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Single-player games like Little Problems: A Cozy Detective Game

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Little Problems: A Cozy Detective Game, 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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    A Storied Life: Tabitha — Steam game cover

    A Storied Life: Tabitha

    Single-player alternative to Little Problems: A Cozy Detective Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Little Problems: A Cozy Detective Game.

    A wholesome narrative puzzle game about the objects we leave behind and the stories they tell. Complete a loved one's damaged memoirs by exploring their home and packing away their things.

    2026IndieCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Trick Eight — Steam game cover

    Trick Eight

    Single-player alternative to Little Problems: A Cozy Detective Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Little Problems: A Cozy Detective Game.

    On a remote village shrouded in bloody tradition, a centuries-old ritual endures. You are a detective with unique skills, yet branded as a traitor. Will you surrender your limbs to ascend like an immortal? Or risk everything at the edge of science and plunge into the abyss of truth?

    2026IndieAdventureRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    No Case Should Remain Unsolved — Steam game cover

    No Case Should Remain Unsolved

    Single-player alternative to Little Problems: A Cozy Detective Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Little Problems: A Cozy Detective Game.

    Twelve years after Senior Inspector Jeon Gyeong's retirement, she is visited by a young police officer: a woman who pleads with her to reexamine Seowon's case. But with each uncovered memory, only one thing becomes clear: everyone in Seowon's vicinity was lying.

    2024IndieAdventure6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Roottrees are Dead — Steam game cover

    The Roottrees are Dead

    Single-player alternative to Little Problems: A Cozy Detective Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    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.

    2025Adventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Murder by Numbers — Steam game cover

    Murder by Numbers

    Single-player alternative to Little Problems: A Cozy Detective Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Little Problems: A Cozy Detective Game.

    Solve Pixel Puzzles to find clues. Use those clues to interrogate witnesses. Work your way to the truth... ...and uncover the mystery of Murder by Numbers!

    2020IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    YOUR HOUSE — Steam game cover

    YOUR HOUSE

    Single-player alternative to Little Problems: A Cozy Detective Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Little Problems: A Cozy Detective Game.

    A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Duck Detective: The Secret Salami — Steam game cover

    Duck Detective: The Secret Salami

    Single-player alternative to Little Problems: A Cozy Detective Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Little Problems: A Cozy Detective Game.

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Case of the Worst Day Ever — Steam game cover

    The Case of the Worst Day Ever

    Single-player alternative to Little Problems: A Cozy Detective Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Little Problems: A Cozy Detective Game.

    A deceptively difficult deduction game about one very unfortunate family. Revisit their worst moments, form your own conclusions, and solve this silly yet challenging mystery.

    2025IndieCasual12.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Case of the Golden Idol — Steam game cover

    The Case of the Golden Idol

    Single-player alternative to Little Problems: A Cozy Detective Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Little Problems: A Cozy Detective Game.

    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.

    2022IndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Return of the Obra Dinn — Steam game cover

    Return of the Obra Dinn

    Single-player alternative to Little Problems: A Cozy Detective Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Little Problems: A Cozy Detective Game.

    Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.

    2018IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →