Single-player games like Luminous Threads: A Visual Novel
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Luminous Threads: A Visual Novel, 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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NETGHOST
Single-player alternative to Luminous Threads: A Visual Novel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Luminous Threads: A Visual Novel.
Netghost is a Crime Drama visual novel with a mystery-driven story full of intrigue, twists and turns. The story follows Ian Newfield, a cyber security engineer who transforms into a cold-blooded criminal in his struggle to protect the company he works for and aid his ailing sister.
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Almanac: Detective Agency
Single-player alternative to Luminous Threads: A Visual Novel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Luminous Threads: A Visual Novel.
A narrative detective game about solving mysteries through investigation, evidence, and conversation. Question suspects in your own words, photograph clues, and piece together the truth in a town full of secrets. Who is lying, and what are they hiding?
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Greyhat - A Digital Detective Adventure
Single-player alternative to Luminous Threads: A Visual Novel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Luminous Threads: A Visual Novel.
How far would you go to save your daughter? As an infamous hacker-for-hire you have the skills to steal almost any secret. But when your daughter is taken, will you be able to use these skills to uncover a dark conspiracy that goes further than you could ever imagine?
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AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative
Single-player alternative to Luminous Threads: A Visual Novel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Luminous Threads: A Visual Novel.
Special Agents Mizuki and Ryuki, along with their AI partners Aiba and Tama, are tasked to solve the bizarre Half Body serial killings in this sequel to the critically acclaimed AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES.
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BURIED STARS
Single-player alternative to Luminous Threads: A Visual Novel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Luminous Threads: A Visual Novel.
A mystery adventure set at the collapse site of a live survival audition show. Trapped contestants communicate with each other—and the outside world through social media—as they wait for rescue. But as unexpected events unfold, trust begins to crack, and survival becomes far more complicated.
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Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy
Single-player alternative to Luminous Threads: A Visual Novel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Luminous Threads: A Visual Novel.
Join rookie attorney Apollo Justice and his mentor, the legendary Phoenix Wright, in this collection of 3 games! This title features 16 episodes (including previously DLC-only episodes) and supports English, French, German, Japanese Korean, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese.
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The Operator
Single-player alternative to Luminous Threads: A Visual Novel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Luminous Threads: A Visual Novel.
Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.
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The Rise of the Golden Idol
Single-player alternative to Luminous Threads: A Visual Novel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Luminous Threads: A Visual Novel.
The Award-winning detective saga returns in this standalone sequel to The Case of the Golden Idol. Uncover the truth behind 20 strange cases of crime, death and depravity in the 1970s. The world has changed dramatically - the sins of humanity have not.