Single-player games like Detective Grimoire
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Detective Grimoire, 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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Tangle Tower
Single-player alternative to Detective Grimoire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Grimoire.
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 Mermaid Mask
Single-player alternative to Detective Grimoire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Grimoire.
An impossible locked-room murder: Captain Mortuga lies dead beside an ancient cauldron aboard the world’s strangest submarine, crewed by sketchy suspects. A handcrafted point-and-click with sharp humour and tricky puzzles. Dive into the next mystery from the creators of Tangle Tower & Crow Country.
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The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
Single-player alternative to Detective Grimoire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Grimoire.
Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
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Murder by Numbers
Single-player alternative to Detective Grimoire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Grimoire.
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!
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The Roottrees are Dead
Single-player alternative to Detective Grimoire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Detective Grimoire.
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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Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
Single-player alternative to Detective Grimoire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Detective Grimoire.
Become the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic.
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Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
Single-player alternative to Detective Grimoire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Detective Grimoire.
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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Ace Attorney Investigations Collection
Single-player alternative to Detective Grimoire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Detective Grimoire.
Miles Edgeworth's dramatic turnabouts take center stage! Experience both Ace Attorney Investigations games in one gorgeous collection! Investigate crime scenes and solve tough, intriguing cases through logic and deduction. When Edgeworth's past and present collide, his future begins!
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Scooby Doo! & Looney Tunes Cartoon Universe: Adventure
Single-player alternative to Detective Grimoire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Detective Grimoire.
Solve the mystery of Kraken Cove with Scooby, Shaggy and the rest of the Mystery Machine Gang or help Bugs and Daffy discover who is behind the dastardly defective MOCME products that are creating chaos.
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Crow Country
Single-player alternative to Detective Grimoire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Detective Grimoire.
The year is 1990. It’s been two years since the mysterious disappearance of Edward Crow and the abrupt closure of his theme park, Crow Country. But your arrival has broken the silence, Mara Forest. If you want answers, you’ll have to venture deep into the darkness of Crow Country to find them…
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Haunt the House: Terrortown
Single-player alternative to Detective Grimoire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Detective Grimoire.
Haunt your way through town in the dead of night! Possess objects to scare people away from a museum, a hospital, a theatre and a cruise ship. Will you be able to scare everyone out and reclaim what has been lost, before the night is over? A side-scrolling action puzzle game starring ghosts!