Single-player games like Murder in Crayontopia
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Murder in Crayontopia, 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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Black Lazar
Single-player alternative to Murder in Crayontopia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Murder in Crayontopia.
A detective noir, choose-your-own-adventure game with hand-drawn art, over 250k words, and an immersive soundtrack.
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The Test: Secrets of the Soul
Single-player alternative to Murder in Crayontopia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Murder in Crayontopia.
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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Expelled!
Single-player alternative to Murder in Crayontopia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Murder in Crayontopia.
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
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Tron: Identity
Single-player alternative to Murder in Crayontopia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Murder in Crayontopia.
Something has been taken. Enter a new Grid and forge alliances via visual novel gameplay, uncovering truths through Identity Disc puzzles. Make critical decisions and plot your own course in a world without a creator.
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Night Book
Single-player alternative to Murder in Crayontopia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Murder in Crayontopia.
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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Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll
Single-player alternative to Murder in Crayontopia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Murder in Crayontopia.
Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll: the romanticism of the Eighties, mystery and intrigues, betrayal and sacrifice, hatred and passion — all this and more in the new game from the creators of the legendary visual novel Everlasting Summer!
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Strange Antiquities
Single-player alternative to Murder in Crayontopia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Murder in Crayontopia.
Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!
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Pentiment
Single-player alternative to Murder in Crayontopia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Murder in Crayontopia.
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.