 Dogs Hidden in Shenzhen
Single-player alternative to Arcane Library — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Arcane Library.
Join this adventure and discover the hiding places of 101 dogs in Shenzhen 🐾 in the hand-crafted landscape. 🏆 Earn tons of achievements. How many 🐶 can you find? 🔎 Be quick! ⏱️
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Shelves and Sorcery: Tidy Up the Enchanted Shop
Single-player alternative to Arcane Library — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Arcane Library.
Restore order to three ransacked fantasy shops! Organize thousands of items, master helpful sorceries and enchantments, relax at your own pace, race the global leaderboards, and unlock new ways to play. Every item has a shelf. Can you find them all?
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Nanomon Virtual Pet
Single-player alternative to Arcane Library — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Arcane Library.
Nanomon are byte-sized virtual pets for the corner of your screen! Raise over 25 unique monsters, and explore their cyber-world! Feed them, train them, or chill with them! By your side, nanomon evolve, learn new abilities, and venture further into the Nanoscape! What kind of monster will you raise?
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NoSlack Pets: Lo-Fi Paws
Single-player alternative to Arcane Library — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Arcane Library.
A warm and cozy desktop cat companion game. Let Miino keep you company while you work or study, focus with Pomodoro, Lo-Fi, to-do lists, and white noise; collect Headgear and decorations, decorate your room, join the Online Study Room, go fishing, and build your own relaxing desktop space.
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Cats Everywhere
Single-player alternative to Arcane Library — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Arcane Library.
Find cats in a relaxing hidden-object game for cat lovers. Can you find them all?
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Cupid Nonogram
Single-player alternative to Arcane Library — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Arcane Library.
Use your logic to paint beautiful images in this relaxing puzzle. The gorgeous visuals and relaxing soundtrack will help you forget all your problems and have a great time!