Single-player games like Chinatown Detective Agency
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Chinatown Detective Agency, 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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Whispers of a Machine
Single-player alternative to Chinatown Detective Agency — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Chinatown Detective Agency.
Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.
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Paradise Killer
Single-player alternative to Chinatown Detective Agency — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Chinatown Detective Agency.
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.
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Voodoo Detective
Single-player alternative to Chinatown Detective Agency — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Chinatown Detective Agency.
Do you like adventure, comedy, and dime store detective novels? Then boy have we got the game for you! Join Voodoo Detective in a hand-drawn, point-and-click noir where you’ll pit your wits and hoodoo know-how against a sinister evil that’s taken root on beautiful Zo Wanga Isle.
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Telling Lies
Single-player alternative to Chinatown Detective Agency — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Chinatown Detective Agency.
Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.
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Still Life
Single-player alternative to Chinatown Detective Agency — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Chinatown Detective Agency.
Still Life 2 also now available!
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The Slaughter: Act One
Single-player alternative to Chinatown Detective Agency — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Chinatown Detective Agency.
The Slaughter is a noir point-and-click adventure set in Victorian London, laced with adult themes and dark humour. Follow the trail of a killer through atmospheric London locations and surreal dream worlds, meeting a cast of interesting, insane and eccentrically British characters along the way.
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Tangle Tower
Single-player alternative to Chinatown Detective Agency — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Chinatown Detective Agency.
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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Roman's Christmas / 罗曼圣诞探案集
Single-player alternative to Chinatown Detective Agency — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Chinatown Detective Agency.
Roman, the wolf detective plans to spend his Christmas vacation in his favorite tavern, but murder cases happened in the tavern put him to work again.
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Deja Vu
Single-player alternative to Chinatown Detective Agency — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Chinatown Detective Agency.
Get ready for a mindbending cyberpunk experience! Figure out more than a dozen puzzles through your manipulation of time based clones and try to get the best time in each level! Dive into Déjà Vu, inspired by puzzlers like Braid and The Swapper.
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Carmen Sandiego
Single-player alternative to Chinatown Detective Agency — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Chinatown Detective Agency.
The scarlet super thief Carmen Sandiego is back! Adorn Carmen’s signature red hat and play as the vigilante herself to navigate a world of espionage, utilizing high-tech gadgets, and ultimately capturing VILE.
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Terroir
Single-player alternative to Chinatown Detective Agency — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Terroir is a 3D tile-based tycoon game where you manage your very own vineyard. In Terroir, you grow a variety of different grape varietals, craft your wine, and expand and manage your Chateau, all the while dealing with the weather and events that can either make or break your business.
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The Diner at the End of the Galaxy
Single-player alternative to Chinatown Detective Agency — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Influence the fate of the Nusa star system through your clientele’s stomachs. Grow exotic ingredients, create a menu that appeals to intergalactic palates, and discover treasures in the outer worlds. Come on in! The Diner is always open for business.
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The Diner at the End of the Galaxy: Free Appetiser
Single-player alternative to Chinatown Detective Agency — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Open a diner on a desert planet, grow exotic ingredients, create a menu for intergalactic palates and deal with powerful factions. Free Appetiser is the prologue to Diner at the End of the Galaxy, where you cook and manage your way to intergalactic riches and glory.