Single-player games like Elara
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Elara, 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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Judge SIM 2 Precedent
Single-player alternative to Elara — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Take the night shift as a judge in Meridian. Examine evidence, manage pressure, issue reasoned rulings, and create precedents that reshape the cases—and consequences—still to come.
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Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
Single-player alternative to Elara — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Elara.
In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…
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Tails Noir
Single-player alternative to Elara — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Elara.
Tails Noir is a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
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Dry Drowning
Single-player alternative to Elara — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Elara.
Dry Drowning is a psychological investigative visual novel set in a futuristic dystopian city. Follow the story of Mordred Foley, unscrupulous private detective haunted by his dark past, and look into a series of macabre serial killings inspired by Greek mythology.
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AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative
Single-player alternative to Elara — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Special Agents Mizuki and Ryuki, along with their AI partners Aiba and Tama, are tasked to solve the bizarre Half Body serial killings in this sequel to the critically acclaimed AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES.
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Confidential Killings - A Detective Game
Single-player alternative to Elara — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Elara.
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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The Shell Part II: Purgatorio
Single-player alternative to Elara — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Detective Reiji Tokisaka is back to face down a mystery that spans decades, if not centuries. With the aftermath of his last case weighing on his soul and a long-silent cult resurgent, can he solve the crime—or will it become his curse?
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The Test: Secrets of the Soul
Single-player alternative to Elara — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Elara.
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..."