Single-player games like Orient on the Murder Express
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Orient on the Murder Express, 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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Crime O'Clock
Single-player alternative to Orient on the Murder Express — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Orient on the Murder Express.
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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Expelled!
Single-player alternative to Orient on the Murder Express — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Orient on the Murder Express.
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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Nancy Drew®: The Haunting of Castle Malloy
Single-player alternative to Orient on the Murder Express — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Orient on the Murder Express.
Unveil a Ghostly Legend and Find a Vanished Groom!
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Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
Single-player alternative to Orient on the Murder Express — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Orient on the Murder Express.
Investigate murders, search for clues and talk to your classmates to prepare for trial. There, you'll engage in deadly wordplay, going back and forth with suspects. Dissect their statements and fire their words back at them to expose their lies! There's only one way to survive—pull the trigger.
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The Darkside Detective
Single-player alternative to Orient on the Murder Express — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Orient on the Murder Express.
Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.
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Puzzle Agent
Single-player alternative to Orient on the Murder Express — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Orient on the Murder Express.
Created with indie comic artist Graham Annable's unique narrative and visual sensibilities, delivered with the distinctive Telltale storytelling style, Puzzle Agent is sure to challenge, thrill and engage in more ways than you can shake a cryptogram at!
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Mutropolis
Single-player alternative to Orient on the Murder Express — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Orient on the Murder Express.
MUTROPOLIS is a lovely sci-fi adventure set on the abandoned Planet Earth. Play as Henry Dijon (hero, nerd, detective) in search of a legendary lost city. Uncover weird ancient artifacts. And PLEASE don’t get obliterated by an ageless evil. You’ve been warned.
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The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
Single-player alternative to Orient on the Murder Express — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Orient on the Murder Express.
Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.