Single-player games like Back to the Dawn
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Back to the Dawn, 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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Pentiment
Single-player alternative to Back to the Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Back to the Dawn.
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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Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
Single-player alternative to Back to the Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Back to the Dawn.
A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.
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BROK the InvestiGator
Single-player alternative to Back to the Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Back to the Dawn.
An innovative adventure mixed with beat 'em up and RPG elements. In a grim world where animals have replaced mankind, what kind of detective will you be?
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The Operator
Single-player alternative to Back to the Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Back to the Dawn.
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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Unheard - Voices of Crime
Single-player alternative to Back to the Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Back to the Dawn.
What if you could hear every word spoken at the scene of a crime? “Acoustic Detectives” wanted for testing our new device! Return aurally to crime scenes and use the voices you hear to identify potential suspects and solve the mysteries. What is it that’s connecting these seemingly unrelated cases?
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Chinatown Detective Agency
Single-player alternative to Back to the Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Back to the Dawn.
Chinatown Detective Agency is a cybernoir point and click adventure blending stunning retro design with innovative mechanics. Play as Amira Darma, an ex-cop who has just opened her own detective agency. Choose your clients, travel around the world and solve dangerous cases using real world research.
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Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
Single-player alternative to Back to the Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Back to the Dawn.
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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Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
Single-player alternative to Back to the Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Back to the Dawn.
Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.
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The Escapists
Single-player alternative to Back to the Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Back to the Dawn.
The Escapists provides players the opportunity of experiencing a light-hearted insight into everyday prison life with the main objective being that of escaping!
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Undertale
Single-player alternative to Back to the Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Back to the Dawn.
UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.
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Stardew Valley
Single-player alternative to Back to the Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Back to the Dawn.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
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Slime Rancher
Single-player alternative to Back to the Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Back to the Dawn.
Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes.
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The Escapists 2
Single-player alternative to Back to the Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Back to the Dawn.
Craft, Steal, Brawl and Escape! It’s time to bust out of the toughest prisons in the world as you return to the life of an inmate in The Escapists 2, now with multiplayer! Have you got what it takes to escape?
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OCTOPATH TRAVELER™
Single-player alternative to Back to the Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Back to the Dawn.
Eight travelers. Eight adventures. Eight roles to play. Embark on an epic journey across the vast and wondrous world of Orsterra and discover the captivating stories of each of the eight travelers.
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Slime Rancher 2
Single-player alternative to Back to the Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Back to the Dawn.
Continue the adventures of Beatrix LeBeau as she journeys across the Slime Sea to Rainbow Island, a land brimming with ancient mysteries, and bursting with wiggly, new slimes to wrangle in this sequel to the smash-hit, Slime Rancher.
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Persona 5 Royal
Single-player alternative to Back to the Dawn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Back to the Dawn.
Don the mask and join the Phantom Thieves of Hearts as they stage grand heists, infiltrate the minds of the corrupt, and make them change their ways!