Single-player games like Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge, 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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Nancy Drew®: The Haunting of Castle Malloy
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge.
Unveil a Ghostly Legend and Find a Vanished Groom!
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Nancy Drew®: Legend of the Crystal Skull
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge.
The Search is on for an Unearthly Artifact in New Orleans!
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The Darkside Detective
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge.
Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.
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Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge.
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, the classic puzzle-solving mystery adventure directed by Ace Attorney creator Shu Takumi, is back! This long-awaited HD remaster features upgraded visuals and sound and new gallery content.
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An English Haunting
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge.
While looking for the existence of the Great Beyond, Professor Patrick Moore, aided by a fake medium, will build a device to see the other side, embark on a search for a millenary artifact, and investigate the most haunted manor of 1907 England.
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Strange Antiquities
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge.
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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Unforeseen Incidents
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge.
Unforeseen Incidents is a classical style interactive mystery set in a beautifully hand-painted world. Join Harper Pendrell and experience a challenging investigation, smart dialog and a rich cast of characters in this thrilling new adventure game.
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Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge.
In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…
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The Wolf Among Us
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge.
From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.
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Nancy Drew®: Curse of Blackmoor Manor
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge.
Delve into Dark Legends Lurking in the Shadow of an Old English Mansion!
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Nancy Drew®: Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge.
Catch this train — it’s your ticket to solving a century-old mystery!
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Nancy Drew®: Secrets Can Kill REMASTERED
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge.
Play the Game that Started the Award-Winning Series!
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Nancy Drew®: Warnings at Waverly Academy
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge.
Enroll in a School Plagued by Suspicions and Lies!
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Nancy Drew®: Mystery of the Seven Keys™
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge.
A thrilling blend of adventure, mystery, and history! Play as Nancy Drew to uncover the truth behind the theft of a client's heirloom necklace. Solve challenging puzzles, uncover a sinister web of cyber crime, and sleuth through Prague's mysterious streets entwined with medieval legends and alchemy.
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Nancy Drew®: Danger on Deception Island
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge.
Plunge into Danger to Bring a Mysterious Island’s Secrets to the Surface!
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Nancy Drew®: Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge.
Hunt for Clues on the Trail of a Pack of Phantom Hounds!
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Nancy Drew®: Message in a Haunted Mansion
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge.
Discover who — or what — is behind the mysterious accidents in a house full of secrets!