Single-player games like Tangle Tower
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Tangle Tower, 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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Detective Grimoire
Single-player alternative to Tangle Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tangle Tower.
Detective Grimoire has been called to investigate a murder. The owner of a small tourist attraction, seemingly killed by the mythical creature his attraction is based around... Explore the area, inspect the crime scene, grill suspects, solve puzzles, hunt for clues & uncover the secret of the swamp!
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The Mermaid Mask
Single-player alternative to Tangle Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tangle Tower.
An impossible locked-room murder: Captain Mortuga lies dead beside an ancient cauldron aboard the world’s strangest submarine, crewed by sketchy suspects. A handcrafted point-and-click with sharp humour and tricky puzzles. Dive into the next mystery from the creators of Tangle Tower & Crow Country.
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Loco Motive
Single-player alternative to Tangle Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tangle Tower.
There's been a murder aboard the Reuss Express, and you're the suspects! Prove your innocence in this comedy 'point n' click' murder mystery - packed with twists, laughs, and larger-than-life characters!
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Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged
Single-player alternative to Tangle Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tangle Tower.
The classic multi-award winning adventure "Broken Sword - the Shadow of the Templars" returns with glorious 4K visuals and iconic remastered audio, pitching intrepid tourist George Stobbart and fearless journalist Nico Collard into a journey of perilous adventures and ancient conspiracies.
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Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
Single-player alternative to Tangle Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tangle Tower.
Solving crime is no walk in the pond. You are a down-on-his-luck detective who also happens to be a duck. Use your powers of de-duck-tion to inspect evidence, fill in the blanks, and bust the case wide open! This is a short but twisty detective case.
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Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island
Single-player alternative to Tangle Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tangle Tower.
You're a detective, and a frog, and it's time to solve a mystery.
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The Darkside Detective
Single-player alternative to Tangle Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tangle Tower.
Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.
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Chicken Police - Paint it RED!
Single-player alternative to Tangle Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tangle Tower.
A wild tale of love, death, chickens, and redemption! Chicken Police is a buddy-cop noir adventure with a carefully crafted world, a gritty story, and absurd humor. The game mixes classic adventure games with visual novel-style storytelling, presented in a beak-droppingly unique art style.
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Blue Prince
Single-player alternative to Tangle Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tangle Tower.
Welcome to Mt. Holly, where every dawn unveils a new mystery. Navigate through shifting corridors and ever-changing chambers in this genre-defying strategy puzzle adventure. But will your unpredictable path lead you to the rumored Room 46?
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The Case of the Golden Idol
Single-player alternative to Tangle Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tangle Tower.
A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.
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Grim Fandango Remastered
Single-player alternative to Tangle Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Tangle Tower.
One of the most acclaimed adventure games of all time is now back, better than ever. Grim Fandango Remastered has the all the beautiful art and engaging story fans remember, but has also been remastered to look, sound, and control even better than the award-winning original release.
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Jenny LeClue - Detectivu
Single-player alternative to Tangle Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tangle Tower.
JENNY LECLUE is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet, mysteries and puzzles to solve across a vibrant, atmospheric world.
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Oxenfree
Single-player alternative to Tangle Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tangle Tower.
Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.
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Rusty Lake: Roots
Single-player alternative to Tangle Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tangle Tower.
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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Puzzle Agent 2
Single-player alternative to Tangle Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Tangle Tower.
Agent Nelson Tethers just solved his biggest case yet. So why isn't he satisfied? Venture back to eerie Scoggins, Minnesota to solve the mystery of "the Hidden People" once and for all!
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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy
Single-player alternative to Tangle Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Tangle Tower.
Become Phoenix Wright and experience the thrill of battle as you fight to save your innocent clients in a court of law. Play all 14 episodes, spanning the first three games, in one gorgeous collection.
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Crow Country
Single-player alternative to Tangle Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Tangle Tower.
The year is 1990. It’s been two years since the mysterious disappearance of Edward Crow and the abrupt closure of his theme park, Crow Country. But your arrival has broken the silence, Mara Forest. If you want answers, you’ll have to venture deep into the darkness of Crow Country to find them…
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Haunt the House: Terrortown
Single-player alternative to Tangle Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Tangle Tower.
Haunt your way through town in the dead of night! Possess objects to scare people away from a museum, a hospital, a theatre and a cruise ship. Will you be able to scare everyone out and reclaim what has been lost, before the night is over? A side-scrolling action puzzle game starring ghosts!