Single-player games like Take Notes
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Take Notes, 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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Pyramids and Aliens: Escape Room
Single-player alternative to Take Notes — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Embark on an archaeological adventure inside an ancient pyramid to find your missing mentor. As an intrepid explorer, solve puzzles, investigate clues, and unravel the pyramid's secrets. Spoiler: it was not built by humans!
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Secrets of Blackrock Manor - Escape Room
Single-player alternative to Take Notes — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Find the hidden fortune of Blackrock Manor. Discover the truth about the family deaths. In this mysterious Escape room, you will have to solve puzzles to find the hidden vault with the treasure. But you will find much more...
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Escape From Mystwood Mansion
Single-player alternative to Take Notes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Take Notes.
In this first-person puzzle escape room game, you are trapped in the mysterious Mystwood mansion. Explore the mansion and find hidden compartments while solving puzzles and deciphering codes to find a way out. Will you escape or linger to uncover the mansion's final secret?
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3D Escape Room: Detective Story
Single-player alternative to Take Notes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Take Notes.
3D Escape Room: Detective Story is an immersive 3D puzzle game that takes you to 1930s London. In the game, you play as an insightful private detective, searching for clues in realistic 3D environments, solving intricate puzzles and mini-games, and cracking bizarre cases.
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Mystic Academy: Escape Room
Single-player alternative to Take Notes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Take Notes.
Today is the day of your final exam to become a wizard. Within this enchanting escape room, you'll navigate a wizardry school, unravel puzzles, master new spells, and put your magical skills to the ultimate test. Will you emerge triumphant?
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The Inheritance of Crimson Manor
Single-player alternative to Take Notes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Take Notes.
Explore a beautiful and Enigmatic Victorian Manor with a dark secret, In this gothic horror story first person exploration puzzle game filled with fine art, secret passages and mysterious mechanical puzzles playing as the executor of the last will from the enigmatic Railroad Magnate Hadley Strange.
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The Room
Single-player alternative to Take Notes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Take Notes.
A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.
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Access Denied: Escape
Single-player alternative to Take Notes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Take Notes.
Access Denied: Escape is a puzzle game where you have to hack data vaults and interact with various devices to escape.
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Safecracker: The Ultimate Puzzle Adventure
Single-player alternative to Take Notes — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Duncan W. Adams was an avid safe collector and an 'eccentric,' to say the least. Adams has hidden the deed to his vast fortunes in one of 35 safes. You must crack them all using hints scattered throughout his extravagant mansion.