Single-player games like Small Town Robot
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Small Town Robot, 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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Telling Lies
Single-player alternative to Small Town Robot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Small Town Robot.
Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.
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Paradise Killer
Single-player alternative to Small Town Robot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Small Town Robot.
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.
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Bohemian Killing
Single-player alternative to Small Town Robot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Small Town Robot.
Paris, 1894. Class differences and pervasive racism finally lead to a tragedy. A year later you find yourself on trial, accused of a brutal murder. How far will you go to exonerate yourself? Will you lie? Manipulate the evidence? Frame others? Act insane? Confess? Your imagination is the limit.
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The Operator
Single-player alternative to Small Town Robot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Small Town Robot.
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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Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
Single-player alternative to Small Town Robot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Small Town Robot.
Become the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic.
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Sherlock Holmes Chapter One
Single-player alternative to Small Town Robot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Small Town Robot.
In this story-driven detective thriller, a young Sherlock Holmes struggles to prove himself as he navigates an exotic, dangerous island in the Mediterranean to investigate the mystery of his mother’s death.
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Back to the Dawn
Single-player alternative to Small Town Robot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Small Town Robot.
Back to the Dawn is a story-rich RPG set in a high-security prison ruled by factions and buried secrets. Investigate two conspiracies from the inside, gather evidence, and outsmart a system designed to silence you. Make friends (or foes) with fellow inmates and with their help, break out of prison.
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Post Mortem
Single-player alternative to Small Town Robot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Small Town Robot.
After returning to the quiet streets of Paris to pursue a life of painting, Gus Macpherson could not escape his true art…