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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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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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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A Case of Distrust
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 Case of Distrust is a narrative mystery from 1924 San Francisco. Play as private investigator Phyllis Cadence Malone in this historical 2D adventure game.
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Let Bions Be Bygones
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.
Having lost everything, a retired, hardboiled detective, John Cooper, must take his last case to find a missing upper-class girl among the lowest parts of the dystopian city-planet Terrahive. Choose your unique path in this atmospheric narrative future-noir thriller.
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Blake: The Visual Novel
Single-player alternative to Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files - Rise of the Rat King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files - Rise of the Rat King.
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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Observer: System Redux
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 first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.