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Single-player games like Psycho-Sleuth

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Psycho-Sleuth, 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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    Kamiya Detective Agency: High School Girl Vanished in The Summer — Steam game cover

    Kamiya Detective Agency: High School Girl Vanished in The Summer

    Single-player alternative to Psycho-Sleuth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Psycho-Sleuth.

    A mystery set in Fukuoka, Japan. Former cop Kengo Kamiya and assistant Hikaru tackle a high school girl's disappearance. A "Photoreal Novel" fully utilizing actual photos and AI. Enjoy snappy banter and unexpected twists in this simple, choice-driven mystery visual novel.

    2027IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    追光探偵物語 FOLLOWSPOT — A Detective Story — Steam game cover

    追光探偵物語 FOLLOWSPOT — A Detective Story

    Single-player alternative to Psycho-Sleuth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Psycho-Sleuth.

    A stray flyer, a run-down detective agency, a boss who vanishes on day one. In early-2000s Japan, untangle small cases and the reasons behind them — a retro-PC "line & paint" mystery.

    2027AdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Price of Grief — Steam game cover

    The Price of Grief

    Single-player alternative to Psycho-Sleuth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Psycho-Sleuth.

    Dive into a decade of secrets, mysterious characters and their inexplicable deaths - in the shadow of the darkest time in human history. Investigate crimes, decode documents, collect clues and solve riddles - one word at a time. The deeper you read, the less any of it seems to be an accident.

    IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony — Steam game cover

    Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony

    Single-player alternative to Psycho-Sleuth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Psycho-Sleuth.

    A new cast of 16 characters find themselves kidnapped and imprisoned in a school. Inside, some will kill, some will die, and some will be punished. Reimagine what you thought high-stakes, fast-paced investigation was as you investigate twisted murder cases and condemn your new friends to death.

    2017Adventure11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dark Nights with Poe and Munro — Steam game cover

    Dark Nights with Poe and Munro

    Single-player alternative to Psycho-Sleuth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Psycho-Sleuth.

    Guide local radio hosts Poe and Munro through six TV-like episodes of supernatural strangeness and sizzling on-screen chemistry. From the creators of The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker and The Shapeshifting Detective.

    2020IndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark — Steam game cover

    The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark

    Single-player alternative to Psycho-Sleuth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Psycho-Sleuth.

    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.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dimhaven - The Lost Source — Steam game cover

    Dimhaven - The Lost Source

    Single-player alternative to Psycho-Sleuth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Psycho-Sleuth.

    Are you ready for an adventure? Challenges, exploration and puzzles in a narrative driven experience, pick up your camera and test your wits in this first-person mystery by the team behind Quern!

    2026IndieAdventure20.79 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Silver Case — Steam game cover

    The Silver Case

    Single-player alternative to Psycho-Sleuth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Psycho-Sleuth.

    The Silver Case – the debut title from world-renowned developer SUDA51 has been fully remastered and localized to English for the first time ever!

    2016Adventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rail of Möbius — Steam game cover

    Rail of Möbius

    Single-player alternative to Psycho-Sleuth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Psycho-Sleuth.

    It is an adventure game with multiple endings. An original script written by a well-known light novelist with a total of 400,000 words. With reasoning, suspense, love, and science fiction elements, it allows players to embark on a highly immersive journey of salvation on the submarine train.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual12.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Project: AHNO's Ark — Steam game cover

    Project: AHNO's Ark

    Single-player alternative to Psycho-Sleuth — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    This game merges elements of tactical RPG, Go, and introduces Roguelite features. Players will need to make decisions among numerous random events and capability divergences, trying to survive in an apocalyptic game of mutual destruction.

    2024StrategyIndieRPG8.70 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →