Single-player games like The Darkest Files
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to The Darkest Files, 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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Dahlia View
Single-player alternative to The Darkest Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Darkest Files.
A child is missing. The police are failing. And you're a retired detective with a bit too much time on your hands. Time to throw out the rules & do whatever it takes to bring the child home. From the developers of I AM RIPPER, The Occupation & Ether One.
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UnQuollified
Single-player alternative to The Darkest Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Darkest Files.
A charming Australian point & click detective mystery about a struggling artist investigating the mysterious death of his childhood best friend. Explore the small town of Bridgegully, interrogate quirky locals, & sketch clues to expose the truth. Are you ready to solve a crime years in the making?
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Almanac: Detective Agency
Single-player alternative to The Darkest Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Darkest Files.
A narrative detective game about solving mysteries through investigation, evidence, and conversation. Question suspects in your own words, photograph clues, and piece together the truth in a town full of secrets. Who is lying, and what are they hiding?
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The Séance of Blake Manor
Single-player alternative to The Darkest Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Darkest Files.
The Séance of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective mystery, set in 1897 Ireland, where you investigate the disappearance of Evelyn Deane in a remote hotel full of secrets and other-worldly occurrences.
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Loco Motive
Single-player alternative to The Darkest Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Darkest Files.
There's been a murder aboard the Reuss Express, and you're the suspects! Prove your innocence in this comedy 'point n' click' murder mystery - packed with twists, laughs, and larger-than-life characters!
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The Operator
Single-player alternative to The Darkest Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Darkest Files.
Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.
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TR-49
Single-player alternative to The Darkest Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Darkest Files.
A World War II computer. An archive of lost books. A world-changing secret. Narrative deduction meets audio drama, from the creators of Overboard!, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
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Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
Single-player alternative to The Darkest Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Darkest Files.
Solving crime is no walk in the pond. You are a down-on-his-luck detective who also happens to be a duck. Use your powers of de-duck-tion to inspect evidence, fill in the blanks, and bust the case wide open! This is a short but twisty detective case.
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Pentiment
Single-player alternative to The Darkest Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Darkest Files.
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
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L.A. Noire
Single-player alternative to The Darkest Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Darkest Files.
In his fight to climb the ranks and do what's right, LAPD detective Cole Phelps must unravel the truth behind a string of arson attacks, conspiracies, and brutal murders, battling the L.A. underworld and even members of his own department.
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The Oregon Trail
Single-player alternative to The Darkest Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with The Darkest Files.
The Oregon Trail is back in a beautiful blend of charming pixel art characters, 3D environments, and cutting-edge lighting and visual effects!
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Beholder 3
Single-player alternative to The Darkest Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Darkest Files.
When a high-ranking security officer saves you from prison, you end up a pawn in her schemes. Now you must eliminate anyone standing in the way of her secret plans and try to get your life back while working two jobs. No tenant, employee or superior is safe from your spying.
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Through the Darkest of Times
Single-player alternative to The Darkest Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Darkest Files.
Berlin 1933. “Adolf Hitler is chancellor!” We all know the consequences this message bore. Unspeakable horrors and suffering would sweep across the world. Few would stand and fight the monstrosity that was the German Reich. Will you? Lead an underground resistance group Through the Darkest of Times.