Single-player games like Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale, 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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Pentiment
Single-player alternative to Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale.
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
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Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
Single-player alternative to Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale.
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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The Darkest Files
Single-player alternative to Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale.
Germany, 1956. The war is over, but justice is not served. Former Nazis walk free, while their victims lie in unmarked graves. As a prosecutor, you'll unearth long-buried evidence, confront witnesses and hunt down perpetrators. Will you have the courage to bring these "ordinary men" to court?
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Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express
Single-player alternative to Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale.
Step on board the legendary Orient Express and immerse yourself in the most famous detective suit in a race against the clock to unmask the murderer.
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The Good Life
Single-player alternative to Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale.
Enjoy everyday life while solving a murder mystery in Rainy Woods - known as the "happiest town in the world" - in this all-new "Debt Repayment RPG"!
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Expelled!
Single-player alternative to Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale.
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
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Murdered: Soul Suspect
Single-player alternative to Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale.
MURDERED: SOUL SUSPECT™ takes players into a whole new realm of mystery where the case is personal and the clues just out of reach, challenging gamers to solve the hardest case of all… their own murder.
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The Council
Single-player alternative to Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale.
Experience a Narrative Adventure where your choices and character growth truly matter. As a member of a 1793 secret society, live a tale of intrigue and manipulation on the hunt for your missing mother.
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Single-player alternative to Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale.
You are Geralt of Rivia, mercenary monster slayer. Before you stands a war-torn, monster-infested continent you can explore at will. Your current contract? Tracking down Ciri — the Child of Prophecy, a living weapon that can alter the shape of the world.
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Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition
Single-player alternative to Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale.
Experience what it’s like to be Batman and face off against Gotham's greatest villians. Explore every inch of Arkham Asylum and roam freely on the infamous island.
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Heavy Rain
Single-player alternative to Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale.
Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.
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Cyberpunk 2077
Single-player alternative to Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale.
Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world, action-adventure RPG set in the dark future of Night City — a dangerous megalopolis obsessed with power, glamor, and ceaseless body modification.
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Return of the Obra Dinn
Single-player alternative to Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale.
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
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Inspector Schmidt - The Ebbing
Single-player alternative to Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale.
In this detective RPG, you untangle a thick web of intrigues, lies, and secrets that surround a mysterious death. Find the origin of eerie telegraph signals, question the villagers, decipher the strange symbols that are suddenly appearing all over town - and hide from the danger lurking in the moor.