Single-player games like Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel, 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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Nancy Drew®: Danger on Deception Island
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel.
Plunge into Danger to Bring a Mysterious Island’s Secrets to the Surface!
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Nancy Drew®: Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel.
Catch this train — it’s your ticket to solving a century-old mystery!
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The Crimson Diamond
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel.
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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Alex Hill: Whispers at White Oak Inn
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel.
A young woman died near the White Oak Inn. Now, her spirit is roaming around, and an employee is receiving strange letters. What dark secrets wait to be found? The clock is ticking and you, as Alex Hill, must uncover the truth before it’s too late.
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Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel.
Pick up your magnifying glass as writer-turned-detective Penelope Pendrick in this first-person point and click mystery adventure! Three people have suddenly vanished from the sleepy town of Carlisle. Follow the clues, interrogate suspects, and solve puzzles to end this case - before it ends you.
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Blackwell Deception
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel.
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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Kathy Rain
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel.
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 Journey Down: Chapter One
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel.
The Journey Down is a point-and-click series with an Afro-Caribbean twist. Get ready to embark on a journey of exploration, mystery and grave danger - but also a journey of warmth, friendship and love.
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Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel.
Confront Terrifying Secrets in a Haunted Japanese Inn!
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Nancy Drew®: Curse of Blackmoor Manor
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel.
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®: The Haunted Carousel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel.
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®: The Haunted Carousel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel.
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®: The Haunted Carousel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel.
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®: Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake
Single-player alternative to Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel.
Hunt for Clues on the Trail of a Pack of Phantom Hounds!