Single-player games like THE BRiLLiANT COUP
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to THE BRiLLiANT COUP, 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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Nothing's Ever Really Dead
Single-player alternative to THE BRiLLiANT COUP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with THE BRiLLiANT COUP.
A cyberpunk point-and-click murder mystery. Solve the murder of your best friend ... with the help of your best friend?!
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Lucy Dreaming
Single-player alternative to THE BRiLLiANT COUP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with THE BRiLLiANT COUP.
Discover a dark family secret and rid a young girl of her nightmares in this splendidly British point & click comedy adventure. Playing as sharp-witted Lucy, explore both dreams and reality to meet all the colourful characters who'll help you solve puzzles, gather clues and find a murderer.
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Mr. Pumpkin Adventure
Single-player alternative to THE BRiLLiANT COUP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with THE BRiLLiANT COUP.
Mr. Pumpkin's Adventure is a point-and-click puzzle game. The main character of this game is Mr. Pumpkin who lost his memories. During the adventure, you will help him solve all the puzzles, which will eventually unveil an evil plot.
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Neighbours back From Hell
Single-player alternative to THE BRiLLiANT COUP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with THE BRiLLiANT COUP.
There goes the neighborhood! Play the star of a cheeky TV Show who taking revenge on his horrible neighbor by constantly pranking him at home and around the world in the most creative and ludicrous ways.
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Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die!
Single-player alternative to THE BRiLLiANT COUP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with THE BRiLLiANT COUP.
Hair metal's not dead, it just smells funny! Get your denim vest, bandana and makeup, and dive into a point-and-click adventure as a middle-aged teddy bear planning a comeback with his old glam metal band – in a world where glam metal has been dead and buried for decades.
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Cyanide & Happiness - Freakpocalypse (Episode 1)
Single-player alternative to THE BRiLLiANT COUP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with THE BRiLLiANT COUP.
From the creators of Cyanide & Happiness and I-Mockery, comes the first game in an all new point-and-click adventure trilogy filled with dark humor, drama, and all the weirdness you've grown to love and/or dread over the years!
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ISOLAND3: Dust of the Universe
Single-player alternative to THE BRiLLiANT COUP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with THE BRiLLiANT COUP.
A sequel to the ISOLAND series, where you continue your journey to explore the story of the universe on this island.
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McPixel 3
Single-player alternative to THE BRiLLiANT COUP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with THE BRiLLiANT COUP.
McPixel 3 is a mind-blowing save-the-day adventure that sees the titular wanna-be hero avert one disaster after another at every turn using unconventional yet entertaining methods of mayhem.
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Maniac Mansion
Single-player alternative to THE BRiLLiANT COUP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with THE BRiLLiANT COUP.
Quick, Dr. Fred's Kidnapped Sandy and he's about to start the experiment...
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Return to Monkey Island
Single-player alternative to THE BRiLLiANT COUP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with THE BRiLLiANT COUP.
Return to Monkey Island is an unexpected, thrilling return of series creator Ron Gilbert that continues the story of the legendary adventure games.
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Operation STEEL
Single-player alternative to THE BRiLLiANT COUP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with THE BRiLLiANT COUP.
Operation STEEL is a roguelike shoot-em-up rendered in hand-drawn art. Blow up loads of enemies, destroy huge bosses, find weapons, and upgrade your load-out between levels. Combat the electronic legion across 20+ procedurally generated levels!
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Delores: A Thimbleweed Park Mini-Adventure
Single-player alternative to THE BRiLLiANT COUP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with THE BRiLLiANT COUP.
Delores is back home and working as a photographer for the Nickel News. Thimbleweed Park hasn’t changed at all in the year she’s been away… or has it? Sample Ron Gilbert’s new adventure game engine in this free prototype that uses “found art” from the award-winning Thimbleweed Park.
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Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
Single-player alternative to THE BRiLLiANT COUP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with THE BRiLLiANT COUP.
Space Aliens have built a stupidity machine that's slowly reducing everyone's IQ to single digits. Worse yet, the only person who can stop them is Zak McKracken, reporter for the disreputable National Inquisitor, who dreams up stories about carnivorous cantaloupes and vegetarian vampires.
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Thimbleweed Park™
Single-player alternative to THE BRiLLiANT COUP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with THE BRiLLiANT COUP.
In Thimbleweed Park, a dead body is the least of your problems. Switch between five playable characters to uncover the surreal secrets of this strange town in a modern mystery adventure game from the creators of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion. The deeper you go, the weirder it gets.