Single-player games like Mystery House
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Mystery House, 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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The Wolf Among Us 2
Single-player alternative to Mystery House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Mystery House.
A neon-noir thriller where Bigby Wolf must confront the monster within that threatens the future of Fabletown.
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The Dark Side of the Moon: An Interactive FMV Thriller
Single-player alternative to Mystery House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mystery House.
When his 2 young children vanish mysteriously throughout the night, it's up to single-dad Dean Hamilton to do what any good dad would do: Go to the end of the universe and bring them back home in this thrilling FMV/Interactive Movie.
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The Wolf Among Us
Single-player alternative to Mystery House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Mystery House.
From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.
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Her Story
Single-player alternative to Mystery House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mystery House.
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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Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to Mystery House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Mystery House.
Armed with your investigative skills and the tools of the Blade Runner trade, you'll be immersed in a world that lives and breathes around you with breakthrough lighting and visual effects. Your ability to survive will be put to the test in the richest game environment ever created.
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Quarantine Circular
Single-player alternative to Mystery House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mystery House.
In the middle of a world-ending pandemic, a group of scientists discover the galaxy has been watching. From the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Subsurface Circular, Quarantine Circular is the next mutation in text-based adventure.
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The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED]
Single-player alternative to Mystery House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mystery House.
The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED] is a remake of the original "ETERNAL CASTLE" from 1987, with additional game mechanics, sophisticated sound design, polished 2-bit CGA animated graphics, and modernized game design.
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Paradise Killer
Single-player alternative to Mystery House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mystery House.
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.