Single-player games like Kill The Shadow
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Kill The Shadow, 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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失忆者的终章（The Amnesiac：Final Chapter）
Single-player alternative to Kill The Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Kill The Shadow.
"The Amnesiac:Final Chapter" is a story-based text game set in a low-magic world. In a crumbling baron's castle, a banquet takes an unexpected turn with the baron's death and everyone's amnesia. Players choose from 10 amnesiacs to uncover their individual stories.
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Endless
Single-player alternative to Kill The Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Kill The Shadow.
《时无烬》是一款时光穿梭的冒险类剧情解谜游戏。玩家通过操作主角解谜收集线索和乘客互动，逐渐揭开他们的故事，解救船上的人们。但船难的真相似乎远没有那么简单，这背后到底隐藏着什么？是灵异事件？亦或是.....
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The Posthumous Investigation
Single-player alternative to Kill The Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kill The Shadow.
A dead man hired you to solve his own murder. You have one day. Fourteen suspects. And as many attempts as it takes. A hand-drawn noir mystery set in 1937 Rio de Janeiro, where every suspect has a life, a schedule, and something to hide.
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Back to the Dawn
Single-player alternative to Kill The Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kill The Shadow.
Back to the Dawn is a story-rich RPG set in a high-security prison ruled by factions and buried secrets. Investigate two conspiracies from the inside, gather evidence, and outsmart a system designed to silence you. Make friends (or foes) with fellow inmates and with their help, break out of prison.
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Dahlia View
Single-player alternative to Kill The Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kill The Shadow.
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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迷雾之夏-The Vigilant Villa
Single-player alternative to Kill The Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kill The Shadow.
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.
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Subsurface Circular
Single-player alternative to Kill The Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kill The Shadow.
When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.
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流言侦探
Single-player alternative to Kill The Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kill The Shadow.
《流言侦探》是一款诡异，烧脑，悬疑推理剧情游戏，在游戏的体验中，玩家自主找出线索，并利用线索，和角色对话后推进故事。严格的推理玩法，玩家将扮演一个神秘的联络者，玩家的选择将影响了解故事的不同侧面。通过和诸多角色的聊天推理出事件一层层真相，找出隐藏的凶手。