Single-player games like The Shivah
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Shivah, 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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Gemini Rue
Single-player alternative to The Shivah — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shivah.
Discover a world where life is cheap, identities are bought & sold, & a quest for redemption can change the fate of a whole galaxy.
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The Blackwell Legacy
Single-player alternative to The Shivah — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shivah.
When 3 NYU students kill themselves, nobody thinks that a sinister force is at work. Nobody but fledgling medium Rosa Blackwell & her new spirit guide Joey Mallone.
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Unavowed
Single-player alternative to The Shivah — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shivah.
A demon has possessed you and used your body to tear a swath of bloodshed through New York. You are now free, but life as you knew it is over. Your only path forward is joining the Unavowed - an ancient society dedicated to stopping evil. No matter what the cost.
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The Detail
Single-player alternative to The Shivah — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shivah.
The Detail, a crime noir adventure in a modern American city. This is a city where cases matter, clearance rates matter, and on a good day even justice matters.
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Resonance
Single-player alternative to The Shivah — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shivah.
When a brilliant particle physicist dies unexpectedly, the race is on to secure his terrible new technology before it falls into the wrong hands. The lives of four playable characters become entangled as they fight against the clock to find the dead scientist’s secret vault.
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Chinatown Detective Agency
Single-player alternative to The Shivah — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Shivah.
Chinatown Detective Agency is a cybernoir point and click adventure blending stunning retro design with innovative mechanics. Play as Amira Darma, an ex-cop who has just opened her own detective agency. Choose your clients, travel around the world and solve dangerous cases using real world research.
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Lamplight City
Single-player alternative to The Shivah — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shivah.
A steampunk-ish detective adventure from the creator of A Golden Wake and Shardlight! Can you help private investigator Miles Fordham find justice for his clients and track down his partner's killer before his entire world comes apart?
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Technobabylon
Single-player alternative to The Shivah — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shivah.
A cyberpunk adventure game from the studio that brought you Gemini Rue and Blackwell! The year is 2087. Genetic engineering is the norm, and an omnipresent AI powers the city. Take control of three citizens of this world as they struggle to understand a deadly conspiracy.