Single-player games like Sarawak
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Sarawak, 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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Expelled!
Single-player alternative to Sarawak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sarawak.
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
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Subsurface Circular
Single-player alternative to Sarawak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sarawak.
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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Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders
Single-player alternative to Sarawak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sarawak.
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
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The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
Single-player alternative to Sarawak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sarawak.
Immerse yourself in a dramatic yet charming and witty world of evidence-gathering, deduction and courtroom battles with this double-pack of the adventures of rookie lawyer Ryunosuke.
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Ace Attorney Investigations Collection
Single-player alternative to Sarawak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sarawak.
Miles Edgeworth's dramatic turnabouts take center stage! Experience both Ace Attorney Investigations games in one gorgeous collection! Investigate crime scenes and solve tough, intriguing cases through logic and deduction. When Edgeworth's past and present collide, his future begins!
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Bahnsen Knights
Single-player alternative to Sarawak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sarawak.
1986, Tornado Alley, USA… Go undercover as Boulder, an agent infiltrating the notorious religious cult known as the Bahnsen Knights. Face off against occultists, biblical storms, and an enigmatic car salesman turned preacher as you investigate the disappearance of a fellow agent and close friend.
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Pentiment
Single-player alternative to Sarawak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sarawak.
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
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The Silver Case
Single-player alternative to Sarawak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sarawak.
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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We'll always have Paris
Single-player alternative to Sarawak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sarawak.
We'll always have Paris is a short narrative experience about loving someone with memory loss.
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Iron Roads
Single-player alternative to Sarawak — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Optimise and grow your railways in this challenging train management game. Instead of waiting for money to arrive, earn resource tokens by refining your network until your towns are thriving. Avoid queues, jams, or angry passengers to be recognised as the unsung train hero you know you are.