Single-player games like Crowley Hotel. The JH Chronicles
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Crowley Hotel. The JH Chronicles, 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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Death Becomes You - Mystery Visual Novel
Single-player alternative to Crowley Hotel. The JH Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Crowley Hotel. The JH Chronicles.
Who killed your best friend?! Find out the truth before 4 suspects frame you instead! Death Becomes You is a mystery visual novel where you untangle the dark secrets and relationships between your fellow magic university students.
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The Test: Secrets of the Soul
Single-player alternative to Crowley Hotel. The JH Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Crowley Hotel. The JH Chronicles.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
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Blake: The Visual Novel
Single-player alternative to Crowley Hotel. The JH Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Crowley Hotel. The JH Chronicles.
Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.
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Late Shift
Single-player alternative to Crowley Hotel. The JH Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Crowley Hotel. The JH Chronicles.
Late Shift is a high stakes FMV crime thriller. Forced into a brutal London heist, your choices matter in this interactive cinematic experience with adaptable storylines that lead to one of seven conclusions. Your decisions are you.
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Man I Just Wanna Go Home
Single-player alternative to Crowley Hotel. The JH Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Crowley Hotel. The JH Chronicles.
Man I Just Wanna Go Home is an "MSPaint-noir" visual novel with 13 endings, a unique visual style and a killer 80s inspired soundtrack. The story revolves around a delivery person stranded in an unfamiliar part of the city under the devastating rain. All he wants is to get home. Help him!
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Night Book
Single-player alternative to Crowley Hotel. The JH Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Tricked into reading an ancient book, Loralyn summons a demon into her home. Night Book is an interactive occult thriller movie, created in lockdown, from the publishers of The Complex, Five Dates and Maid of Sker.
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Heavy Rain
Single-player alternative to Crowley Hotel. The JH Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.
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Uncover the Smoking Gun
Single-player alternative to Crowley Hotel. The JH Chronicles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Crowley Hotel. The JH Chronicles.
A Battle of Wits with AI: Solve the case by conversing with a suspect robot using GPT to gather evidence. What single truth emerges from countless dialogues and pieces of information?