Single-player games like Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual!
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual!, 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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Sam & Max Save the World
Single-player alternative to Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual!.
An open-and-shut case of petty vandalism balloons into a far-flung mind-control conspiracy involving former child stars, the media, the mafia, the government, the internet, and the bright side of the moon. Telltale's episodic classic, lovingly remastered by members of the original development team.
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Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space
Single-player alternative to Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual!.
The Freelance Police are back on the crime beat in a newly remastered version of their second episodic season. Zombies will dance. Mariachis will sing. A giant battle robot will trash the streets. And when their friends’ lives are at stake, Sam & Max will risk their very souls to set things right.
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Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die!
Single-player alternative to Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual!.
Hair metal's not dead, it just smells funny! Get your denim vest, bandana and makeup, and dive into a point-and-click adventure as a middle-aged teddy bear planning a comeback with his old glam metal band – in a world where glam metal has been dead and buried for decades.
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The Secret of Retropolis
Single-player alternative to Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual!.
The Secret of Retropolis is a VR narrative game of a new kind, a blend of classic point-and-click adventure with immersive cinematography. Embody the witty protagonist of a film noir plot. Meet unforgettable characters. Solve puzzles. Lose yourself in the retro-futuristic atmosphere.
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Polda 7
Single-player alternative to Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual!.
Polda Pankrác v podání Luďka Soboty se vrací již posedmé. A je to návrat jaksepatří. Záhadná zpráva Temného lorda Vedra a havárie kosmické lodi odstartují kolotoč událostí, které může vyřešit jen náš elitní detektiv Pankrác.
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Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality
Single-player alternative to Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual!.
Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality smashes together the absolute VR chaos of the award-winning Job Simulator with the ridiculous, all-out, take-no-prisoners comedy of Rick and Morty.
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Arizona Sunshine® 2
Single-player alternative to Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual!.
It's time to say hello to your old pal, Fred. Arizona Sunshine® 2, the next-gen sequel to the fan-favorite VR apocalypse, packs even more gore-geous zombie action! And what's better than braving the end of the f*cking world alone? Surviving it with your new best friend--Buddy.
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Hector: Badge of Carnage - Full Series
Single-player alternative to Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual!.
All 3 episodes available now - get the full season!
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Sam & Max Hit the Road
Single-player alternative to Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual!.
Grab your nightstick, squeal like a siren, and Hit the Road with Sam & Max, Freelance Police, as they attempt to crack their toughest case.
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Usagi Yojimbo: Way of the Ronin
Single-player alternative to Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual!.
Usagi Yojimbo: Way of the Ronin is a new, old school game based on the classic Dark Horse Comic Graphic Novel by Stan Sakai, and seen in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles over the years. This is an old school, simple, fun Retro brawler done in the vein of the classic TMNT Stand Up Arcade game.