Single-player games like Inspector Detective: Private Eye
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Inspector Detective: Private Eye, 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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Frog Detective 2: The Case of the Invisible Wizard
Single-player alternative to Inspector Detective: Private Eye — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inspector Detective: Private Eye.
You're a detective, and a frog, and it's time to solve a mystery. Also there's a wizard.
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Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island
Single-player alternative to Inspector Detective: Private Eye — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inspector Detective: Private Eye.
You're a detective, and a frog, and it's time to solve a mystery.
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Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
Single-player alternative to Inspector Detective: Private Eye — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inspector Detective: Private Eye.
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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Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping
Single-player alternative to Inspector Detective: Private Eye — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inspector Detective: Private Eye.
You are the one and only Duck Detective, a depressed and recently divorced duck who must quack the case. Inspect evidence, make de-duck-tions, and solve this no-murder mystery!
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Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
Single-player alternative to Inspector Detective: Private Eye — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inspector Detective: Private Eye.
In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…
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To Hell With The Ugly
Single-player alternative to Inspector Detective: Private Eye — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inspector Detective: Private Eye.
To Hell with the Ugly is an adventure game where you play as Rock Bailey, a gorgeous yet shallow young man, who must investigate and fight his way to freedom after being kidnapped. Alternate between turn-based combats and investigation in this film noir adaptation of the novel by Boris Vian.
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This Bed We Made
Single-player alternative to Inspector Detective: Private Eye — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inspector Detective: Private Eye.
This Bed We Made is a third-person mystery game in which you play as a maid in a 1950s hotel and snoop around strangers' rooms to uncover their deadly secrets. Discover what links guests together in this tale of love, heartbreak and murder!
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Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
Single-player alternative to Inspector Detective: Private Eye — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Inspector Detective: Private Eye.
A wild tale of conspiracy, loss, friendship, and... chickens?! Two rooster detectives are about to venture into the insect underworld to uncover a worldwide conspiracy, while also battling their inherent demons in this animal noir adventure satire.