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Single-player games like Polda 3

Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Polda 3, 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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    Polda 7 — Steam game cover

    Polda 7

    Single-player alternative to Polda 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Polda 3.

    Polda Pankrác v podání Luďka Soboty se vrací již posedmé. A je to návrat jaksepatří. Záhadná zpráva Temného lorda Vedra a havárie kosmické lodi odstartují kolotoč událostí, které může vyřešit jen náš elitní detektiv Pankrác.

    2022IndieAdventureCasual17.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hellworld! — Steam game cover

    Hellworld!

    Single-player alternative to Polda 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Polda 3.

    A story-driven 2D platforming game in which you possess your enemies and use their abilities to solve puzzles and make your way through the land of Hellworld.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DekaDuck — Steam game cover

    DekaDuck

    Single-player alternative to Polda 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Polda 3.

    DekaDuck is a 2D action platformer, featuring fully hand-drawn art and animation. Fight enemies using their own abilities and quirks to solve puzzles and defeat bosses, in a sci-fi world full of conspiracies!

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Detective Hayseed - The Cloning Madness — Steam game cover

    Detective Hayseed - The Cloning Madness

    Single-player alternative to Polda 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Polda 3.

    Join the crazy police detective Francis in his search for a kidnapped cloned beauty and go through countless escapades with him in this classic point & click adventure full of comedy.

    2023IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Winnie-the-Pooh Hops for Honey — Steam game cover

    Winnie-the-Pooh Hops for Honey

    Single-player alternative to Polda 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Polda 3.

    Uh oh. Winnie-the-Pooh ate all of the honey that Christopher Robin set aside for the annual Honey Festival! It's up to Winnie to set things right and prove that his heart is bigger than his stomach by adventuring into the Hundred Acre Wood to collect enough honey to save the festival!

    2026ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Nocky el Armadillo — Steam game cover

    Nocky el Armadillo

    Single-player alternative to Polda 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Polda 3.

    Nocky El Armadillo is a love letter to the 16-bit generation of challenging 2d platformers. Avoid traps and evade enemies while mastering the controls.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Little Brother's Turn — Steam game cover

    Little Brother's Turn

    Single-player alternative to Polda 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Polda 3.

    Relive the good old days of being forced to watch your sibling play YOUR games with this uber-frustrating, procedurally generated platformer.

    2021IndieCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shenanigans — Steam game cover

    Shenanigans

    Single-player alternative to Polda 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Polda 3.

    The Evil Dr. Wector has taken the Great Sunflower’s Sun Energy for his evil plan and now it is up to you to get it all back! Join the four hooligans, Simon, Sebrina, Rae, and Beast, in a wacky and goofy 2D adventure!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Detective Hayseed - Hollywood — Steam game cover

    Detective Hayseed - Hollywood

    Single-player alternative to Polda 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Polda 3.

    The list of Oscar winners has been stolen as part of a nefarious plot to overturn the established Hollywood order. Our hero has to struggle through a series of tests and tasks in order to uncover the clues as to who has done it. And, of course, to stop him carrying out his threat.

    2016IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Polda — Steam game cover

    Polda

    Single-player alternative to Polda 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Polda 3.

    Pancras is a neurotic cop investigating a case of mysterious kidnapping in the town of Lupany. Help him find out, who’s behind the abduction of two orderly citizens!

    2024IndieAdventureCasual3.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Polda 5 — Steam game cover

    Polda 5

    Single-player alternative to Polda 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Polda 3.

    Elite private detective Pankrac saves the world as an agent of the Time Police. Help him settle all the time anomalies in the history of mankind.

    2024AdventureCasual3.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Time Guard - The Red Menace — Steam game cover

    Time Guard - The Red Menace

    Single-player alternative to Polda 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Polda 3.

    A time-traveling detective, a brain-hacking device called the Speakbreaker, and a mad plan to make the whole world speak only Russian. Solve absurd puzzles, meet bizarre characters, and rewrite history itself in this comedy point-and-click adventure.

    2025IndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →