Single-player games like Inspector Waffles
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Inspector Waffles, 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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Nine Noir Lives
Single-player alternative to Inspector Waffles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inspector Waffles.
Stretch your legs, clean your whiskers, and dive into Nine Noir Lives. Enjoy a "point-and-lick" comedy-noir adventure, full of humour, crazy characters, and intriguing locations. Solve challenging puzzles and answer the immortal question: how many things need to be licked to solve a murder in this town?
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Tangle Tower
Single-player alternative to Inspector Waffles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inspector Waffles.
Unravel a thrilling mystery by exploring a strange and twisted mansion, discovering curious clues, interrogating peculiar suspects and solving unique puzzles. Will you be able to uncover the secrets of Tangle Tower?
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Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
Single-player alternative to Inspector Waffles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Inspector Waffles.
A wild tale of conspiracy, loss, friendship, and... chickens?! Two rooster detectives are about to venture into the insect underworld to uncover a worldwide conspiracy, while also battling their inherent demons in this animal noir adventure satire.
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Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
Single-player alternative to Inspector Waffles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Inspector Waffles.
Become the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic.
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Still Life
Single-player alternative to Inspector Waffles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Inspector Waffles.
Still Life 2 also now available!
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Chinatown Detective Agency
Single-player alternative to Inspector Waffles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Inspector Waffles.
Chinatown Detective Agency is a cybernoir point and click adventure blending stunning retro design with innovative mechanics. Play as Amira Darma, an ex-cop who has just opened her own detective agency. Choose your clients, travel around the world and solve dangerous cases using real world research.
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Detective Gallo
Single-player alternative to Inspector Waffles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Inspector Waffles.
Detective Gallo is a point&click comic-noir adventure that is entirely hand-illustrated and hand-animated, and whose protagonist is a feathered and grumpy private eye struggling with a very tricky case, bizarre characters, and puzzles that will put his insight and patience to the test.
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Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
Single-player alternative to Inspector Waffles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inspector Waffles.
A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.
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Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009)
Single-player alternative to Inspector Waffles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Inspector Waffles.
One of the all-time classic adventures, multi award winning "Broken Sword: Director's Cut" pitches sassy journalist Nico Collard, and intrepid American George Stobbart into a mysterious journey of intrigue and jeopardy.
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The Darkside Detective
Single-player alternative to Inspector Waffles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inspector Waffles.
Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.
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Sam & Max Save the World
Single-player alternative to Inspector Waffles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inspector Waffles.
An open-and-shut case of petty vandalism balloons into a far-flung mind-control conspiracy involving former child stars, the media, the mafia, the government, the internet, and the bright side of the moon. Telltale's episodic classic, lovingly remastered by members of the original development team.
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Antenna Dilemma: Prologue
Single-player alternative to Inspector Waffles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inspector Waffles.
Antenna Dilemma is a short and witty point&click in which you'll follow the story of C432632, a finicky grey cube that sure doesn't want to miss his favorite TV show.
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Inspector Waffles Early Days
Single-player alternative to Inspector Waffles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Inspector Waffles.
A top-down detective adventure with point-and-click mechanics, inspired by classic Game Boy games. Follow Waffles in his first days as an inspector who wants to prove to everyone that he is more than just a rookie. But beware… Your future worst enemy is hiding in the shadows.