Single-player games like The Hand of Glory - The Blowtorch Files
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to The Hand of Glory - The Blowtorch Files, 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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Subsurface Circular
Single-player alternative to The Hand of Glory - The Blowtorch Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Hand of Glory - The Blowtorch Files.
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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Tokyo Dark
Single-player alternative to The Hand of Glory - The Blowtorch Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Hand of Glory - The Blowtorch Files.
Legend tells of a door deep below Tokyo's sewers. All who enter are lost forever. Detective Ito's partner is missing. Explore Tokyo & uncover the darkness that lays beneath the streets in this Point & Click - meets Visual Novel - narrative adventure that questions the very core of Ito's sanity.
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Strange Antiquities
Single-player alternative to The Hand of Glory - The Blowtorch Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Hand of Glory - The Blowtorch Files.
Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!
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The Crimson Diamond
Single-player alternative to The Hand of Glory - The Blowtorch Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Hand of Glory - The Blowtorch Files.
Follow amateur geologist and reluctant detective Nancy Maple to the ghost town of Crimson, Ontario to investigate the discovery of a massive diamond in this retro-inspired, EGA text parser mystery adventure!
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The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
Single-player alternative to The Hand of Glory - The Blowtorch Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Hand of Glory - The Blowtorch Files.
Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
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Paradise Killer
Single-player alternative to The Hand of Glory - The Blowtorch Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Hand of Glory - The Blowtorch Files.
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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Unavowed
Single-player alternative to The Hand of Glory - The Blowtorch Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Hand of Glory - The Blowtorch Files.
A demon has possessed you and used your body to tear a swath of bloodshed through New York. You are now free, but life as you knew it is over. Your only path forward is joining the Unavowed - an ancient society dedicated to stopping evil. No matter what the cost.
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Quarantine Circular
Single-player alternative to The Hand of Glory - The Blowtorch Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Hand of Glory - The Blowtorch Files.
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 Hand of Glory
Single-player alternative to The Hand of Glory - The Blowtorch Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Hand of Glory - The Blowtorch Files.
The challenge of a dangerous serial killer plummets detective Lazarus Bundy’s career into a chasm with no way out. In a desperate attempt at a comeback, Lazarus decides to secretly investigate the disappearance of Kathrin Mulzberg.
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Roots in the Sky - The Hand of Glory 2
Single-player alternative to The Hand of Glory - The Blowtorch Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Hand of Glory - The Blowtorch Files.
After five years in hiding, former Miami detective Lazarus “Lars” Bundy is swept up in another globe-trotting supernatural mystery whose origins trace back to a legend about the creation of Earth itself.