Single-player games like Redrum: Time Lies
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Redrum: Time Lies, 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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Rusty Lake: Roots
Single-player alternative to Redrum: Time Lies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Redrum: Time Lies.
Experience the beginning and end of characters' lives and build your own family tree! Rusty Lake: Roots is the second premium point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Cube Escape series and Rusty Lake Hotel.
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Crime O'Clock
Single-player alternative to Redrum: Time Lies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Redrum: Time Lies.
Crime O'Clock is a hidden objects investigation and time exploration game with a deep storyline. Investigate cases through time and evolving maps by unveiling a multi-eras linked story. Will you be observant enough to solve the mysteries? Crime waits for no man!
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Detention
Single-player alternative to Redrum: Time Lies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Redrum: Time Lies.
Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.
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Fran Bow
Single-player alternative to Redrum: Time Lies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Redrum: Time Lies.
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
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The Night is Grey
Single-player alternative to Redrum: Time Lies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Redrum: Time Lies.
Graham’s alone in a forest filled with strange wolves. While he’s fleeing for his life he finds a lost girl in an abandoned lodge that won’t survive without his help. Try to find their way to safety in this slow-burning cinematic thriller filled with puzzles, hand-drawn animation and lots of mystery
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Slender Threads
Single-player alternative to Redrum: Time Lies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Redrum: Time Lies.
In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.
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The Room
Single-player alternative to Redrum: Time Lies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Redrum: Time Lies.
A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.
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CLeM
Single-player alternative to Redrum: Time Lies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Redrum: Time Lies.
CLeM is a narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with a dark twist. Wake up in a world where puzzles intertwine with exploration, weaving a unique narrative rooted in alchemy. A voice awakens you. It gives you purpose. To guide you, you find a notebook with mysterious entries and a house to explore.
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Ant War: Domination
Single-player alternative to Redrum: Time Lies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Redrum: Time Lies.
Emerge from the ant hill with a handful of ants and a dream... to conquer the world. Train your ants, manage their daily workload, and travel across the town in search of new land. Sharpen your pincers and be ready to fight everyone from beetles and slugs, to the town police and the army!
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Tiki Man
Single-player alternative to Redrum: Time Lies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Redrum: Time Lies.
Chop the world's tallest Tiki! 4 tropical environments and 16 Tiki Men to unlock!
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Kick Ass Commandos
Single-player alternative to Redrum: Time Lies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Redrum: Time Lies.
Lock and Load! It's time to Kick-Ass. Grab your machine gun, flamethrower, rocket launcher, and grenades. Assault the enemy base and free commandos to join your team while you destroy everything in sight. Make your way through enemy bunkers to rescue your comrades, and kill everyone you encounter!
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Ghost Encounters: Deadwood - Collector's Edition
Single-player alternative to Redrum: Time Lies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Redrum: Time Lies.
The town of Deadwood is being terrorized by the ghost of a murderous outlaw in Ghost Encounters: Deadwood - The Collector's Edition!
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Age of Castles: Warlords
Single-player alternative to Redrum: Time Lies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Redrum: Time Lies.
War is upon us and only the mightiest kingdom will rule the realm. Build the ultimate kingdom, wage total war on your enemies, and conquer the realm!
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Miner Mayhem
Single-player alternative to Redrum: Time Lies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Redrum: Time Lies.
Pickaxe ready? Coal, iron, gold & diamond! 18 Miners to unlock! Get chopping in this action packed, arcade style game.
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Hide and Secret Treasure of the Ages
Single-player alternative to Redrum: Time Lies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Redrum: Time Lies.
The villain Jacques has stolen the Treasures of the Ages so he can harness their mystical powers in his evil plan to rule the world. You must help Will Scout and Anna Graham on their quest to defeat him and rescue the treasures!
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Zombie Apocalypse: Escape The Undead City
Single-player alternative to Redrum: Time Lies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Redrum: Time Lies.
Battle through Zombie Apocalypse horror! Which is better - shotgun, pistol or AK-47? Blast their rotten, infected brains out and choose your favorite! Scavenge weapons and armor to pimp out your souped up zombie slaying car - then plow down the man-eating hordes to Escape the Undead City, and try not to get your guts torn out!!!