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Single-player games like Investigation Stories : windsound

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Investigation Stories : windsound, 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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    不可能犯罪事件簿-Impossible Crime Book — Steam game cover

    不可能犯罪事件簿-Impossible Crime Book

    Single-player alternative to Investigation Stories : windsound — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Investigation Stories : windsound.

    This is a decryption class of interactive novel. One accident, two suicides. In order to prevent more innocent lives from being killed, you will be assigned to lurk on campus with your partner and find out the suspicious in different criminal cases.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    我的一个多重人格朋友 — Steam game cover

    我的一个多重人格朋友

    Single-player alternative to Investigation Stories : windsound — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Investigation Stories : windsound.

    This is an AVG game that involves reasoning and decryption. He Zhou has 7 different personalities, which alternate seven days a week. Players will play as a detective and deduce the truth behind the horrifying cases surrounding He Zhou through the diary he left behind.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    夏之幻形 — Steam game cover

    夏之幻形

    Single-player alternative to Investigation Stories : windsound — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Investigation Stories : windsound.

    《夏之幻形》讲述了三中最后一场文艺汇演上发生的故事。一场如其来的恶性事件发生在剧场里,主角陈安和孙依婷来到了本来不会涉足的舞台正中,找寻真相,以及整个事件的根源。

    2024IndieRPG0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    迷雾之夏-The Vigilant Villa — Steam game cover

    迷雾之夏-The Vigilant Villa

    Single-player alternative to Investigation Stories : windsound — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Investigation Stories : windsound.

    The Vigilant Villa is a plots-oriented, texts-based AVG adventure game inheriting the classic “A locked room mystery" story mode. Where the game heads towards is completely decided by player’s own deductions and choices.

    2020IndieAdventureRPGDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    杀青:序章 — Steam game cover

    杀青:序章

    Single-player alternative to Investigation Stories : windsound — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Investigation Stories : windsound.

    "Sha Qing: Prologue" is a Chinese-style psychological horror and mystery game. Players take on the role of the protagonist, embarking on a surreal and terrifying adventure in the eerie town of Wushan. Can they escape alive and uncover the truth behind the supernatural events?

    2024StrategyIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kanna Maze — Steam game cover

    Kanna Maze

    Single-player alternative to Investigation Stories : windsound — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Investigation Stories : windsound.

    In an isolated lab beneath the earth, a childhood friend is resurrected. Amidst sealed walls, a spree of killings unfolds. In a godless abyss, parallel worlds entwine like a maze. Where does one find the path to the sole universe of bliss?

    2024AdventureRPG3.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    大鹏 - The Roc — Steam game cover

    大鹏 - The Roc

    Single-player alternative to Investigation Stories : windsound — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Investigation Stories : windsound.

    Due to work, Wu Shengyou was forced to leave home for high school in a big city. The sensitive, introverted poet felt out of place with classmates.As they grew closer, he seemed her only friend, yet appeared to completely misunderstand her inner thoughts...

    2024IndieAdventureRPG2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Nobody Nowhere — Steam game cover

    Nobody Nowhere

    Single-player alternative to Investigation Stories : windsound — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Investigation Stories : windsound.

    a side-scrolling, story-driven text adventure game in pixel art. The story is set in 2079, when a Replicant awakens in a lab facility amidst a life-or-death situation. The replicant aid agency tries to rescue him but fails. In the process they stumble on the real secret of the Replicant project...

    2025IndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →