Single-player games like A Piano Tale
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to A Piano Tale, 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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MurderAt
Single-player alternative to A Piano Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with A Piano Tale.
London, 1889. Step into the shoes of a young detective in this hand-drawn, point-and-click mystery. Explore the dark halls of Seraphim House, illuminate the shadows, and interrogate suspects to solve a complex locked-room murder. Will you accuse the right person?
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Beware of the Cartographer!
Single-player alternative to A Piano Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with A Piano Tale.
Map a mysterious land during the Age of Enlightenment. Draw the border between two warring kingdoms. Meet the locals. Juggle their demands with the requirements of your mission. Ethical dilemmas, secret plots, strange phenomena… will you be able to bring peace back to the land?
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BABKA-TERROR
Single-player alternative to A Piano Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with A Piano Tale.
You are a real estate agent whose job is to determine which elderly woman is an ordinary seller and which one is a scammer granny.
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The Island of Crossed Destinies
Single-player alternative to A Piano Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A Pentiment-like set in 19th-century Malaysia, featuring pirates, East Indiamen, headhunters, a locked-room murder mystery, a blade of meteoric ore, a tarot deck, a mountain of light, and a tiger. It’s time to put your thinking cap on; as for those voices in your head – probably best to ignore them.
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Hearth & Holmes
Single-player alternative to A Piano Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with A Piano Tale.
Did you ever have a virtual pet? Was your virtual pet responsible for solving mysteries in the cruel streets of Victorian London? Did your virtual pet forget to eat? Did he stay up to 3AM doing chemistry experiments? Your virtual pet is named Sherlock Holmes. Try to keep him alive.
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Served in Yong'an
Single-player alternative to A Piano Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with A Piano Tale.
Save the alcoholic, debt-ridden Mei by bringing both her restaurant and herself from ruin. Manage your ragtag team of employees, decorate your venue, craft cohesive menus, and piece together the truth behind her story. Can you get her back on her feet before the three-year deadline?
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Omen Exitio: Hunger
Single-player alternative to A Piano Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with A Piano Tale.
A Lovecraftian investigative gamebook. New York, 1927. A case pulled from real history, wrapped in cosmic horror. His name was Billy Gaffney. The man who took him was real. But his purpose was from another plane of existence. You play a journalist. You make choices. The story remembers all of them.
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Rome: The Mystery of the Chronovisor - Hidden Objects
Single-player alternative to A Piano Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with A Piano Tale.
Rome never forgets. Explore immersive 360° panoramas, search for hidden objects, and unravel the mystery of the Chronovisor — a device said to replay the past. A four-chapter story set across Rome's most iconic landmarks. No ads. No microtransactions. Just the mystery.