Single-player games like The Drifter
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to The Drifter, 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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Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
Single-player alternative to The Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Drifter.
In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…
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The Séance of Blake Manor
Single-player alternative to The Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Drifter.
The Séance of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective mystery, set in 1897 Ireland, where you investigate the disappearance of Evelyn Deane in a remote hotel full of secrets and other-worldly occurrences.
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Loco Motive
Single-player alternative to The Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Drifter.
There's been a murder aboard the Reuss Express, and you're the suspects! Prove your innocence in this comedy 'point n' click' murder mystery - packed with twists, laughs, and larger-than-life characters!
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The Operator
Single-player alternative to The Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Drifter.
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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NORCO
Single-player alternative to The Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Drifter.
NORCO is a dialogue-focused point & click adventure that immerses the player in the sinking suburbs and industrial swamplands of an increasingly surreal and distorted South Louisiana.
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Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
Single-player alternative to The Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Drifter.
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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Still Life
Single-player alternative to The Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Drifter.
Still Life 2 also now available!
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Enigma of Fear
Single-player alternative to The Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Drifter.
Become Mia, a paranormal detective searching for her missing father inside the Perimeter - a place that doesn't exist. Investigate clues like a real detective and unravel the mysteries behind the Enigma of Fear, defeating the terrible monsters who'll try to stop you.
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Return to Monkey Island
Single-player alternative to The Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Drifter.
Return to Monkey Island is an unexpected, thrilling return of series creator Ron Gilbert that continues the story of the legendary adventure games.
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Unforeseen Incidents
Single-player alternative to The Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Drifter.
Unforeseen Incidents is a classical style interactive mystery set in a beautifully hand-painted world. Join Harper Pendrell and experience a challenging investigation, smart dialog and a rich cast of characters in this thrilling new adventure game.
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Anodyne
Single-player alternative to The Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Drifter.
A 2D action-adventure through a surreal, subconscious world. Explore moody dungeons, buildings, and atmospheric lands, evoked by dreamy music and visuals. Help the human Young awaken from their dream!
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BATTLETECH
Single-player alternative to The Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Drifter.
Take command of your own mercenary outfit of 'Mechs and the MechWarriors that pilot them, struggling to stay afloat as you find yourself drawn into a brutal interstellar civil war.
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Tango: The Adventure Game
Single-player alternative to The Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Drifter.
A point & click adventure based on the legendary life of the greatest Tango singer, Carlos Gardel. With a strong grasp on Argentinean culture, it guides the player through a very charming story full of rich details of an early twentieth century Buenos Aires.
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Old Skies
Single-player alternative to The Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Drifter.
A time travel adventure spanning two hundred years! Dive into the past with time agent Fia Quinn as she embarks on seven trips through time. History is up for grabs, from the speakeasies of Prohibition to the vicious gangs of the Gilded Age to the World Trade Center on September 10, 2001.
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Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
Single-player alternative to The Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Drifter.
Space Aliens have built a stupidity machine that's slowly reducing everyone's IQ to single digits. Worse yet, the only person who can stop them is Zak McKracken, reporter for the disreputable National Inquisitor, who dreams up stories about carnivorous cantaloupes and vegetarian vampires.
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Maniac Mansion
Single-player alternative to The Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Drifter.
Quick, Dr. Fred's Kidnapped Sandy and he's about to start the experiment...
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Crawl
Single-player alternative to The Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Drifter.
Crawl is the local multiplayer dungeon crawler where your friends control the monsters! Battle through dungeons and power up your hero - if a friend kills you they take your place and it’s their turn to crawl. It's a race to gain enough XP and loot to take on the hulking final boss!