Single-player games like Trick Eight
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Trick Eight, 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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The Roottrees are Dead
Single-player alternative to Trick Eight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Trick Eight.
A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.
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A Death in the Red Light
Single-player alternative to Trick Eight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trick Eight.
Amsterdam, 1988. A dead body in the Red Light District, the Dutch capital of sex and drugs, is a washed-up detective’s one shot at redemption. Explore the seedy underbelly of Europe’s most notorious city, solve complex puzzles, and crack the case while experiencing Amsterdam at its worst.
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Little Problems: A Cozy Detective Game
Single-player alternative to Trick Eight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Trick Eight.
Little Problems is a Cozy Detective game about solving minor inconveniences, everyday misunderstandings, and of course, little problems. This game is not about saving the world; it's about enriching it, one case at a time.
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Agent A: A puzzle in disguise
Single-player alternative to Trick Eight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trick Eight.
A suave secret agent adventure game. Your mission (should you choose to accept) is to infiltrate enemy spy Ruby La Rouge’s secret hideaway and put a stop to her evil plans!
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Murder by Numbers
Single-player alternative to Trick Eight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trick Eight.
Solve Pixel Puzzles to find clues. Use those clues to interrogate witnesses. Work your way to the truth... ...and uncover the mystery of Murder by Numbers!
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Confidential Killings - A Detective Game
Single-player alternative to Trick Eight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trick Eight.
A series of murders is shocking Hollywood! Use your detective skills: search the crime scene, find clues, solve the mystery. Who is pulling the strings behind these Confidential Killings?
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Misadventures of Laura Silver
Single-player alternative to Trick Eight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Trick Eight.
Need more stress in your life? Meet Laura Silver, a paranoid and insomniac detective tasked with researching Slavic mythology. Do you know anything about the Vodnik? Neither does she. Unfortunately, her incompetence won't be your biggest problem in Czechoslovakia.
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Expelled!
Single-player alternative to Trick Eight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trick Eight.
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.