Single-player games like Loco Motive
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Loco Motive, 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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Broken Sword - The Smoking Mirror: Reforged
Single-player alternative to Loco Motive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loco Motive.
The classic award winning adventure returns in glorious 4K with fully remastered audio. Step into the shoes of intrepid tourist George Stobbart and sharp-witted journalist Nico Collard as they unravel a deadly Mayan conspiracy steeped in ancient artifacts and dark magic.
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The Operator
Single-player alternative to Loco Motive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loco Motive.
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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Tangle Tower
Single-player alternative to Loco Motive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loco Motive.
Unravel a thrilling mystery by exploring a strange and twisted mansion, discovering curious clues, interrogating peculiar suspects and solving unique puzzles. Will you be able to uncover the secrets of Tangle Tower?
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Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged
Single-player alternative to Loco Motive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loco Motive.
The classic multi-award winning adventure "Broken Sword - the Shadow of the Templars" returns with glorious 4K visuals and iconic remastered audio, pitching intrepid tourist George Stobbart and fearless journalist Nico Collard into a journey of perilous adventures and ancient conspiracies.
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Strange Antiquities
Single-player alternative to Loco Motive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loco Motive.
Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!
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The Darkest Files
Single-player alternative to Loco Motive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loco Motive.
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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The Drifter
Single-player alternative to Loco Motive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loco Motive.
A Pulp Adventure Thriller - A murdered drifter awakens. Alive again, seconds before his death. Hunted and haunted, help him untangle a mad web of conspiracy in this fast-paced point 'n click thrill-ride.
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Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
Single-player alternative to Loco Motive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loco Motive.
Solving crime is no walk in the pond. You are a down-on-his-luck detective who also happens to be a duck. Use your powers of de-duck-tion to inspect evidence, fill in the blanks, and bust the case wide open! This is a short but twisty detective case.
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Return to Monkey Island
Single-player alternative to Loco Motive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Loco Motive.
Return to Monkey Island is an unexpected, thrilling return of series creator Ron Gilbert that continues the story of the legendary adventure games.
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MANSION
Single-player alternative to Loco Motive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Loco Motive.
Fight a real AI that thinks, adapts, and shows you its reasoning live. Battle through procedurally generated wireframe mansions or spectate five AI labs fighting each other in endless deathmatch. No difficulty settings. No hand holding.
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Day of the Tentacle Remastered
Single-player alternative to Loco Motive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Loco Motive.
Originally released by LucasArts in 1993 as a sequel to Ron Gilbert’s ground breaking Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle is back in a remastered edition that features all new hand-drawn, high resolution artwork, with remastered audio, music and sound effects.
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Thimbleweed Park™
Single-player alternative to Loco Motive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loco Motive.
In Thimbleweed Park, a dead body is the least of your problems. Switch between five playable characters to uncover the surreal secrets of this strange town in a modern mystery adventure game from the creators of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion. The deeper you go, the weirder it gets.
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Broken Age
Single-player alternative to Loco Motive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loco Motive.
A family friendly, hand-animated, puzzle-filled adventure game with an all-star cast, including Elijah Wood, Jack Black and Masasa Moyo. Funded by a record breaking crowdfunding campaign and designed by industry legend Tim Schafer, Broken Age is a timeless coming-of-age story.
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Sam & Max Save the World
Single-player alternative to Loco Motive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loco Motive.
An open-and-shut case of petty vandalism balloons into a far-flung mind-control conspiracy involving former child stars, the media, the mafia, the government, the internet, and the bright side of the moon. Telltale's episodic classic, lovingly remastered by members of the original development team.
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Delores: A Thimbleweed Park Mini-Adventure
Single-player alternative to Loco Motive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loco Motive.
Delores is back home and working as a photographer for the Nickel News. Thimbleweed Park hasn’t changed at all in the year she’s been away… or has it? Sample Ron Gilbert’s new adventure game engine in this free prototype that uses “found art” from the award-winning Thimbleweed Park.
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Sam & Max Hit the Road
Single-player alternative to Loco Motive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Loco Motive.
Grab your nightstick, squeal like a siren, and Hit the Road with Sam & Max, Freelance Police, as they attempt to crack their toughest case.