Single-player games like Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir, 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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Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files - Rise of the Rat King
Single-player alternative to Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir.
Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files – Rise of the Rat King is a narrative game set in Shadow City’s underbelly. Assume the role of the Rat King, an underworld mastermind fighting for absolute power. Shape your legend by forging alliances, crushing rivals, and leaving a trail of consequences.
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A Case of Distrust
Single-player alternative to Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir.
A Case of Distrust is a narrative mystery from 1924 San Francisco. Play as private investigator Phyllis Cadence Malone in this historical 2D adventure game.
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Throne of Monsters 怪物的王座
Single-player alternative to Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir.
"Throne of Monsters" is a fantasy visual novel with map exploration and card-based combat.Trapped in a mist-covered city, you must slay the false king to escape.Face monsters, confront tears and regret, and lead the world to rebirth.
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Dark Nights with Poe and Munro
Single-player alternative to Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir.
Guide local radio hosts Poe and Munro through six TV-like episodes of supernatural strangeness and sizzling on-screen chemistry. From the creators of The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker and The Shapeshifting Detective.
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Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
Single-player alternative to Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir.
Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.
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The Wolf Among Us
Single-player alternative to Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir.
From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.
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Her Story
Single-player alternative to Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir.
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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IMMORTALITY
Single-player alternative to Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir.
Marissa Marcel was a film star. She made three movies. But none of the movies were ever released. And Marissa Marcel disappeared. An interactive trilogy from Sam Barlow, creator of Her Story.