Single-player games like Thief's Roulette
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Thief's Roulette, 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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Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
Single-player alternative to Thief's Roulette — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Thief's Roulette.
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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Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
Single-player alternative to Thief's Roulette — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Thief's Roulette.
The stage is set. Imagine an old baroque manor, perhaps a hotel or a museum, somewhere in central Europe. A woman wanders in search of answers.
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Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Single-player alternative to Thief's Roulette — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Thief's Roulette.
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, the classic puzzle-solving mystery adventure directed by Ace Attorney creator Shu Takumi, is back! This long-awaited HD remaster features upgraded visuals and sound and new gallery content.
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Subsurface Circular
Single-player alternative to Thief's Roulette — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Thief's Roulette.
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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Still There
Single-player alternative to Thief's Roulette — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Thief's Roulette.
Every day is the same on the faraway Bento space-lighthouse - until a mysterious radio message breaks through. Evade the past, welcome oblivion, make the perfect Italian coffee. Still There is a psychological adventure game about grief, technical puzzles, wacky AIs and dark humour. How far is far enough?
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Heaven's Vault
Single-player alternative to Thief's Roulette — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Thief's Roulette.
An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.
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The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
Single-player alternative to Thief's Roulette — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Thief's Roulette.
Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
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The Talos Principle
Single-player alternative to Thief's Roulette — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Thief's Roulette.
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
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Phrixothrix
Single-player alternative to Thief's Roulette — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Thief's Roulette.
Explore a dark world of rust and worms. Phrixothrix is an adventure game with point and click elements, where you control yourself and an alien worm.