Single-player games like The Roottrees are Dead
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to The Roottrees are Dead, 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 Rise of the Golden Idol
Single-player alternative to The Roottrees are Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Roottrees are Dead.
The Award-winning detective saga returns in this standalone sequel to The Case of the Golden Idol. Uncover the truth behind 20 strange cases of crime, death and depravity in the 1970s. The world has changed dramatically - the sins of humanity have not.
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TR-49
Single-player alternative to The Roottrees are Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Roottrees are Dead.
A World War II computer. An archive of lost books. A world-changing secret. Narrative deduction meets audio drama, from the creators of Overboard!, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
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A Case of Fraud
Single-player alternative to The Roottrees are Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Roottrees are Dead.
A short non-linear detective adventure where every clue is hidden in plain sight. Carefully read and cross-reference documents to unravel a CEO’s disappearance and expose a case of fraud.
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Confidential Killings - A Detective Game
Single-player alternative to The Roottrees are Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Roottrees are Dead.
A series of murders is shocking Hollywood! Use your detective skills: search the crime scene, find clues, solve the mystery. Who is pulling the strings behind these Confidential Killings?
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No Case Should Remain Unsolved
Single-player alternative to The Roottrees are Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Roottrees are Dead.
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.
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The Ratline
Single-player alternative to The Roottrees are Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Roottrees are Dead.
A murdered priest. A secret list. Hunt Nazi fugitives across the globe in this gritty 1971 detective thriller. Analyze evidence, follow leads, and make sharp deductions before the trail goes cold. From the creators of Family, Rivals, Conspiracy, Echo Beach and Riley & Rochelle.
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Kathy Rain
Single-player alternative to The Roottrees are Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Roottrees are Dead.
Set in the '90s, Kathy Rain tells the story of a strong-willed journalism major who has to come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather.
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Strange Antiquities
Single-player alternative to The Roottrees are Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Roottrees are Dead.
Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!
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Return of the Obra Dinn
Single-player alternative to The Roottrees are Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Roottrees are Dead.
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
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The Séance of Blake Manor
Single-player alternative to The Roottrees are Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Roottrees are Dead.
The Séance of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective mystery, set in 1897 Ireland, where you investigate the disappearance of Evelyn Deane in a remote hotel full of secrets and other-worldly occurrences.
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The Case of the Golden Idol
Single-player alternative to The Roottrees are Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Roottrees are Dead.
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.
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Strange Horticulture
Single-player alternative to The Roottrees are Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Roottrees are Dead.
Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.
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The Painscreek Killings
Single-player alternative to The Roottrees are Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Roottrees are Dead.
Investigate an infamous cold case in the eerie, abandoned town of Painscreek. Search for evidence, connect the dots and uncover who killed Vivian Roberts. Can you expose the truth behind this town’s dark secrets?
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The Red Pearls Of Borneo
Single-player alternative to The Roottrees are Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Roottrees are Dead.
A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline as a clairvoyant investigator in 1941 Borneo. Jump between time and locations to uncover motives and discover what truly happened in the Goodwill tobacco plantation that fateful night on the eve of the WW2 Japanese invasion.
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Home Safety Hotline
Single-player alternative to The Roottrees are Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Hearing noises? Seeing things? Call Home Safety Hotline! Our operators are standing by, waiting to give you the answers you need to protect your home from all manner of pests and household hazards.
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Sherlock Holmes - Nemesis
Single-player alternative to The Roottrees are Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Roottrees are Dead.
This new Sherlock Holmes game sends us to 19th Century London where Arséne Lupin, a young French burglar with an impressive track record, has just challenged Scotland Yard and the most famous of detectives - Sherlock Holmes.
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The Incident at Galley House
Single-player alternative to The Roottrees are Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Roottrees are Dead.
In 1936, something terrible happened at Galley House. Decades later, with a strange contraption that reveals echoes of the past, you must uncover the truth behind this grisly mystery.