Single-player games like Lacuna: Prologue
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Lacuna: Prologue, 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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Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
Single-player alternative to Lacuna: Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lacuna: Prologue.
A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.
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Chinatown Detective Agency
Single-player alternative to Lacuna: Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Lacuna: Prologue.
Chinatown Detective Agency is a cybernoir point and click adventure blending stunning retro design with innovative mechanics. Play as Amira Darma, an ex-cop who has just opened her own detective agency. Choose your clients, travel around the world and solve dangerous cases using real world research.
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The Operator
Single-player alternative to Lacuna: Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lacuna: Prologue.
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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Whispers of a Machine
Single-player alternative to Lacuna: Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Lacuna: Prologue.
Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.
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The Detail
Single-player alternative to Lacuna: Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lacuna: Prologue.
The Detail, a crime noir adventure in a modern American city. This is a city where cases matter, clearance rates matter, and on a good day even justice matters.
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Back to the Dawn
Single-player alternative to Lacuna: Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lacuna: Prologue.
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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Confidential Killings - A Detective Game
Single-player alternative to Lacuna: Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lacuna: Prologue.
A series of murders is shocking Hollywood! Use your detective skills: search the crime scene, find clues, solve the mystery. Who is pulling the strings behind these Confidential Killings?
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L.A. Noire
Single-player alternative to Lacuna: Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Lacuna: Prologue.
In his fight to climb the ranks and do what's right, LAPD detective Cole Phelps must unravel the truth behind a string of arson attacks, conspiracies, and brutal murders, battling the L.A. underworld and even members of his own department.
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Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
Single-player alternative to Lacuna: Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lacuna: Prologue.
Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.