Single-player games like DETECTIVE - The Motel
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to DETECTIVE - The Motel, 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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Chains Of Clues
Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - The Motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
You are a field agent with the criminal investigation unit: sweep the scene, photograph it, bag the evidence and pin it to your board until one name is left. Five cases, 31 suspects, 83 pieces of evidence, no quest markers. Nobody confirms your theory: you sign the accusation.
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Dark Alley
Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - The Motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
A British detective has vanished in Kyoto. Step into Detective Bennett's shoes and uncover a mystery that reaches far beyond the Yakuza.
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LastStop
Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - The Motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
Run a co-op night shift at a roadside gas station. Fuel cars, run the register, repair vehicles, stop thieves, and investigate suspicious customers before the night gets out of control.
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FORENSIC - M.E. Protocol
Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - The Motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
Put on your gloves and enter the crime scene. In this investigation simulator, you will have to solve 9 unique and independent cases full of plot twists. Use drones, robots, and chemical analysis to discover what really happened. Here, you don't shoot the bad guys; you catch them with science.
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Uncover the Smoking Gun
Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - The Motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
A Battle of Wits with AI: Solve the case by conversing with a suspect robot using GPT to gather evidence. What single truth emerges from countless dialogues and pieces of information?
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DETECTIVE - Minerva case
Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - The Motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
DETECTIVE Minerva Case is a crime deduction and solving game, with an adult and original story. Visit the crime scene, look for all the evidence and understand what happened.
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Telling Lies
Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - The Motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
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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Scene Investigators
Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - The Motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
Scene Investigators is a hardcore deductive reasoning game for fans of the "true crime" genre. Step into re-created crime scenes, observe closely for pieces of evidence, analyze possible motives behind the crimes, and uncover what truly happened.
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After You
Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - The Motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
After You is a narrative game with puzzles, but it is not an easy game, here you will not have indicators or tutorials, nor can you save when you want. In After You you need to put all your attention and use paper and pencil to move forward, if you're looking for an easy game, this is not your game.
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TEMPUS
Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - The Motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
TEMPUS is a puzzle adventure game with time travel. Each time you advance, you will see the island where you live change over thousands of years. You can only travel forward so it is a one way trip, how far will you go?
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The Creature: Escape Room
Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - The Motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
You are a detective sent to investigate the mistreatment of a mysterious creature. In this escape room there are not only puzzles, but also characters and history.
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FINIS
Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - The Motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
FINIS is a puzzle game with a difference, we create a psychological evaluation based on your choices. Each universe offers a different experience, terror, calm, destruction, war, progress... You can choose between 8 completely different paths and each path will take you to a unique ending.
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DETECTIVE - Stella Porta case
Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - The Motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
DETECTIVE: Stella Porta Case, puts you in the shoes of a detective who investigates three strange disappearances. In all cases there is a contract signed by the disappeared, that contract is from an organization called "Stella Porta".
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DETECTIVE - Rainy night
Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - The Motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
Detective Rainy Night is a narrative adventure with elements of deduction. Violent crimes, mature stories, and a touch of psychological horror await you at the Motel Holiday. Grab a pencil and paper because solving this case won’t be easy.
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Detective - The Test
Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - The Motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
Test your detective instincts across three challenging cases. No hints, no help—just you, your intuition, and your ability to piece together the truth. Can you solve the mystery?