Single-player games like Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments, 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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Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
Single-player alternative to Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments.
Experience a fantastic adventure with unique gameplay that blends investigation, action and exploration in a breath-taking thriller that will test the limits of your nerves and intelligence. Play as the great detective and track down evil in the darkest corners of London and the human soul…
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The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
Single-player alternative to Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments.
Become the greatest detective of all time in The Testament of Sherlock Holmes, a twisting, turning investigation game set in a faithfully-reproduced London of 1898. As Sherlock Holmes, you must find clues, interrogate suspects and unveil a mystery in a story full of twists!
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Sherlock Holmes Chapter One
Single-player alternative to Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments.
In this story-driven detective thriller, a young Sherlock Holmes struggles to prove himself as he navigates an exotic, dangerous island in the Mediterranean to investigate the mystery of his mother’s death.
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L.A. Noire
Single-player alternative to Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments.
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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Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders
Single-player alternative to Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments.
The ABC Murders is an adventure and investigation game adapted from the classic Agatha Christie novel. You are the famous private detective Hercule Poirot and, once again, you find yourself up against a mysterious serial killer who goes by the name of "ABC".
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Murdered: Soul Suspect
Single-player alternative to Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments.
MURDERED: SOUL SUSPECT™ takes players into a whole new realm of mystery where the case is personal and the clues just out of reach, challenging gamers to solve the hardest case of all… their own murder.
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The Operator
Single-player alternative to Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments.
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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Unheard - Voices of Crime
Single-player alternative to Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
What if you could hear every word spoken at the scene of a crime? “Acoustic Detectives” wanted for testing our new device! Return aurally to crime scenes and use the voices you hear to identify potential suspects and solve the mysteries. What is it that’s connecting these seemingly unrelated cases?
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Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper
Single-player alternative to Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments.
Recognized as one of the best licenses in gaming and lauded by the press, Sherlock Holmes is back with an investigation that is sure to be the most horrifying of the series. The famous detective stands against the most dangerous serial killer England has ever known - Jack the Ripper.
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Beat Cop
Single-player alternative to Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments.
A retro, pixel art style adventure in New York, inspired by ’80s cop shows. You are Jack Kelly and you’ve been framed for murder. Now as a regular beat cop you have to find out, who did that. Expect thick crime story, a lot of black humour and all the other things you can find on the streets of Brooklyn.
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Whispers of a Machine
Single-player alternative to Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments.
Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.
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Assassin's Creed® Syndicate
Single-player alternative to Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments.
London, 1868. Lead your underworld organization in the midst of the Industrial Revolution to break the corrupt stranglehold on the city in a visceral adventure filled with action, intrigue, and brutal combat.
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Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008)
Single-player alternative to Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments.
The Sherlock Holmes series returns with this updated version of The Awakened, which brings a whole new dimension to the original title developed by Frogwares. The game puts the player into an investigation of the Cthulhu Mythos - as imagined by Father of modern horror, H.P. Lovecraft.
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The Wolf Among Us
Single-player alternative to Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments.
From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.
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The Sinking City Remastered
Single-player alternative to Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments.
Powered by Unreal Engine 5, The Sinking City Remastered brings the eerie, atmospheric world of Oakmont back to life with enhanced gameplay and fully relit environments, perfect for both newcomers and returning players.
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Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
Single-player alternative to Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments.
Experience a nerve-racking Lovecraftian adventure, rebuilt from the ground up with modern graphics and gameplay. Become Sherlock Holmes, and find yourself at the heart of the terrifying Cthulhu Mythos as you investigate a series of mysterious disappearances in Europe and the US.
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Sherlock Holmes: The Silver Earring
Single-player alternative to Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments.
Melvyn Bromsby, a rich tycoon, is about to make a statement, when suddenly a shot rings out. Sir Bromsby collapses - a mortal wound to the heart... A baffling murder, dozens of witnesses and no suspects! You, Sherlock Holmes, must use all your skills to shed light on this mysterious case.