Single-player games like Detective Patch
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Detective Patch, 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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DISHARMONY
Single-player alternative to Detective Patch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Patch.
A dialogue-heavy turn-based RPG featuring a rhythm-based battle system, a world inspired by music, and a retro aesthetic. Explore the dreams of the game's characters, solve puzzles, and find cryptic secrets to uncover the true nature of this mysterious world. (Or don't. Most of it is optional!)
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HYPERSOMNIA
Single-player alternative to Detective Patch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Patch.
Sometime in the 2010’s, 15 year-old Ross Cambell finds a mysterious amulet in the forest behind his house. Little does he know, this will kick-off a paranormal arms-race between punks, militia, and demons. Crack some skulls and save the world in this rockin' turn-based RPG.
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Misery Street
Single-player alternative to Detective Patch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Patch.
A place where lost souls go to find the meaning of their lives.
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Elzypon
Single-player alternative to Detective Patch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Detective Patch.
Elyzpon is metaphysical pedagogy disguised as a turn-based JRPG.
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Rule the Dungeon
Single-player alternative to Detective Patch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Patch.
A pixel-art urban fantasy CRPG. In Elysia, command six underdog hunters as a DAB investigator—dungeons twist entire city blocks into otherworld terrain. Turn-based combat, three-keyword Logos skills, evidence-based judgment. — Many answers. All correct.
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WEBSCAPE
Single-player alternative to Detective Patch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Patch.
WEBSCAPE is a surreal narrative RPG set inside a deteriorating version of the 1990s internet. Trapped within the World Wide Web, you will make choices, form alliances, and fight your way toward escape through turn-based battles driven by playable micro-games.
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FAT HOBO: Hobocop Saves Christmas
Single-player alternative to Detective Patch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Detective Patch.
Fat Hobo is a first-person RPG adventure game about an ex-cop, turned vagrant hunting a killer. Convince, steal and piss your way to the bottom of an unbelievable mystery.
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Viola: The Heroine's Melody
Single-player alternative to Detective Patch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Patch.
Viola: The Heroine's Melody is the musical Platformer/RPG! After failing at violin practice for the hundredth time, Viola becomes trapped inside her instrument's fantastical world. Join her adventure to find her way back home, aided by the diverse ensemble of friends she meets along the way.