Single-player games like Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Duck Detective: The Secret Salami, 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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Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping
Single-player alternative to Duck Detective: The Secret Salami — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
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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Case Solved: The London Files
Single-player alternative to Duck Detective: The Secret Salami — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
A cozy noir puzzle game where you must investigate the dark underbelly of London. Murders have taken place, witness statements conflict and alibis aren’t adding up. Everyone has a motive, only logic reveals the truth.
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UnQuollified
Single-player alternative to Duck Detective: The Secret Salami — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
A charming Australian point & click detective mystery about a struggling artist investigating the mysterious death of his childhood best friend. Explore the small town of Bridgegully, interrogate quirky locals, & sketch clues to expose the truth. Are you ready to solve a crime years in the making?
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Dahlia View
Single-player alternative to Duck Detective: The Secret Salami — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
A child is missing. The police are failing. And you're a retired detective with a bit too much time on your hands. Time to throw out the rules & do whatever it takes to bring the child home. From the developers of I AM RIPPER, The Occupation & Ether One.
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Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
Single-player alternative to Duck Detective: The Secret Salami — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
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.
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Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved
Single-player alternative to Duck Detective: The Secret Salami — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch? Nobody on board remembers her ever existing in the first place - nobody, except for you. Uncover the story in this mystery adventure game!
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The Darkest Files
Single-player alternative to Duck Detective: The Secret Salami — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
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?
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Loco Motive
Single-player alternative to Duck Detective: The Secret Salami — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
There's been a murder aboard the Reuss Express, and you're the suspects! Prove your innocence in this comedy 'point n' click' murder mystery - packed with twists, laughs, and larger-than-life characters!
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Return of the Obra Dinn
Single-player alternative to Duck Detective: The Secret Salami — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
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Tangle Tower
Single-player alternative to Duck Detective: The Secret Salami — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
Unravel a thrilling mystery by exploring a strange and twisted mansion, discovering curious clues, interrogating peculiar suspects and solving unique puzzles. Will you be able to uncover the secrets of Tangle Tower?
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The Case of the Golden Idol
Single-player alternative to Duck Detective: The Secret Salami — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.
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Untitled Goose Game
Single-player alternative to Duck Detective: The Secret Salami — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
It's a lovely morning in the village and you are a horrible goose.
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Chicken Police - Paint it RED!
Single-player alternative to Duck Detective: The Secret Salami — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
A wild tale of love, death, chickens, and redemption! Chicken Police is a buddy-cop noir adventure with a carefully crafted world, a gritty story, and absurd humor. The game mixes classic adventure games with visual novel-style storytelling, presented in a beak-droppingly unique art style.
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Paradise Killer
Single-player alternative to Duck Detective: The Secret Salami — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
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.
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Mindcop
Single-player alternative to Duck Detective: The Secret Salami — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
Mindcop is a non-linear „whodunnit“ detective game. It mixes a story driven adventure with real-time puzzle gaming. As the infamous Mindcop, you can dive into the minds of your suspects to uncover their secrets and unravel their lies.
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The Roottrees are Dead
Single-player alternative to Duck Detective: The Secret Salami — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.
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Kraken Academy!!
Single-player alternative to Duck Detective: The Secret Salami — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
Make friends, free spirits and make sure that the world doesn’t end! Welcome to Kraken Academy, a technicolor fever dream that for legal reasons can only be described as "technically a school." Join forces with a magical kraken to save the world!
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Apple Crumble
Single-player alternative to Duck Detective: The Secret Salami — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
It’s your grandma’s 84th birthday party and nobody is trying to murder her. Stop suspecting your family members, and don’t worry about the strange man in your bedroom. A new creepy-cozy mystery thriller from the creators of Duck Detective.