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Single-player games like Single Malt Apocalypse

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Single Malt Apocalypse, 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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    Pecaminosa — Steam game cover

    Pecaminosa

    Single-player alternative to Single Malt Apocalypse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Single Malt Apocalypse.

    Activate your detective skills in this noir-influenced police action RPG. Grab your gun and prepare to face the strangest case of John Souza's career by helping the ghost of a dead mobster get "justice". Hit the streets in search of intel, befriend the scum and beat those who will try to stop you.

    2021ActionIndieRPG9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gamedec - Definitive Edition — Steam game cover

    Gamedec - Definitive Edition

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

    Gamedec is a single-player cyberpunk isometric RPG. You are a game detective, who solves crimes inside virtual worlds. Use your wits to gather info from your witnesses and suspects, getting to the bottom of deceptive schemes. The game continually adapts to your decisions and never judges.

    2021IndieAdventureRPG8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Paradise Killer — Steam game cover

    Paradise Killer

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

    Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.

    2020IndieAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones — Steam game cover

    Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones

    Single-player alternative to Single Malt Apocalypse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Single Malt Apocalypse.

    Delve into a role-playing game of horror, loss and madness set in the strange worlds of HP Lovecraft. Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones offers a mix of rich role-playing and turn-based tactical combat, represented in an illustrative visual style. Can you find salvation in a dead world?

    2019IndieRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Strange Horticulture — Steam game cover

    Strange Horticulture

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

    Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Darkest Files — Steam game cover

    The Darkest Files

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

    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?

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shadows Over Loathing — Steam game cover

    Shadows Over Loathing

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

    Shadows over Loathing — a slapstick-figure comedy adventure-RPG full of mobsters, monsters, and mysteries.

    2022IndieAdventureRPG22.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Post Mortem — Steam game cover

    Post Mortem

    Single-player alternative to Single Malt Apocalypse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Single Malt Apocalypse.

    After returning to the quiet streets of Paris to pursue a life of painting, Gus Macpherson could not escape his true art…

    2011Adventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →