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Single-player games like 铲屎官兼侦探-Cat Detective

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to 铲屎官兼侦探-Cat Detective, 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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    十月怪谈-Insane Rules — Steam game cover

    十月怪谈-Insane Rules

    Single-player alternative to 铲屎官兼侦探-Cat Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with 铲屎官兼侦探-Cat Detective.

    When you live alone at home, you suddenly encounter all kinds of strange things, such as hair in the water pipe, strange figures on TV, eyeballs in the refrigerator, and so on. What's the matter?

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    不可能犯罪事件簿-Impossible Crime Book — Steam game cover

    不可能犯罪事件簿-Impossible Crime Book

    Single-player alternative to 铲屎官兼侦探-Cat Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with 铲屎官兼侦探-Cat Detective.

    This is a decryption class of interactive novel. One accident, two suicides. In order to prevent more innocent lives from being killed, you will be assigned to lurk on campus with your partner and find out the suspicious in different criminal cases.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    村庄-The Village — Steam game cover

    村庄-The Village

    Single-player alternative to 铲屎官兼侦探-Cat Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with 铲屎官兼侦探-Cat Detective.

    After you graduated from college, you were assigned to a small village as a doctor.It looks like an ordinary village, but there are many strange things in it.A man knocking at the door in the middle of the night may not be asking for a doctor.The person you saw may not be alive.Haunted?

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure8.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    死亡编码-Death Code — Steam game cover

    死亡编码-Death Code

    Single-player alternative to 铲屎官兼侦探-Cat Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with 铲屎官兼侦探-Cat Detective.

    Death Code is a battle royale genre. It tells the story of Lin Mohuai, a female protagonist with amnesia, who wakes up to find herself involved in an eight-person battle royale game. Everyone is given a code, and the way to win is to kill the player whose number is plus one.

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    残雪凝辉录-Truth in Turbulent — Steam game cover

    残雪凝辉录-Truth in Turbulent

    Single-player alternative to 铲屎官兼侦探-Cat Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with 铲屎官兼侦探-Cat Detective.

    Truth in Turbulent "Truth in Turbulent" is an AVG mystery set in a chaotic era. As Meng Xubai, uncover truths behind your uncle's disappearance and find the truth with wit and courage.

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Coffee flavor of love 咖啡甜恋 — Steam game cover

    Coffee flavor of love 咖啡甜恋

    Single-player alternative to 铲屎官兼侦探-Cat Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 铲屎官兼侦探-Cat Detective.

    Sweet love begins in the coffee shop. Office romances of coffee shop employees. This is a visual novel game with two endings.

    2021IndieAdventureRPG3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    迷雾之夏-The Vigilant Villa — Steam game cover

    迷雾之夏-The Vigilant Villa

    Single-player alternative to 铲屎官兼侦探-Cat Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 铲屎官兼侦探-Cat Detective.

    The Vigilant Villa is a plots-oriented, texts-based AVG adventure game inheriting the classic “A locked room mystery" story mode. Where the game heads towards is completely decided by player’s own deductions and choices.

    2020IndieAdventureRPGDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Test: Secrets of the Soul — Steam game cover

    The Test: Secrets of the Soul

    Single-player alternative to 铲屎官兼侦探-Cat Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 铲屎官兼侦探-Cat Detective.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."

    2023IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →