Single-player games like Loco Motive
Below are 15 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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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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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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The Rise of the Golden Idol
Single-player alternative to Loco Motive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loco Motive.
The Award-winning detective saga returns in this standalone sequel to The Case of the Golden Idol. Uncover the truth behind 20 strange cases of crime, death and depravity in the 1970s. The world has changed dramatically - the sins of humanity have not.
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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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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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Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space
Single-player alternative to Loco Motive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loco Motive.
The Freelance Police are back on the crime beat in a newly remastered version of their second episodic season. Zombies will dance. Mariachis will sing. A giant battle robot will trash the streets. And when their friends’ lives are at stake, Sam & Max will risk their very souls to set things right.
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The Darkside Detective
Single-player alternative to Loco Motive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loco Motive.
Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.
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Detective Gallo
Single-player alternative to Loco Motive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Loco Motive.
Detective Gallo is a point&click comic-noir adventure that is entirely hand-illustrated and hand-animated, and whose protagonist is a feathered and grumpy private eye struggling with a very tricky case, bizarre characters, and puzzles that will put his insight and patience to the test.
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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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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.