Single-player games like Detective Story
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Detective Story, 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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Detective Story: Reporter
Single-player alternative to Detective Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Story.
Detective Story: Reporter - is an exciting 2D quest game with horror elements. It is about a reporter girl called Emma.
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HardWorker Simulator
Single-player alternative to Detective Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Detective Story.
HardWorker Simulator - is an unusual 2D quest where you will have to live playing as a person who must work hard day by day to achieve something in life.
- 3
Dark Side of Fate
Single-player alternative to Detective Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Story.
Dark side of Fate is a perfect 2D quest with hardcore elements where you have to resist ancient evil playing as a forester Noah.
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Underwater World
Single-player alternative to Detective Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Story.
Underwater World - is a colourful 2D platformer with dynamic and hardcore gameplay where you will have to do different levels playing as Plankton.
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My name is human
Single-player alternative to Detective Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Story.
My name is human - is the simplest visual novel where you will have to make destiny decisions playing as a robot.
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LONER
Single-player alternative to Detective Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Story.
This is a story about one student Aline who sincerely believes and dreams to prove everyone - aliens exist. But all that she gets is insults of her mates that don’t take her seriously.
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Wild Adventures
Single-player alternative to Detective Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Detective Story.
Wild Adventures - is the simplest 2D platformer with surviving elements where you have to do different hardcore levels playing as a sheriff living in the Wild West.
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Catch them!
Single-player alternative to Detective Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Story.
Catch them is the simplest and exciting game that will help develop your attentiveness. You have to play as a hen catching different fruit and avoid uneatable food.
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Furry Sex
Single-player alternative to Detective Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Detective Story.
An erotic memory game with furry characters and explicit illustrations.
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Hentai Big Tits
Single-player alternative to Detective Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Story.
Hentai Big Tits - is the simplest 2D puzzle the final goal of which to give you pleasure!
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Furry Orgasm
Single-player alternative to Detective Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Story.
Furry Orgasm - is an amazing 2D puzzle with images of furry beauty ladies the final purpose of which to give you some pleasure!
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Alien X
Single-player alternative to Detective Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Story.
Alien X - is a hardcore game where you will have to survive playing like a monster Bomber who is on an unknown planet.
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Battle Cube
Single-player alternative to Detective Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Story.
Battle Cube - is really hardcore 2D platformer with surviving elements where you will have to do different levels playing like a cube.
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Smoked Gun
Single-player alternative to Detective Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Story.
Smoked Gun - is a hardcore 3D shooter with surviving elements done as DOOM, where you will have to fight against the whole criminal world alone, against mafia.
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STRAY KITTEN
Single-player alternative to Detective Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Story.
STRAY KITTEN - is a short 2D platformer with surviving and hardcore elements where it is described a story about one lost kitten Silver.
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Z.O.M.B.I.E.
Single-player alternative to Detective Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Story.
Z.O.M.B.I.E. - is an unusual 3D shooter with surviving elements where you will have to survive in a zombie apocalypse, playing as a girl named Zoe.