Single-player games like DETECTIVE - Minerva case
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to DETECTIVE - Minerva case, 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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The Operator
Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - Minerva case — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - Minerva case.
Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.
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DETECTIVE - The Motel
Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - Minerva case — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - Minerva case.
DETECTIVE The Motel is a deduction game where, to advance, you must take a pencil and a piece of paper and write down everything that seems like evidence in order to answer all the questions that arise. Solving the case will depend only on you.
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Uncover the Smoking Gun
Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - Minerva case — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - Minerva case.
A Battle of Wits with AI: Solve the case by conversing with a suspect robot using GPT to gather evidence. What single truth emerges from countless dialogues and pieces of information?
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Telling Lies
Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - Minerva case — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - Minerva case.
Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.
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Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express
Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - Minerva case — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with DETECTIVE - Minerva case.
Step on board the legendary Orient Express and immerse yourself in the most famous detective suit in a race against the clock to unmask the murderer.
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Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The London Case
Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - Minerva case — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with DETECTIVE - Minerva case.
Hercule Poirot is back in a brand-new adventure, set in the heart of London.
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Paradise Killer
Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - Minerva case — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - Minerva case.
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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Her Story
Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - Minerva case — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - Minerva case.
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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After You
Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - Minerva case — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - Minerva case.
After You is a narrative game with puzzles, but it is not an easy game, here you will not have indicators or tutorials, nor can you save when you want. In After You you need to put all your attention and use paper and pencil to move forward, if you're looking for an easy game, this is not your game.
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TEMPUS
Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - Minerva case — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - Minerva case.
TEMPUS is a puzzle adventure game with time travel. Each time you advance, you will see the island where you live change over thousands of years. You can only travel forward so it is a one way trip, how far will you go?
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The Creature: Escape Room
Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - Minerva case — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - Minerva case.
You are a detective sent to investigate the mistreatment of a mysterious creature. In this escape room there are not only puzzles, but also characters and history.
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FINIS
Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - Minerva case — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - Minerva case.
FINIS is a puzzle game with a difference, we create a psychological evaluation based on your choices. Each universe offers a different experience, terror, calm, destruction, war, progress... You can choose between 8 completely different paths and each path will take you to a unique ending.
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DETECTIVE - Stella Porta case
Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - Minerva case — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - Minerva case.
DETECTIVE: Stella Porta Case, puts you in the shoes of a detective who investigates three strange disappearances. In all cases there is a contract signed by the disappeared, that contract is from an organization called "Stella Porta".
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DETECTIVE - Rainy night
Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - Minerva case — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - Minerva case.
Detective Rainy Night is a narrative adventure with elements of deduction. Violent crimes, mature stories, and a touch of psychological horror await you at the Motel Holiday. Grab a pencil and paper because solving this case won’t be easy.
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Detective - The Test
Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - Minerva case — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - Minerva case.
Test your detective instincts across three challenging cases. No hints, no help—just you, your intuition, and your ability to piece together the truth. Can you solve the mystery?