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®: Sea of Darkness
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.
Set a Course for Danger and Discovery!
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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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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®: 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®: The White Wolf of Icicle Creek
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.
Follow a Trail to Hidden Secrets and Sabotage!
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Nancy Drew®: Ghost of Thornton Hall
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.
Some Families Keep Deadly Secrets!
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Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel
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.
Take a Spin with Danger to Unravel the Mystery of a Ghostly Merry-go-Round!
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Nancy Drew®: Trail of the Twister
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.
Apprehend a Saboteur Stirring up Turbulent Trouble!
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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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Karl Marx and the Ring of Communism
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Workers of the world, unite! You have nothing to loose, but, like, less than two dollars. - Karl Marx... would probably say about this challenging platformer. Play as the great thinker, overcome capitalism and return the world to the one righteous state of universal, common, great and equal poverty.
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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®: 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!