Single-player games like City Quest
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to City Quest, 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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Lair of the Clockwork God
Single-player alternative to City Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with City Quest.
A fast-paced Point-and-Click adventure AND an indie platfomer in one! Join adventurer Ben and wannabe indie darling Dan in a race against time to stop all the Apocalypses happening at the same time.
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Smokey Mike
Single-player alternative to City Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with City Quest.
In stand-up, talent isn't always enough. In this point and click adventure you have to improvise, survive and fail with style until you craft the five minutes that could change everything.
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Nerdy Quest
Single-player alternative to City Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with City Quest.
A nostalgic 1980s-inspired point-and-click adventure packed with puzzles, quirky humor, and bizarre pop-culture references. Explore cinematic environments, talk to eccentric characters, collect and combine items — and discover a surprising burst of action at the end.
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This Game Might Improve Your Memory
Single-player alternative to City Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with City Quest.
A short, experimental point-and-click adventure game with crass humor and horror. Also designed to teaches memory techniques.
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Roots in the Sky - The Hand of Glory 2
Single-player alternative to City Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with City Quest.
After five years in hiding, former Miami detective Lazarus “Lars” Bundy is swept up in another globe-trotting supernatural mystery whose origins trace back to a legend about the creation of Earth itself.
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Isekaing: from zero to zero.
Single-player alternative to City Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with City Quest.
Zoe is hit by Truck-kun and respawns in a retro game, where she must face dangers in the form of clichés, meaningless choices, a plot that has more holes than Swiss cheese, and other plagues of modern gaming. Also, every notable person is trying to sing her a song! Will she endure such torment?
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Happy Birthday: With Sergio Spellbound
Single-player alternative to City Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with City Quest.
Better than a birthday card. Use the Steam gift system to deliver this birthday present to your friends. The amazing Sergio Spellbound will ensure they have the magical birthday adventure of a lifetime. They will Point&Click their way to BIRTHDAY GLORY. If they’re lucky, they may even survive …
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The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
Single-player alternative to City Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with City Quest.
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.
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McPixel
Single-player alternative to City Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with City Quest.
McPixel is a save-the-day guy that you guide through 100 short challenges to prevent stuff from blowing up. You have only 20 seconds to save the day! Think quick!
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Adventure Game
Single-player alternative to City Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with City Quest.
A VR adventure game: explore dungeons, fight monsters, and solve puzzles to uncover the mysteries of a strange island
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LOOM™
Single-player alternative to City Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with City Quest.
Long after the passing of the Second Shadow, when dragons ruled the twilight sky and the stars were bright and numerous, came the Age of the Great Guilds. Blacksmiths. Shepherds. Clerics. Each dedicated to the absolute control of secret knowledge. Another such Guild was the Weavers.
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Leisure Suit Larry 7 - Love for Sail
Single-player alternative to City Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with City Quest.
When we last saw our less-than-dashing hero, Leisure Suit Larry, he was in a rather sticky situation. Not one to be tied down, Larry makes the best of things by going on a cruise to forget the previous escapade.