Single-player games like Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows, 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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Almanac: Detective Agency
Single-player alternative to Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows.
A narrative detective game about solving mysteries through investigation, evidence, and conversation. Question suspects in your own words, photograph clues, and piece together the truth in a town full of secrets. Who is lying, and what are they hiding?
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The Millhaven Murders
Single-player alternative to Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows.
A hand-drawn and story-rich deduction mystery set in 1887. Pearl Lundgren is dead and two men have been arrested for her murder, but the full truth remains to be discovered, and only you can piece it together.
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Dahlia View
Single-player alternative to Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows.
A child is missing. The police are failing. And you're a retired detective with a bit too much time on your hands. Time to throw out the rules & do whatever it takes to bring the child home. From the developers of I AM RIPPER, The Occupation & Ether One.
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Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
Single-player alternative to Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows.
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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Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping
Single-player alternative to Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows.
You are the one and only Duck Detective, a depressed and recently divorced duck who must quack the case. Inspect evidence, make de-duck-tions, and solve this no-murder mystery!
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Gensokyo：Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn
Single-player alternative to Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows.
Explore the intertwined fates of humans and youkai in this interactive fiction. As an unwitting protagonist, enter the sealed realm of Gensokyo to investigate a series of bizarre murders. Unearth ancient secrets and witness a gripping saga hidden for millennia.
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Expelled!
Single-player alternative to Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows.
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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Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
Single-player alternative to Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows.
A wild tale of conspiracy, loss, friendship, and... chickens?! Two rooster detectives are about to venture into the insect underworld to uncover a worldwide conspiracy, while also battling their inherent demons in this animal noir adventure satire.
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Aviary Attorney
Single-player alternative to Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows.
The hottest bird lawyering game to come out of 1840s France! Join Jayjay Falcon and his witty apprentice, Sparrowson, as the two take on clients, interview witnesses, collect evidence, and deliver justice to the guilty.
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Ace Attorney Investigations Collection
Single-player alternative to Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows.
Miles Edgeworth's dramatic turnabouts take center stage! Experience both Ace Attorney Investigations games in one gorgeous collection! Investigate crime scenes and solve tough, intriguing cases through logic and deduction. When Edgeworth's past and present collide, his future begins!
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The Tenth Line
Single-player alternative to Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows.
A console-style RPG featuring a colorful cast of characters, unique battle and level-up systems, quick 2D platforming action, and an original, fantastical story about friendship, faith, and finding your place in the world.
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Eden's Last Sunrise
Single-player alternative to Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows.
A classic tactics RPG where magic and technology clash to determine the fate of the world. Command tactical battles, befriend and train your troops, create custom heroes, and experience the story through multiple branching paths.