Single-player games like Just in Crime
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Just in Crime, 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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Almanac: Detective Agency
Single-player alternative to Just in Crime — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Just in Crime.
A narrative detective game about solving mysteries through investigation, evidence, and conversation. Question suspects in your own words, photograph clues, and piece together the truth in a town full of secrets. Who is lying, and what are they hiding?
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Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
Single-player alternative to Just in Crime — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Just in Crime.
Solving crime is no walk in the pond. You are a down-on-his-luck detective who also happens to be a duck. Use your powers of de-duck-tion to inspect evidence, fill in the blanks, and bust the case wide open! This is a short but twisty detective case.
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Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping
Single-player alternative to Just in Crime — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Just in Crime.
You are the one and only Duck Detective, a depressed and recently divorced duck who must quack the case. Inspect evidence, make de-duck-tions, and solve this no-murder mystery!
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A Case of Distrust
Single-player alternative to Just in Crime — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Just in Crime.
A Case of Distrust is a narrative mystery from 1924 San Francisco. Play as private investigator Phyllis Cadence Malone in this historical 2D adventure game.
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Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
Single-player alternative to Just in Crime — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Just in Crime.
Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.
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Pentiment
Single-player alternative to Just in Crime — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Just in Crime.
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
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Strange Antiquities
Single-player alternative to Just in Crime — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Just in Crime.
Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!
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Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
Single-player alternative to Just in Crime — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Just in Crime.
A wild tale of conspiracy, loss, friendship, and... chickens?! Two rooster detectives are about to venture into the insect underworld to uncover a worldwide conspiracy, while also battling their inherent demons in this animal noir adventure satire.