Single-player games like Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files - Rise of the Rat King
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files - Rise of the Rat King, 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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Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir
Single-player alternative to Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files - Rise of the Rat King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files - Rise of the Rat King.
Shadow City Mysteries is a narrative adventure game in which players take on the role of a detective investigating a Mystery. Or is it a Conspiracy? Or is it a Supernatural Thriller? Experience the story multiple times to discover a story and world bigger than they suspected existed.
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THE 13th Digit
Single-player alternative to Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files - Rise of the Rat King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files - Rise of the Rat King.
In a rain-soaked megacity, one law remains: cross one trillion dollars in hidden wealth and you forfeit your right to live. You are K, the executioner who enforces it — until the numbers start to lie. A branching cyberpunk noir with 5 endings, where every choice is remembered.
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Mandated Fate
Single-player alternative to Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files - Rise of the Rat King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files - Rise of the Rat King.
A dystopian future-noir social thriller. As an Imperial Inspector, navigate a towering technocratic empire where loyalty is survival. Investigate secrets, manipulate factions, and make brutal moral choices. In this alternate history, will you uphold the regime or subvert the truth?
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Exo's CYOA
Single-player alternative to Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files - Rise of the Rat King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files - Rise of the Rat King.
Exo's CYOA is an LLM-driven choose-your-own-adventure that adapts to you. Guide a party through dangerous places, talk to characters, inspect the world, collect gear, craft solutions, and make choices that reshape the narrative. You describe your next move, and the game responds with new narration.
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Grimm & Tonic: Aperitif
Single-player alternative to Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files - Rise of the Rat King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files - Rise of the Rat King.
Maintaining a healthy Work-Life balance is pretty tricky on a good day but it’s damn near impossible when your boss threatens foreclosure on your mortal existence. As the new bartender at DEAD-END, you’ll make new friends, mix weird drinks, all while navigating Life, Death and everything in between.
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The Iron and the Oath
Single-player alternative to Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files - Rise of the Rat King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files - Rise of the Rat King.
A narrative RPG of medieval intrigue and war. As Karl von Aiden, shape your destiny through five chapters of choices that matter. Build attributes, forge alliances, navigate court politics, and face consequences across three story routes and multiple endings.
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Celsius Strays
Single-player alternative to Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files - Rise of the Rat King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files - Rise of the Rat King.
"Banished. Hunted. Yet, we endure." Become the Chief of the Squealers and lead your people through a futuristic wasteland fraught with danger where every choice is about survival.
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Last Night Last Call
Single-player alternative to Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files - Rise of the Rat King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files - Rise of the Rat King.
Can you solve a murder with only your wits, cocktail shaker, and silver tongue? Last Night Last Call is a narrative detective game where you mix cocktails, interrogate suspects, gather clues, and shape relationships to solve five murders. Every customer has something to hide.