Single-player games like Borderline Homicide
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Borderline Homicide, 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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Below the Surface:Assassin's Prison
Single-player alternative to Borderline Homicide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Borderline Homicide.
一款悬疑解谜的探案游戏，您将扮演负责案件的警探Chen，在犯罪现场搜索物证，利用关联系统层层推理，直到找到案件的真相。当然游戏中还有层层机关需要破解。真相只有一个，速来破案。
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MeiQi:Phoenix and the Chamber of Secrets
Single-player alternative to Borderline Homicide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Borderline Homicide.
本篇将以哈朵的视角基于竹简描述，还原每一个朝代的金凤凰密室，获取神秘的金凤凰历代记，最终揭开凤凰花开之谜。
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The Adventures of LinShanHai - Chapter5:Three Trees
Single-player alternative to Borderline Homicide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Borderline Homicide.
A child goes missing after school and their whereabouts are unknown. The only clue is that the child had to walk through a forest to get home. The parents suspect that their child may have gotten lost in the forest.
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Below the Surface:Uncovering the Truth in the Sewers
Single-player alternative to Borderline Homicide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Borderline Homicide.
玩家将扮演年轻警探Chen，在昏暗潮湿的下水道中搜集各种线索并揭开失踪女孩背后的真相。通过推理解开谜题，最终将凶手绳之以法，让正义得以伸张。快来破案！
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The Adventures of LinShanHai - Chapter4:Vanishing Masterpiece
Single-player alternative to Borderline Homicide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Borderline Homicide.
A valuable painting titled "Luo Shen Fu" worth over 100 million was stolen from the top-floor treasure vault of the Central Art Museum in F City. The police department has been ordered to solve the case within 3 days, as a national treasure is involved.
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Blue Prince
Single-player alternative to Borderline Homicide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Borderline Homicide.
Welcome to Mt. Holly, where every dawn unveils a new mystery. Navigate through shifting corridors and ever-changing chambers in this genre-defying strategy puzzle adventure. But will your unpredictable path lead you to the rumored Room 46?
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The Darkest Files
Single-player alternative to Borderline Homicide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Borderline Homicide.
Germany, 1956. The war is over, but justice is not served. Former Nazis walk free, while their victims lie in unmarked graves. As a prosecutor, you'll unearth long-buried evidence, confront witnesses and hunt down perpetrators. Will you have the courage to bring these "ordinary men" to court?
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ANIMAL WELL
Single-player alternative to Borderline Homicide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Borderline Homicide.
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
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Abnormal1999:Sector 49
Single-player alternative to Borderline Homicide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Borderline Homicide.
Abnormal1999: Sector 49 is a challenging mystery puzzle game. You play as Sam, searching for your daughter in the abandoned Sector 49. Collect 10 consciousnesses to open the portal and escape.
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MeiQi 2019
Single-player alternative to Borderline Homicide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Borderline Homicide.
The "Meiqi" series is a plot-oriented puzzle game. This collection is the beginning of the Meiqi Series, including all 6 episodes of the first season, namely Meiqi/Tingting/Sifeng/Aiguo/Cuilan/Jasmine, This is the entrance to the little universe of Sun Meiqi's mysterious case.
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Hundreds of Mysteries:Wendy's Home2
Single-player alternative to Borderline Homicide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Borderline Homicide.
Every case has a story behind it! You need to find and collect clues in the scene and reason at every level to find the truth. The clues can be associated or cross-layered.
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MeiQi 2022
Single-player alternative to Borderline Homicide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Borderline Homicide.
At the end of 1990, there was a murder in Changzhuang community. Both mother and son were killed. The case is full of doubts. According to the clues, you plan to visit the murder scene alone at night, search for evidence, obtain clues, and crack the truth.
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孙美琪疑案:雨儿胡同
Single-player alternative to Borderline Homicide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Borderline Homicide.
1992年7月16日，后海湖边槐树下，发现一名女尸，衣着整齐坐在槐树下，颈部缠绕着一根吉他弦，为主要致死原因，双手有被吉他弦勒伤的痕迹，初步判定为自杀。死亡时间约凌晨2点左右，死者叫关雨珑。林警官，请你在错综复杂的线索中，寻找凶案的真相。
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MeiQi:Story
Single-player alternative to Borderline Homicide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Borderline Homicide.
Collect new clues and solve new cases in the latest game in the "Meiqi" series. The new chapter "Story" takes place after the pendulum case. Liu Qingchun mustered the courage to walk into Wang Yong's house.
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Project:EagleBeak
Single-player alternative to Borderline Homicide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Borderline Homicide.
Project:EagleBeak is a mix of multiple modes of science fiction adventure game.You will play as a prisoner called ANN,imprisoned in an alien laboratory,find a way out of this matrix like laboratory.
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MeiQi 2020
Single-player alternative to Borderline Homicide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Borderline Homicide.
The MeiQi Series is an episodic mystery game. This collection contains all of Season2/3/4 and 5,which will be released in 2020,and a special episode. In total there are 25 chapters.