Single-player games like Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008)
Below are 20 single-player Steam games similar to Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008), 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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Sherlock Holmes - Nemesis
Single-player alternative to Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008).
This new Sherlock Holmes game sends us to 19th Century London where Arséne Lupin, a young French burglar with an impressive track record, has just challenged Scotland Yard and the most famous of detectives - Sherlock Holmes.
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The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
Single-player alternative to Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008).
Become the greatest detective of all time in The Testament of Sherlock Holmes, a twisting, turning investigation game set in a faithfully-reproduced London of 1898. As Sherlock Holmes, you must find clues, interrogate suspects and unveil a mystery in a story full of twists!
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Blood On The Thames
Single-player alternative to Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008).
A murder mystery puzzle game with visual novel elements in a Gothic, Lovecraftian world. Collect clues, solve puzzles, interrogate suspects, and uncover the mystery surrounding the death of Mini’s husband.
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Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper
Single-player alternative to Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008).
Recognized as one of the best licenses in gaming and lauded by the press, Sherlock Holmes is back with an investigation that is sure to be the most horrifying of the series. The famous detective stands against the most dangerous serial killer England has ever known - Jack the Ripper.
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Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
Single-player alternative to Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008).
Experience a fantastic adventure with unique gameplay that blends investigation, action and exploration in a breath-taking thriller that will test the limits of your nerves and intelligence. Play as the great detective and track down evil in the darkest corners of London and the human soul…
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Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
Single-player alternative to Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008).
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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Saturnalia
Single-player alternative to Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008).
A Single-Player Survival Horror Adventure: play as a cast of characters exploring an isolated village haunted by an ancient ritual—but beware, its labyrinthine roads will change each time you lose all your characters.
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The Dark Rites of Arkham
Single-player alternative to Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008).
A macabre ritual murder puts Arkham PD detectives Jack Foster and Harvey Whitman to the test. As the investigation progresses, they will unveil a disturbing connection between the Salem witch trials of the 17th century and the end of humankind.
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Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Single-player alternative to Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008) — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
World War II rages and nations fall. The Nazis are twisting science and the occult into an army capable of annihilating the Allies once and for all. As US Army Ranger William “B.J.” Blazkowicz, pierce the black heart of the Third Reich and stop them...or die trying.
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The Silver Case
Single-player alternative to Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008).
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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BioShock™
Single-player alternative to Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008) — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
BioShock is a shooter unlike any you've ever played, loaded with weapons and tactics never seen. You'll have a complete arsenal at your disposal from simple revolvers to grenade launchers and chemical throwers, but you'll also be forced to genetically modify your DNA to create an even more deadly weapon: you.
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Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Mummy
Single-player alternative to Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008).
Take on the role of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and get ready to avoid numerous traps and to solve riddles. A mysterious murder, numerous suspects, and the famous mummy for a case that appears to be not that easy...
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Tomb Raider Game of the Year
Single-player alternative to Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008).
Tomb Raider explores the intense origin story of Lara Croft and her ascent from a young woman to a hardened survivor.
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Call of Juarez
Single-player alternative to Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008) — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Call of Juarez is an epic adventure western themed FPS game. The player alternately assumes the roles of two distinct, antagonistic characters: a sneaking fugitive Billy and his hunter the reverend Ray.
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The Mystery Of The Moon
Single-player alternative to Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008).
The game of survival and construction on the surface of the moon. Learn to build a base on the surface of the moon, maintain survival, explore and discover the secrets inside the moon, and solve abnormal problems.
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Tomb Raider: Legend
Single-player alternative to Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008).
Follow Lara Croft down a path of discovery as she travels the globe to remote, exotic locales in search of one of history's greatest artifacts, that unleashes unwelcome figures from Lara's mysterious past.
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The Sinking City Remastered
Single-player alternative to Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008).
Powered by Unreal Engine 5, The Sinking City Remastered brings the eerie, atmospheric world of Oakmont back to life with enhanced gameplay and fully relit environments, perfect for both newcomers and returning players.
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Sherlock Holmes Chapter One
Single-player alternative to Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008).
In this story-driven detective thriller, a young Sherlock Holmes struggles to prove himself as he navigates an exotic, dangerous island in the Mediterranean to investigate the mystery of his mother’s death.
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Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
Single-player alternative to Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008).
Experience a nerve-racking Lovecraftian adventure, rebuilt from the ground up with modern graphics and gameplay. Become Sherlock Holmes, and find yourself at the heart of the terrifying Cthulhu Mythos as you investigate a series of mysterious disappearances in Europe and the US.
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Sherlock Holmes: The Silver Earring
Single-player alternative to Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008).
Melvyn Bromsby, a rich tycoon, is about to make a statement, when suddenly a shot rings out. Sir Bromsby collapses - a mortal wound to the heart... A baffling murder, dozens of witnesses and no suspects! You, Sherlock Holmes, must use all your skills to shed light on this mysterious case.