Single-player games like Inspector Waffles
Below are 11 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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Criminal Archives: Alphabetic Murders Collector's Edition
Single-player alternative to Inspector Waffles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Inspector Waffles.
Are the murders of three different people connected? Or are we dealing with three different incidents? Cunning and logic are your best weapons in solving this case!
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Word of the Law: Death Mask Collector's Edition
Single-player alternative to Inspector Waffles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Inspector Waffles.
Investigate serial crimes and city government secrets! You're the only one who can get on the trail and break the chain of murders. Are you up for the challenge?
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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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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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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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The Operator
Single-player alternative to Inspector Waffles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inspector Waffles.
Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.
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The Posthumous Investigation
Single-player alternative to Inspector Waffles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inspector Waffles.
A dead man hired you to solve his own murder. You have one day. Fourteen suspects. And as many attempts as it takes. A hand-drawn noir mystery set in 1937 Rio de Janeiro, where every suspect has a life, a schedule, and something to hide.
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Chicken Police - Paint it RED!
Single-player alternative to Inspector Waffles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inspector Waffles.
A wild tale of love, death, chickens, and redemption! Chicken Police is a buddy-cop noir adventure with a carefully crafted world, a gritty story, and absurd humor. The game mixes classic adventure games with visual novel-style storytelling, presented in a beak-droppingly unique art style.
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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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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.