Single-player games like Sinking The Boats
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Sinking The Boats, 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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Expelled!
Single-player alternative to Sinking The Boats — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Sinking The Boats.
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
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Murders on the Yangtze River
Single-player alternative to Sinking The Boats — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Sinking The Boats.
"Murders on Yangtze River" is an Ace Attorney-like detective game that takes you on a journey through early 20th century China as you solve a series of intriguing cases. Use your logical reasoning and deduction skills to uncover clues, interrogate suspects, and solve the mysteries.
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ATONE: Heart of the Elder Tree
Single-player alternative to Sinking The Boats — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Sinking The Boats.
ATONE is a Norse mythology-inspired, hand-drawn game that blends interactive storytelling and complex puzzles with a rhythm game combat system. Inherit the role of a young warrior named Estra as she journeys through Midgard to unveil the truth behind her father’s death.
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Sanfu
Single-player alternative to Sinking The Boats — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Sinking The Boats.
2000年，山城市新闻频道的电视画面莫名跳出一则旧广告，而广告的代言人是已经去世的特异功能少年——三眼神童。有传闻三眼神童的亡魂劫持了电视信号。 调查局受命展开调查。随着调查的深入，一个藏在黑暗处的犯罪团伙逐渐浮出水面。
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再见断刀
Single-player alternative to Sinking The Boats — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Sinking The Boats.
古风悬疑推理AVG《再见断刀》——在与世隔绝的山庄之中，接二连三地发生了骇人命案。只有通过细致入微的调查，抽丝剥茧的推理，才能定一个是非清白，还一个天理公道。 然而，在逐渐浮出水面的真相之下，似乎还有暗流涌动……
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Aviary Attorney
Single-player alternative to Sinking The Boats — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Sinking The Boats.
The hottest bird lawyering game to come out of 1840s France! Join Jayjay Falcon and his witty apprentice, Sparrowson, as the two take on clients, interview witnesses, collect evidence, and deliver justice to the guilty.
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Insects Awaken
Single-player alternative to Sinking The Boats — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Sinking The Boats.
Insects Awaken is a puzzle visual novel set in the 1940s. It follows the story of Chen Shan, a young man entangled in espionage while defending his family and homeland. He embarks on a journey between the isolated cities of Chongqing and Shanghai, braving the chaos of war with his passion and youth.
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Xi
Single-player alternative to Sinking The Boats — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Sinking The Boats.
"Xi" is a horror puzzle game set in the context of modern Chinese folklore. The story takes place in an long-abandoned mountain mansion. This immersive escape room experience feels a bit too real, with eerie and strange elements everywhere—an empty banquet, an endless corridor.