Single-player games like Detective Mane
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Detective Mane, 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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Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island
Single-player alternative to Detective Mane — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Mane.
You're a detective, and a frog, and it's time to solve a mystery.
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Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County
Single-player alternative to Detective Mane — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Mane.
You're a detective, and a frog, and it's time to solve a mystery in the wild west.
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The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
Single-player alternative to Detective Mane — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Mane.
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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The Darkside Detective
Single-player alternative to Detective Mane — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Mane.
Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.
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Puzzle Agent
Single-player alternative to Detective Mane — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Detective Mane.
Created with indie comic artist Graham Annable's unique narrative and visual sensibilities, delivered with the distinctive Telltale storytelling style, Puzzle Agent is sure to challenge, thrill and engage in more ways than you can shake a cryptogram at!
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Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
Single-player alternative to Detective Mane — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Mane.
Solving crime is no walk in the pond. You are a down-on-his-luck detective who also happens to be a duck. Use your powers of de-duck-tion to inspect evidence, fill in the blanks, and bust the case wide open! This is a short but twisty detective case.
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Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping
Single-player alternative to Detective Mane — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Mane.
You are the one and only Duck Detective, a depressed and recently divorced duck who must quack the case. Inspect evidence, make de-duck-tions, and solve this no-murder mystery!
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Puzzle Agent 2
Single-player alternative to Detective Mane — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Detective Mane.
Agent Nelson Tethers just solved his biggest case yet. So why isn't he satisfied? Venture back to eerie Scoggins, Minnesota to solve the mystery of "the Hidden People" once and for all!