Single-player games like Provisional Detective
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Provisional Detective, 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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Subsurface Circular
Single-player alternative to Provisional Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Provisional Detective.
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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Radiolight
Single-player alternative to Provisional Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Provisional Detective.
Ashwood Creek, 1985. A child disappears without a trace. A local policeman is drawn into a national park, seeking the truth. Mysterious radio signals beckon him further and further. Investigate, survive and face the unknown in Radiolight— an '80s thriller by solo dev Krystof Knesl.
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Through The Fragmentation
Single-player alternative to Provisional Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Provisional Detective.
Atmospheric first person adventure game focusing on immersion and exploration. Meet strange characters, discover secrets and try to unfold the mystery of the Fragmentation.
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Mohism: Battle of Words
Single-player alternative to Provisional Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Provisional Detective.
Mohism: Battle of Words is a detective game set in the world of wuxia. The game follows Zhang Xiaochen, investigates unsolved cases and comes into his own as a hero. He must rely on his wits and razor-sharp tongue to best his opponents, find the culprit and ensure justice prevails!
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Paradise Killer
Single-player alternative to Provisional Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Provisional Detective.
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.
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The Posthumous Investigation
Single-player alternative to Provisional Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Provisional Detective.
A dead man hired you to solve his own murder. You have one day. Fourteen suspects. And as many attempts as it takes. A hand-drawn noir mystery set in 1937 Rio de Janeiro, where every suspect has a life, a schedule, and something to hide.
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The Forgotten City
Single-player alternative to Provisional Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Provisional Detective.
The Forgotten City is a narrative-driven time loop adventure in ancient Rome. Discover the ruins of an ancient underground city, travel 2000 years into the past, and unravel the mystery of who destroyed it by cleverly exploiting the power to wind back time. The fate of the city is in your hands.
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Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation
Single-player alternative to Provisional Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Provisional Detective.
It’s 2065, and you are an interrogator-model android tasked with rooting out deviants among your own kind. You must probe for lies, monitor and exploit emotional spikes, earn the trust of your subjects, and make the final call: release, or destroy?