Single-player games like Grim Tales: The Time Traveler
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Grim Tales: The Time Traveler, 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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It Happened Here: Streaming Lives
Single-player alternative to Grim Tales: The Time Traveler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Grim Tales: The Time Traveler.
Are you ready, detective? Step into a tale of mystery, intrigue, deceit, and murder!
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Chimeras: Blinding Love
Single-player alternative to Grim Tales: The Time Traveler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Grim Tales: The Time Traveler.
Something dangerous prowls the streets... Can you find out what's targeting young men in Paris?
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Grim Tales: Echo of the Past
Single-player alternative to Grim Tales: The Time Traveler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Grim Tales: The Time Traveler.
Can you rescue your daughter from her puppet look-alike?
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Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
Single-player alternative to Grim Tales: The Time Traveler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Grim Tales: The Time Traveler.
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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Her Story
Single-player alternative to Grim Tales: The Time Traveler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Grim Tales: The Time Traveler.
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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Telling Lies
Single-player alternative to Grim Tales: The Time Traveler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Grim Tales: The Time Traveler.
Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.
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Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island
Single-player alternative to Grim Tales: The Time Traveler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Grim Tales: The Time Traveler.
You're a detective, and a frog, and it's time to solve a mystery.
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Syberia: The World Before
Single-player alternative to Grim Tales: The Time Traveler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Grim Tales: The Time Traveler.
Embark on a quest for identity through time, as you piece together the puzzle of two lives.
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Haunted Hotel
Single-player alternative to Grim Tales: The Time Traveler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Grim Tales: The Time Traveler.
Check in to the spooky Haunted Hotel and immerse yourself in a thrilling adventure!
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Midnight Calling: Wise Dragon Collector's Edition
Single-player alternative to Grim Tales: The Time Traveler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Grim Tales: The Time Traveler.
A visit to your father takes a dark turn as you find your hometown in flames! Your only hope is to find the Wise Dragon, but are they friend or foe? It’s up to you to find out!
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Halloween Stories: Mark on the Bone Collector's Edition
Single-player alternative to Grim Tales: The Time Traveler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Grim Tales: The Time Traveler.
When an evil spirit starts claiming souls from its abandoned fortress, can you use your skills as a Medium to stop the Dark Keeper’s plans and escape with your life in time?
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Book Travelers: A Victorian Story Collector's Edition
Single-player alternative to Grim Tales: The Time Traveler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Grim Tales: The Time Traveler.
As head librarian takes a strange turn when novelist Charlotte Brontë herself magically appears to ask for your help! Someone’s going into famous stories and changing them, threatening the worlds and characters inside. Can you travel into your favorite novels to stop a dangerous vigilante in time?
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Crossroads: Escaping the Dark Collector's Edition
Single-player alternative to Grim Tales: The Time Traveler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Grim Tales: The Time Traveler.
A visit to Crossroads becomes a digital nightmare for a gamer struggling with a host of trauma-induced phobias!
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Christmas Stories: Taxi of Miracles Collector's Edition
Single-player alternative to Grim Tales: The Time Traveler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Grim Tales: The Time Traveler.
A tough year has put a damper on your town’s holiday cheer. With Christmas just around the corner, it’s up to you and a jolly cab driver named Nick to help townspeople in need and share the true meaning of Christmas with one and all!
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Cursed Fables: Twisted Tower Collector's Edition
Single-player alternative to Grim Tales: The Time Traveler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Grim Tales: The Time Traveler.
When news of a creature stealing the souls of men from a local village reaches your coven, it’s the perfect chance for you to prove you’re ready to join their ranks! Do you have what it takes to stop the beast from destroying the kingdom, or will you lose yourself to the tower’s darkness?
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Paranormal Files: Price of a Secret Collector's Edition
Single-player alternative to Grim Tales: The Time Traveler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Grim Tales: The Time Traveler.
Rumors of hauntings surround the Russells’ Winery and Hotel for decades, but it’s not until you arrive that the paranormal goes on the offensive! Something doesn’t want you investigating the secluded island, and it will do anything to keep its secrets buried. Crack the case before it’s too late?