Single-player games like Murder on the Marine Express
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Murder on the Marine Express, 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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The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
Single-player alternative to Murder on the Marine Express — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Murder on the Marine Express.
Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
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Ace Attorney Investigations Collection
Single-player alternative to Murder on the Marine Express — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Murder on the Marine Express.
Miles Edgeworth's dramatic turnabouts take center stage! Experience both Ace Attorney Investigations games in one gorgeous collection! Investigate crime scenes and solve tough, intriguing cases through logic and deduction. When Edgeworth's past and present collide, his future begins!
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Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder
Single-player alternative to Murder on the Marine Express — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Murder on the Marine Express.
Follow Detective Butler and his sidekick Gilligan as they solve a locked-room murder during a haunted cruise ship's maiden voyage. Can you solve the mystery before Detective Butler reveals the answer?
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Sarawak
Single-player alternative to Murder on the Marine Express — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Murder on the Marine Express.
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
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The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
Single-player alternative to Murder on the Marine Express — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Murder on the Marine Express.
Immerse yourself in a dramatic yet charming and witty world of evidence-gathering, deduction and courtroom battles with this double-pack of the adventures of rookie lawyer Ryunosuke.
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No Case Should Remain Unsolved
Single-player alternative to Murder on the Marine Express — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Murder on the Marine Express.
Twelve years after Senior Inspector Jeon Gyeong's retirement, she is visited by a young police officer: a woman who pleads with her to reexamine Seowon's case. But with each uncovered memory, only one thing becomes clear: everyone in Seowon's vicinity was lying.
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Subsurface Circular
Single-player alternative to Murder on the Marine Express — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Murder on the Marine Express.
When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.
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Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders
Single-player alternative to Murder on the Marine Express — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Murder on the Marine Express.
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...