Single-player games like The Shadow You
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Shadow You, 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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Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
Single-player alternative to The Shadow You — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Shadow You.
Investigate murders, search for clues and talk to your classmates to prepare for trial. There, you'll engage in deadly wordplay, going back and forth with suspects. Dissect their statements and fire their words back at them to expose their lies! There's only one way to survive—pull the trigger.
- 2
Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
Single-player alternative to The Shadow You — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Shadow You.
A new cast of 16 characters find themselves kidnapped and imprisoned in a school. Inside, some will kill, some will die, and some will be punished. Reimagine what you thought high-stakes, fast-paced investigation was as you investigate twisted murder cases and condemn your new friends to death.
- 3
Case 00: The Cannibal Boy
Single-player alternative to The Shadow You — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Shadow You.
Case 00: The Cannibal Boy is a half-hour visual novel partly based on a true story, written by a writer with a background in psychology. It is a psychological horror story with an urban legend theme.
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Not Another Weekend
Single-player alternative to The Shadow You — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Shadow You.
A hilariously madcap point-and-click adventure as a determined bellboy tasked with clearing out a bustling hotel in just one wild weekend! Can he manage the chaos and evict all the guests? The clock is ticking!
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Dark Nights with Poe and Munro
Single-player alternative to The Shadow You — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Shadow You.
Guide local radio hosts Poe and Munro through six TV-like episodes of supernatural strangeness and sizzling on-screen chemistry. From the creators of The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker and The Shapeshifting Detective.
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Tokyo Dark
Single-player alternative to The Shadow You — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Shadow You.
Legend tells of a door deep below Tokyo's sewers. All who enter are lost forever. Detective Ito's partner is missing. Explore Tokyo & uncover the darkness that lays beneath the streets in this Point & Click - meets Visual Novel - narrative adventure that questions the very core of Ito's sanity.
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The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
Single-player alternative to The Shadow You — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Shadow You.
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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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy
Single-player alternative to The Shadow You — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Shadow You.
Become Phoenix Wright and experience the thrill of battle as you fight to save your innocent clients in a court of law. Play all 14 episodes, spanning the first three games, in one gorgeous collection.