Single-player games like Alcatraz
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Alcatraz, 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 Operator
Single-player alternative to Alcatraz — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alcatraz.
Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.
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Telling Lies
Single-player alternative to Alcatraz — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alcatraz.
Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.
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Unheard - Voices of Crime
Single-player alternative to Alcatraz — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Alcatraz.
What if you could hear every word spoken at the scene of a crime? “Acoustic Detectives” wanted for testing our new device! Return aurally to crime scenes and use the voices you hear to identify potential suspects and solve the mysteries. What is it that’s connecting these seemingly unrelated cases?
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Back to the Dawn
Single-player alternative to Alcatraz — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alcatraz.
Back to the Dawn is a story-rich RPG set in a high-security prison ruled by factions and buried secrets. Investigate two conspiracies from the inside, gather evidence, and outsmart a system designed to silence you. Make friends (or foes) with fellow inmates and with their help, break out of prison.
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Crime O'Clock
Single-player alternative to Alcatraz — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alcatraz.
Crime O'Clock is a hidden objects investigation and time exploration game with a deep storyline. Investigate cases through time and evolving maps by unveiling a multi-eras linked story. Will you be observant enough to solve the mysteries? Crime waits for no man!
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Contraband Police
Single-player alternative to Alcatraz — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Alcatraz.
Take over the duties of a border guard inspector in a communist country of the 80's. Smuggling, corruption and forgery are the order of the day here. Be vigilant and earn the respect of your superiors.
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Enigma of Fear
Single-player alternative to Alcatraz — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Alcatraz.
Become Mia, a paranormal detective searching for her missing father inside the Perimeter - a place that doesn't exist. Investigate clues like a real detective and unravel the mysteries behind the Enigma of Fear, defeating the terrible monsters who'll try to stop you.
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Sherlock Holmes Chapter One
Single-player alternative to Alcatraz — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Alcatraz.
In this story-driven detective thriller, a young Sherlock Holmes struggles to prove himself as he navigates an exotic, dangerous island in the Mediterranean to investigate the mystery of his mother’s death.
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August Walk
Single-player alternative to Alcatraz — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alcatraz.
The game has three story branches: normal, realistic, and mystical walk. In the normal branch you can just walk around the summer city, the forest and the spring.
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Sandbox
Single-player alternative to Alcatraz — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alcatraz.
The goal of the game is to collect 22 bills. To collect them, you need to press the "play" button and move to the sandbox level.
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Carnival in the hut
Single-player alternative to Alcatraz — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Alcatraz.
There are ingredients on the level that you have to drag into the pot. Drag into the pot: eggs, oil, water in a bucket, flour in a bag, and dough (on water). (The name of the items is shown in the lower left corner.)
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Keepers
Single-player alternative to Alcatraz — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Alcatraz.
Keepers is a space-themed clicker game. You are an employee of a center tasked with saving a planet - a typical light-year.
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Memory Patches
Single-player alternative to Alcatraz — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alcatraz.
A visual short novel about a girl who wakes up in an empty apartment and tries to figure out what happened. In front of her are four boxes filled with different items from her past. Touching them, she recalls pieces of memories, but one of the items is cursed.
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Stellario
Single-player alternative to Alcatraz — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alcatraz.
In a large star field, the Spirit flies around and absorbs stars to build up mass and take on a different appearance. But you have to be careful on the journey - there are black holes scattered around the field, and also spaceships flying at unthinkable speeds.