Single-player games like Cockroach Simulator
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Cockroach Simulator, 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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Hand Simulator
Single-player alternative to Cockroach Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Cockroach Simulator.
There are many different levels where you can play with spinners, plunge into the subtleties of handling weapons, milk a cow, take part in a Mexican duel with your friends, have a good time fishing, play chess or simply chat in an anonymous club.
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Desert Bus VR
Single-player alternative to Cockroach Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Cockroach Simulator.
Desert Bus is back and better than ever! The 1998 Penn and Teller cult hit mini-game is coming to virtual reality, so you can fully immerse yourself in the thrilling eight-hour trip from Arizona to Nevada. It’s almost like you’re driving the “wheel” thing!
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Dead Rising 4
Single-player alternative to Cockroach Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Dead Rising 4 marks the return of photojournalist Frank West in an all-new chapter of one of the most popular zombie game franchises of all time. With an unmatched level of weapon and character customization, ambitious new features including new zombie classes and EXO Suits, Dead Rising 4 delivers a heart-pounding experience as players...
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The Backrooms: Survival
Single-player alternative to Cockroach Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cockroach Simulator.
Survival horror with roguelike elements. Explore randomized levels with different items and entities while trying to maintain your thirst, hunger, and sanity, ensuring a new experience every time. Play alone or with up to TEN friends online! Cross-platform multiplayer with Nintendo Switch.
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War of the Worlds
Single-player alternative to Cockroach Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cockroach Simulator.
Hardcore horror open world survival game which throws the player into the middle of the extermination of mankind with the sole purpose of surviving long enough to find a way to bring down the alien machines. Loot buildings, fight off hostile survivors, stay hidden from the machines, and stay alive.
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Don't Starve Together
Single-player alternative to Cockroach Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cockroach Simulator.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
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Outlast 2
Single-player alternative to Cockroach Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cockroach Simulator.
Outlast 2 introduces you to Sullivan Knoth and his followers, who left our wicked world behind to give birth to Temple Gate, a town, deep in the wilderness and hidden from civilization. Knoth and his flock are preparing for the tribulations of the end of times and you’re right in the thick of it.
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Dying Light
Single-player alternative to Cockroach Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
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FPV Kamikaze Drone
Single-player alternative to Cockroach Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Cockroach Simulator.
FPV Kamikaze Drone is a tactical game focused on FPV drones in modern warfare. Control drones in first-person in single-player and co-op, and in multiplayer play as a third-person soldier who finds and uses FPV drones during combat.
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Hand Simulator: Survival
Single-player alternative to Cockroach Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cockroach Simulator.
Wild island. Thirst and hunger. Dangerous animals and insects. The perfect place to test your survival skills, especially if you only have empty hands, especially if it is a hand simulator.
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Cart Racer
Single-player alternative to Cockroach Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cockroach Simulator.
Get a new gaming experience as a racer in a shopping cart! Play for the brutal and steep Cart Racer. Overcome obstacles in the city, in the sea, in the ancient castle and the snowy mountains!
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Hand Simulator: Horror
Single-player alternative to Cockroach Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cockroach Simulator.
Fear clouds the mind. Fear paralyzes the body. If your hands are shaking with fear, you will remain in this hell forever.
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Fly Simulator
Single-player alternative to Cockroach Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cockroach Simulator.
You work as a waiter and lead an uphill battle for their clients. You pushing back the flies from the food, otherwise you'll never get anything. Maybe you are a hungry insect trying to increase their population? Choose the opposing side. The war is already underway.
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Share
Single-player alternative to Cockroach Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cockroach Simulator.
In the backyard of the civilization, left by destiny without any hope, you'll find this house on the hill. It will become your shelter and give you everything you need. But then, the owners of the hill will come. And you will pay for this shelter.