Single-player games like Nancy Drew®: Danger by Design
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Nancy Drew®: Danger by Design, 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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Nancy Drew®: Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: Danger by Design — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: Danger by Design.
Catch this train — it’s your ticket to solving a century-old mystery!
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Nancy Drew®: The Creature of Kapu Cave
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: Danger by Design — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: Danger by Design.
Team up with the Hardy Boys® and Track an Ancient Legend Through Hawaii!
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Kathy Rain
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: Danger by Design — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: Danger by Design.
Set in the '90s, Kathy Rain tells the story of a strong-willed journalism major who has to come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather.
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The Crimson Diamond
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: Danger by Design — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: Danger by Design.
Follow amateur geologist and reluctant detective Nancy Maple to the ghost town of Crimson, Ontario to investigate the discovery of a massive diamond in this retro-inspired, EGA text parser mystery adventure!
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Blackwell Deception
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: Danger by Design — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: Danger by Design.
Street psychics. Their blinking neon signs are everywhere, promising love and wealth and happiness. They make a fortune preying on the gullible and milking them dry. So when these victims begin dying and leaving confused spirits behind, it can only take a genuine psychic (and her wayward spirit guide) to clean up the mess.
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Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: Danger by Design — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Carmen Sandiego is up to her thieving high-jinks again. While children travel the globe to track her down they learn about geography, history and world cultures.
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Crime O'Clock
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: Danger by Design — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: Danger by Design.
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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Chinatown Detective Agency
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: Danger by Design — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: Danger by Design.
Chinatown Detective Agency is a cybernoir point and click adventure blending stunning retro design with innovative mechanics. Play as Amira Darma, an ex-cop who has just opened her own detective agency. Choose your clients, travel around the world and solve dangerous cases using real world research.
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Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: Danger by Design — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: Danger by Design.
Confront Terrifying Secrets in a Haunted Japanese Inn!
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Nancy Drew®: Curse of Blackmoor Manor
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: Danger by Design — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: Danger by Design.
Delve into Dark Legends Lurking in the Shadow of an Old English Mansion!
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Nancy Drew®: Secrets Can Kill REMASTERED
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: Danger by Design — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: Danger by Design.
Play the Game that Started the Award-Winning Series!
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Nancy Drew®: Warnings at Waverly Academy
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: Danger by Design — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: Danger by Design.
Enroll in a School Plagued by Suspicions and Lies!
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Nancy Drew®: Mystery of the Seven Keys™
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: Danger by Design — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: Danger by Design.
A thrilling blend of adventure, mystery, and history! Play as Nancy Drew to uncover the truth behind the theft of a client's heirloom necklace. Solve challenging puzzles, uncover a sinister web of cyber crime, and sleuth through Prague's mysterious streets entwined with medieval legends and alchemy.
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Nancy Drew®: Danger on Deception Island
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: Danger by Design — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: Danger by Design.
Plunge into Danger to Bring a Mysterious Island’s Secrets to the Surface!
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Nancy Drew®: Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: Danger by Design — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: Danger by Design.
Hunt for Clues on the Trail of a Pack of Phantom Hounds!