Single-player games like What happened to Kate
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to What happened to Kate, 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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Recontact London: Cyber Puzzle
Single-player alternative to What happened to Kate — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Cinema-based detective puzzle game based on real images and open world. Beyond the interactive cinema, it is a multi-layered detective adventure where you can solve the secrets with your detective skills and deepen the investigation by doing research.
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The Dawning
Single-player alternative to What happened to Kate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with What happened to Kate.
The Dawning is a first-person puzzle mystery game. Play as Detective Madison as he searches 7 beautifully crafted areas for clues to catch a killer. Use stealth to sneak past deadly enemies. Solve complex puzzles to access new areas, progress the rich storyline, and obtain key items.
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Telling Lies
Single-player alternative to What happened to Kate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with What happened to Kate.
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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Her Story
Single-player alternative to What happened to Kate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with What happened to Kate.
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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Meridian 157: Chapter 3
Single-player alternative to What happened to Kate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with What happened to Kate.
You have ventured this far, now there is no turning back. Uncover the island’s dark history by travelling through crumbling caverns and mysterious laboratories, but be warned, some may not be too welcoming of your presence…
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Post Mortem
Single-player alternative to What happened to Kate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with What happened to Kate.
After returning to the quiet streets of Paris to pursue a life of painting, Gus Macpherson could not escape his true art…
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Scene Investigators
Single-player alternative to What happened to Kate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with What happened to Kate.
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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Lost Judgment
Single-player alternative to What happened to Kate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with What happened to Kate.
When a police officer discloses the murder of the student teacher who bullied his son to suicide, the twisted secrets of a Yokohama, high school bleed out. Nothing, in this case, is black and white.