Single-player games like The Katydids Incident
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to The Katydids Incident, 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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Her Story
Single-player alternative to The Katydids Incident — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Katydids Incident.
A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.
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Greyhat - A Digital Detective Adventure
Single-player alternative to The Katydids Incident — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Katydids Incident.
How far would you go to save your daughter? As an infamous hacker-for-hire you have the skills to steal almost any secret. But when your daughter is taken, will you be able to use these skills to uncover a dark conspiracy that goes further than you could ever imagine?
- 3
Docket 87: The Novikov's Files
Single-player alternative to The Katydids Incident — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Katydids Incident.
A true crime detective game where you map suspects, reconstruct timelines, and use deduction to uncover what really happened.
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Human Upgrade Labs
Single-player alternative to The Katydids Incident — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Katydids Incident.
You will be taking on various tests/puzzles in Human Upgrade Labs. These tests will essentially be various mini games, 30 of them, placed into several different categories, created using multiple hand painted and sometimes experimental visual styles and combined into a single story.
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Ashes of Holloway Bay
Single-player alternative to The Katydids Incident — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Katydids Incident.
Immerse yourself in a chilling, interactive cold-case investigation. Review crime scene photos, decrypt restricted hard drives, compare evidence, and deliver your final report in Ashes of Holloway Bay, a dark, atmospheric detective experience where every detail matters.
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A Case of Fraud
Single-player alternative to The Katydids Incident — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Katydids Incident.
A short non-linear detective adventure where every clue is hidden in plain sight. Carefully read and cross-reference documents to unravel a CEO’s disappearance and expose a case of fraud.
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The List
Single-player alternative to The Katydids Incident — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Katydids Incident.
A young man is interviewed by the police only to turn up dead a week later. 3 years have passed, a special agent from Santa Fe navigates the police database in order to solve the mystery.
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HACK_IT
Single-player alternative to The Katydids Incident — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Katydids Incident.
HACK_IT presents players with a fully immersive hacking experience, you’ll meet characters and find out things you never imagined. Including interactive apps that will give you the power to shutdown servers and retrieve passwords.
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GAME.exe
Single-player alternative to The Katydids Incident — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Katydids Incident.
You bought a PC that belonged to a suicidal developer, do you dare to run "Game.exe"?
- 10
Whisperwind
Single-player alternative to The Katydids Incident — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Katydids Incident.
Whisperwind is a short psychological horror experience featuring puzzles, multiple endings, creepy ambience and deep storytelling.
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Office Elevator
Single-player alternative to The Katydids Incident — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Katydids Incident.
Today might be just a regular workday, or you might end up in a complete alternative reality. Office Elevator is a survival horror game with puzzles that takes place in a dark universe.
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Bodyrain
Single-player alternative to The Katydids Incident — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Katydids Incident.
Slaughter hordes of zombies and challenging bosses in Bodyrain: a zombie FPS game! Accumulate money to acquire new weapons and gain experience to strengthen your character and clean up Dawn City!
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HARVEST
Single-player alternative to The Katydids Incident — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Katydids Incident.
What was supposed to be a quick electrical repair job at an abandoned hospital turned into an investigation of a dark and sinister scheme
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GAME.exe 2 - Phantom Strike
Single-player alternative to The Katydids Incident — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Katydids Incident.
You find an old computer with a forgotten program installed: Phantom Strike. A single server is still online, frozen in time and waiting for someone to finish the match. What begins as nostalgic curiosity becomes a descent into something far stranger.