Single-player games like The Slaughter: Act One
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to The Slaughter: Act One, 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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Richard & Alice
Single-player alternative to The Slaughter: Act One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Slaughter: Act One.
Richard and Alice are prisoners. Both their cells have a leather sofa and a state-of-the-art computer. But only Richard’s has a TV. Outside, the snow falls. It has done for some time. Elsewhere, they say, parts of the world have been rendered an inhospitable desert, the earth parched and cracked. People live in the zones now.
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Chinatown Detective Agency
Single-player alternative to The Slaughter: Act One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Slaughter: Act One.
Chinatown Detective Agency is a cybernoir point and click adventure blending stunning retro design with innovative mechanics. Play as Amira Darma, an ex-cop who has just opened her own detective agency. Choose your clients, travel around the world and solve dangerous cases using real world research.
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The Journey Down: Chapter Two
Single-player alternative to The Slaughter: Act One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Slaughter: Act One.
Chapter Two of The Journey Down, a classic point-and-click saga with an Afro-Caribbean vibe. Get ready to embark on an epic journey of brain-teasing adventure!
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Drawn Down
Single-player alternative to The Slaughter: Act One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Slaughter: Act One.
A police artist is plunged into a life shattering conspiracy when his missing brother returns.
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Pecaminosa
Single-player alternative to The Slaughter: Act One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Slaughter: Act One.
Activate your detective skills in this noir-influenced police action RPG. Grab your gun and prepare to face the strangest case of John Souza's career by helping the ghost of a dead mobster get "justice". Hit the streets in search of intel, befriend the scum and beat those who will try to stop you.
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The Blackwell Legacy
Single-player alternative to The Slaughter: Act One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Slaughter: Act One.
When 3 NYU students kill themselves, nobody thinks that a sinister force is at work. Nobody but fledgling medium Rosa Blackwell & her new spirit guide Joey Mallone.
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A Golden Wake
Single-player alternative to The Slaughter: Act One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Slaughter: Act One.
The rise and fall story of a real estate agent in 1920s Miami. Based on historical events. From Francisco González, creator of the Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator series, Shardlight, and Lamplight City.
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Kathy Rain
Single-player alternative to The Slaughter: Act One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Slaughter: Act One.
Set in the '90s, Kathy Rain tells the story of a strong-willed journalism major who has to come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather.
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Maniac Mansion
Single-player alternative to The Slaughter: Act One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Slaughter: Act One.
Quick, Dr. Fred's Kidnapped Sandy and he's about to start the experiment...
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Return to Monkey Island
Single-player alternative to The Slaughter: Act One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Slaughter: Act One.
Return to Monkey Island is an unexpected, thrilling return of series creator Ron Gilbert that continues the story of the legendary adventure games.
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The I of the Dragon
Single-player alternative to The Slaughter: Act One — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The world of Nimoa is as beautiful as the morning dew, but only at first glance. Under the surface of hills and fertile valleys lurks an old and eternal evil. Living as a mould, stretching threads through an infected area like deadly toadstools. The center of this "being?" deep in the under world is the giant daemon, Skarborr.
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The Last Door - Collector's Edition
Single-player alternative to The Slaughter: Act One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Slaughter: Act One.
Something ancient and evil is stirring in Victorian England. Only you can stop it. Journey to the brink of madness and beyond as you set forth alone into the dark.
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The Last
Single-player alternative to The Slaughter: Act One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Slaughter: Act One.
The Last is a survival game with a twist, Your main objective is to stay alive and making your camp bigger. The game focuses on the player camp and player made buildings, as a player you will be able to build plenty of different structures to suit your needs on this lonely island.
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Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise Of The Dragons
Single-player alternative to The Slaughter: Act One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Slaughter: Act One.
The Double Dragon brothers return in this fresh addition to the iconic franchise. With roguelite elements, every playthrough is a chance at new action. Tag in with 2 of 4 starter characters or unlock 20 additional characters, each with their own special moves and playstyles. Online & Local Co-op.