Single-player games like 迷雾之夏-The Vigilant Villa
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to 迷雾之夏-The Vigilant Villa, 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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我的一个多重人格朋友
Single-player alternative to 迷雾之夏-The Vigilant Villa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 迷雾之夏-The Vigilant Villa.
This is an AVG game that involves reasoning and decryption. He Zhou has 7 different personalities, which alternate seven days a week. Players will play as a detective and deduce the truth behind the horrifying cases surrounding He Zhou through the diary he left behind.
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《道格拉斯警督的日记》
Single-player alternative to 迷雾之夏-The Vigilant Villa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 迷雾之夏-The Vigilant Villa.
This is a detective game where you play as a middle-aged inspector searching for a terrifying serial killer in an isolated village. However, as a player, if you uncover the killer’s motives, you might consider whether to cooperate with them to achieve their goal of "killing THE time."
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不可能犯罪事件簿-Impossible Crime Book
Single-player alternative to 迷雾之夏-The Vigilant Villa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 迷雾之夏-The Vigilant Villa.
This is a decryption class of interactive novel. One accident, two suicides. In order to prevent more innocent lives from being killed, you will be assigned to lurk on campus with your partner and find out the suspicious in different criminal cases.
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你与月光同罪-As Guilty As the Moon
Single-player alternative to 迷雾之夏-The Vigilant Villa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 迷雾之夏-The Vigilant Villa.
This is a realistic + survival oriented work. The murder of a girl in a ride-hailing service two years ago, brought your 12 fates back together. You wake up in a strange room, and things are getting weird around you. In the fog, not everything you see is the truth. Is everything real or unreal?
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鸳鸯风云录——白中悬案(Phoenix sword: The Hidden Scroll)
Single-player alternative to 迷雾之夏-The Vigilant Villa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with 迷雾之夏-The Vigilant Villa.
In 1630, Ming Dynasty collapses—famine, war, and rebellion plague the land. When a tyrant is murdered in "utopian" Baichu County, detectives Yue Wuxi and Feng Shengjue investigate, unwittingly uncovering a conspiracy that will shake both court and martial world...
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平行线交点杀人事件
Single-player alternative to 迷雾之夏-The Vigilant Villa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 迷雾之夏-The Vigilant Villa.
Do you believe that parallel worlds really exist? An ordinary college student, Chen Chou, wakes up one day to find himself transported aboard a space research vessel. The strangers on the ship all claim to know him. Could it be that he has crossed over into a parallel world...
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Mystery Island:Missing Amy
Single-player alternative to 迷雾之夏-The Vigilant Villa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 迷雾之夏-The Vigilant Villa.
The adventure begins when Ada, a young explorer, receives a mysterious selfie from her sister, who in fact disappeared months ago. ...... The background of the selfie is a mysterious island with blood-red sea water. Ada decides to go out on the sea to look for her sister……
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The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty
Single-player alternative to 迷雾之夏-The Vigilant Villa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 迷雾之夏-The Vigilant Villa.
He is a bandit who sells lives. She is a mute girl seeking revenge. In a famine-ravaged ancient China, a ruthless trafficker escorts four girls to a demon's feast. But when a deadly secret is revealed, a cold transaction turns into a journey of redemption. A dark visual novel about an unlikely bond.
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Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
Single-player alternative to 迷雾之夏-The Vigilant Villa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with 迷雾之夏-The Vigilant Villa.
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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Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
Single-player alternative to 迷雾之夏-The Vigilant Villa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with 迷雾之夏-The Vigilant Villa.
Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line? And more importantly, who can be trusted?
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AI: The Somnium Files
Single-player alternative to 迷雾之夏-The Vigilant Villa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with 迷雾之夏-The Vigilant Villa.
Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.
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Escape Floor Zero
Single-player alternative to 迷雾之夏-The Vigilant Villa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with 迷雾之夏-The Vigilant Villa.
Trapped in an infinite parking lot, your only escape is through Floor Zero. Detect subtle anomalies and make crucial decisions in this mind-bending, psychological horror experience. Dare to escape the unescapable? If you see an anomaly... turn back.
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Danganronpa 2x2
Single-player alternative to 迷雾之夏-The Vigilant Villa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with 迷雾之夏-The Vigilant Villa.
While on a school trip to Jabberwock Island, students are ensnared in Monokuma’s deadly game, forced into mutual killing and Class Trials to expose the culprit. Break through contradictions with high-speed detective action. Includes both a brand-new scenario and the enhanced original!