Single-player games like The Divine Deception
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to The Divine Deception, 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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Kamiya Detective Agency: High School Girl Vanished in The Summer
Single-player alternative to The Divine Deception — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Divine Deception.
A mystery set in Fukuoka, Japan. Former cop Kengo Kamiya and assistant Hikaru tackle a high school girl's disappearance. A "Photoreal Novel" fully utilizing actual photos and AI. Enjoy snappy banter and unexpected twists in this simple, choice-driven mystery visual novel.
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Judge SIM 2 Precedent
Single-player alternative to The Divine Deception — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Take the night shift as a judge in Meridian. Examine evidence, manage pressure, issue reasoned rulings, and create precedents that reshape the cases—and consequences—still to come.
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A Case of Distrust
Single-player alternative to The Divine Deception — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Divine Deception.
A Case of Distrust is a narrative mystery from 1924 San Francisco. Play as private investigator Phyllis Cadence Malone in this historical 2D adventure game.
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Confidential Killings - A Detective Game
Single-player alternative to The Divine Deception — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Divine Deception.
A series of murders is shocking Hollywood! Use your detective skills: search the crime scene, find clues, solve the mystery. Who is pulling the strings behind these Confidential Killings?
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Subsurface Circular
Single-player alternative to The Divine Deception — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Divine Deception.
When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.
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Quarantine Circular
Single-player alternative to The Divine Deception — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Divine Deception.
In the middle of a world-ending pandemic, a group of scientists discover the galaxy has been watching. From the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Subsurface Circular, Quarantine Circular is the next mutation in text-based adventure.
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The Zodiac Trial
Single-player alternative to The Divine Deception — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Divine Deception.
The Zodiac Trial has begun, and everybody's life is on the line! Will these 12 jurors be able to solve the mysteries and cooperate, or will they resort to betrayal, deception, and violence? Get out alive or die, die again!
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We. The Refugees: Ticket to Europe
Single-player alternative to The Divine Deception — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Divine Deception.
‘We. The Refugees: Ticket to Europe’ is a socially engaged, text-based RPG about a journalist looking for his big break by uncovering the plights of refugees travelling from Africa to Europe. It is a story inspired by true events.
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428: Shibuya Scramble
Single-player alternative to The Divine Deception — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A kidnapping on the streets of Shibuya brings together a hot-blooded detective, hard-hitting journalist, former gang leader, the head researcher of a big pharma manufacturer and a part-timer stuck in cat costume for a series of events each more unexpected and outrageous than the last.
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13Z: The Zodiac Trials
Single-player alternative to The Divine Deception — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Go solo or team up with up to three friends in online co-op for this fast-paced, anime-inspired action roguelike. Master stylish hack and slash combat, craft overpowered builds, and conquer mythological trials to claim the title of the thirteenth Zodiac.
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The Specter's Desire
Single-player alternative to The Divine Deception — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Divine Deception.
This year's Desire Hierarchy has begun. The stakes are now deadly. Hop into The Specter's Desire, a Visual Novel in which you play against the city's top talents to save your parents. Includes puzzling gameplay that has you tearing down arguments, hatching schemes, and revealing the truth!