Single-player games like Sam & Max Save the World
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Sam & Max Save the World, 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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Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space
Single-player alternative to Sam & Max Save the World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sam & Max Save the World.
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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Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse
Single-player alternative to Sam & Max Save the World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sam & Max Save the World.
The last game in the episodic Sam & Max trilogy, beautifully remastered! As the intergalactic villains who seek the Devil’s Toybox close in and Max’s psychic abilities grow beyond his control, the Freelance Police will come up against their most frightening adversary yet: the power of Max’s mind.
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The Wolf Among Us
Single-player alternative to Sam & Max Save the World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sam & Max Save the World.
From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.
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Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season
Single-player alternative to Sam & Max Save the World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sam & Max Save the World.
While explosively stripping the evil pirate LeChuck of his demonic mojo, Guybrush Threepwood inadvertently infects the entire Caribbean with the arch-fiend's expelled voodoo, which threatens to transform buccaneers into unruly pirate monsters.
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3 Minutes to Midnight® - A Comedy Graphic Adventure
Single-player alternative to Sam & Max Save the World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sam & Max Save the World.
In a race against time, Betty embarks on a thrilling, comedy-packed adventure to crack a conspiracy that starts with a bang and ends at 3 Minutes to Midnight.
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Return to Monkey Island
Single-player alternative to Sam & Max Save the World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sam & Max Save the World.
Return to Monkey Island is an unexpected, thrilling return of series creator Ron Gilbert that continues the story of the legendary adventure games.
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The Walking Dead
Single-player alternative to Sam & Max Save the World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sam & Max Save the World.
A five-part adventure horror series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series.
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The Darkside Detective
Single-player alternative to Sam & Max Save the World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sam & Max Save the World.
Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.
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The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series
Single-player alternative to Sam & Max Save the World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sam & Max Save the World.
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series contains all 4 Seasons, 400 Days, and The Walking Dead: Michonne, which includes over 50 hours of gameplay across 23 unique episodes.
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Poker Night at the Inventory
Single-player alternative to Sam & Max Save the World — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Seven years after the Inventory closed its doors, this underground social club has reopened for business. Play No Limit Texas Hold’em with four video game icons in a high-stakes battle of cards, bets, and trash talk.