Single-player games like The Murder Hotel
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to The Murder Hotel, 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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Dark Trip
Single-player alternative to The Murder Hotel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Murder Hotel.
Psychedelic horror escape room where you eat pills and see hallucinations to solve puzzles of an eerie crime case. The most unique and bizarre gaming experiences, where you take on the role of an investigator searching for a missing woman — and are forced to consume drugs during your mission.
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GENBA no Kizuna
Single-player alternative to The Murder Hotel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Murder Hotel.
A Mesozoic murder mystery, 4 suspects, 1 truth. Investigate, interrogate and present evidence as you set out to unravel the case with your team. Will you be able to accurately determine who took the victim's life? Or will your deductions lead you to arrest someone for a crime they did not commit...?
- 3
我的一个多重人格朋友
Single-player alternative to The Murder Hotel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Murder Hotel.
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.
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Kamiya Detective Agency: High School Girl Vanished in The Summer
Single-player alternative to The Murder Hotel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Murder Hotel.
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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Scene Investigators
Single-player alternative to The Murder Hotel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Murder Hotel.
Scene Investigators is a hardcore deductive reasoning game for fans of the "true crime" genre. Step into re-created crime scenes, observe closely for pieces of evidence, analyze possible motives behind the crimes, and uncover what truly happened.
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Rainswept
Single-player alternative to The Murder Hotel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Murder Hotel.
Rainswept takes you on an emotional adventure in a small town shaken by a double shooting. Join Detective Stone and unravel a tangled web of love, relationships, and unresolved trauma in this character-driven murder mystery game.
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Trials of Innocence
Single-player alternative to The Murder Hotel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Murder Hotel.
Trials of Innocence is an indie courtroom detective game. Step into the shoes of the main character, rookie lawyer Luna Ray, and navigate her journey through the legal world. Unravel a shocking conspiracy that changes the fate of many, including herself, and confront her inner choices.
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Uncover the Smoking Gun
Single-player alternative to The Murder Hotel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Murder Hotel.
A Battle of Wits with AI: Solve the case by conversing with a suspect robot using GPT to gather evidence. What single truth emerges from countless dialogues and pieces of information?
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The Donnerwald Experiment
Single-player alternative to The Murder Hotel — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A mature dreampunk RPG with German folklore, demons galore, interactive combat mechanics and more!