Single-player games like Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel, 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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Fateful End: True Case Files
Single-player alternative to Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
Solve your own murder in this thrilling true crime adventure game. You've come face-to-face with your fate and someone close to you is going to kill you...unless you find out who it is before the time runs out!
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Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy
Single-player alternative to Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
Join rookie attorney Apollo Justice and his mentor, the legendary Phoenix Wright, in this collection of 3 games! This title features 16 episodes (including previously DLC-only episodes) and supports English, French, German, Japanese Korean, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese.
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Trials of Innocence
Single-player alternative to Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
Trials of Innocence is an indie courtroom detective game. Step into the shoes of the main character, rookie lawyer Luna Ray, and navigate her journey through the legal world. Unravel a shocking conspiracy that changes the fate of many, including herself, and confront her inner choices.
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The Silver Case
Single-player alternative to Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
The Silver Case – the debut title from world-renowned developer SUDA51 has been fully remastered and localized to English for the first time ever!
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The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
Single-player alternative to Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
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Greyhat - A Digital Detective Adventure
Single-player alternative to Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
How far would you go to save your daughter? As an infamous hacker-for-hire you have the skills to steal almost any secret. But when your daughter is taken, will you be able to use these skills to uncover a dark conspiracy that goes further than you could ever imagine?
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Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
Single-player alternative to Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
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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Subsurface Circular
Single-player alternative to Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.
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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy
Single-player alternative to Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
Become Phoenix Wright and experience the thrill of battle as you fight to save your innocent clients in a court of law. Play all 14 episodes, spanning the first three games, in one gorgeous collection.
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Doki Doki House
Single-player alternative to Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
Doki Doki House is a Dating Sim that takes place in beautiful Australia, on the Gold Coast. In this game you play as the heroine, which suddenly becomes the temporary owner of a guest house. Fall in love with these characters and experience the interesting story of your very own guest house!