Single-player games like Dead Meat
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Dead Meat, 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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Black File
Single-player alternative to Dead Meat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Meat.
Istanbul, after midnight. Black File is a noir detective game: investigate crime scenes, examine evidence in 3D — rotate it, zoom in, read the back — then use what you find to break a suspect's story.
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Curtain Call in Flames
Single-player alternative to Dead Meat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Meat.
Curtain Call in Flames is a single-player 2D courtroom mystery visual novel set in a traditional Chinese puppet troupe. As defense attorney Bian Bo, investigate a murder, question witnesses, examine evidence, and expose contradictions in court to uncover the truth.
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System Clues
Single-player alternative to Dead Meat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Dead Meat.
You pick up a laptop on the roadside. Boot it, log in, read emails, scroll chat logs — and NexusCore scandals surface: financial fraud, employee surveillance, an AI performance system. Will you stay a bystander, dig in, or gather evidence yourself? Every keystroke reshapes the fate of the world.
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Last Night Last Call
Single-player alternative to Dead Meat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Meat.
Can you solve a murder with only your wits, cocktail shaker, and silver tongue? Last Night Last Call is a narrative detective game where you mix cocktails, interrogate suspects, gather clues, and shape relationships to solve five murders. Every customer has something to hide.
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speak of my sin
Single-player alternative to Dead Meat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Dead Meat.
Speak of My Sin is a word reasoning game - players are supposed to find the truth of the cases, restore the story in a number of interrelated cases and finally detect the identification of “me”, speaking out “my” sin.
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Her Story
Single-player alternative to Dead Meat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Meat.
A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.
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CaseCracker3
Single-player alternative to Dead Meat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Meat.
Confronted with fragmented narratives and deceptive persons of interest, you must isolate crucial evidence. Shatter logical loopholes from testimonies and reconstruct the crime scene from subtle clues. Can you survive this immersive battle of wits?
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Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
Single-player alternative to Dead Meat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Dead Meat.
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.