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Single-player games like DETECTIVE - Scene Crime

Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to DETECTIVE - Scene Crime, 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 - The Test — Steam game cover

    Detective - The Test

    Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - Scene Crime — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - Scene Crime.

    Test your detective instincts across three challenging cases. No hints, no help—just you, your intuition, and your ability to piece together the truth. Can you solve the mystery?

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation10.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Case Files: Behind Closed Doors — Steam game cover

    Case Files: Behind Closed Doors

    Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - Scene Crime — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - Scene Crime.

    An FMV murder mystery, police interrogation, detective experience.

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Scene Investigators — Steam game cover

    Scene Investigators

    Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - Scene Crime — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - Scene Crime.

    Scene Investigators is a hardcore deductive reasoning game for fans of the "true crime" genre. Step into re-created crime scenes, observe closely for pieces of evidence, analyze possible motives behind the crimes, and uncover what truly happened.

    2023IndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Forest Grove — Steam game cover

    Forest Grove

    Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - Scene Crime — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - Scene Crime.

    In Forest Grove, a teenage heiress has gone missing. Foul play is suspected. Uncover a cast of characters, collect evidence, and find the truth in this futuristic detective game!

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Telling Lies — Steam game cover

    Telling Lies

    Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - Scene Crime — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - Scene Crime.

    Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.

    2019IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Operator — Steam game cover

    The Operator

    Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - Scene Crime — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - Scene Crime.

    Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation13.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bohemian Killing — Steam game cover

    Bohemian Killing

    Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - Scene Crime — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - Scene Crime.

    Paris, 1894. Class differences and pervasive racism finally lead to a tragedy. A year later you find yourself on trial, accused of a brutal murder. How far will you go to exonerate yourself? Will you lie? Manipulate the evidence? Frame others? Act insane? Confess? Your imagination is the limit.

    2016IndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Back to the Dawn — Steam game cover

    Back to the Dawn

    Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - Scene Crime — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - Scene Crime.

    Back to the Dawn is a story-rich RPG set in a high-security prison ruled by factions and buried secrets. Investigate two conspiracies from the inside, gather evidence, and outsmart a system designed to silence you. Make friends (or foes) with fellow inmates and with their help, break out of prison.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure23.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    After You — Steam game cover

    After You

    Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - Scene Crime — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - Scene Crime.

    After You is a narrative game with puzzles, but it is not an easy game, here you will not have indicators or tutorials, nor can you save when you want. In After You you need to put all your attention and use paper and pencil to move forward, if you're looking for an easy game, this is not your game.

    2020IndieAdventureCasual6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    TEMPUS — Steam game cover

    TEMPUS

    Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - Scene Crime — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - Scene Crime.

    TEMPUS is a puzzle adventure game with time travel. Each time you advance, you will see the island where you live change over thousands of years. You can only travel forward so it is a one way trip, how far will you go?

    2022IndieAdventureCasual6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Creature: Escape Room — Steam game cover

    The Creature: Escape Room

    Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - Scene Crime — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - Scene Crime.

    You are a detective sent to investigate the mistreatment of a mysterious creature. In this escape room there are not only puzzles, but also characters and history.

    2022IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    FINIS — Steam game cover

    FINIS

    Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - Scene Crime — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - Scene Crime.

    FINIS is a puzzle game with a difference, we create a psychological evaluation based on your choices. Each universe offers a different experience, terror, calm, destruction, war, progress... You can choose between 8 completely different paths and each path will take you to a unique ending.

    2023IndieAdventureCasual10.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DETECTIVE - Stella Porta case — Steam game cover

    DETECTIVE - Stella Porta case

    Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - Scene Crime — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - Scene Crime.

    DETECTIVE: Stella Porta Case, puts you in the shoes of a detective who investigates three strange disappearances. In all cases there is a contract signed by the disappeared, that contract is from an organization called "Stella Porta".

    2023IndieAdventureCasual10.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DETECTIVE - Minerva case — Steam game cover

    DETECTIVE - Minerva case

    Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - Scene Crime — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - Scene Crime.

    DETECTIVE Minerva Case is a crime deduction and solving game, with an adult and original story. Visit the crime scene, look for all the evidence and understand what happened.

    2024IndieAdventure10.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DETECTIVE - The Motel — Steam game cover

    DETECTIVE - The Motel

    Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - Scene Crime — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - Scene Crime.

    DETECTIVE The Motel is a deduction game where, to advance, you must take a pencil and a piece of paper and write down everything that seems like evidence in order to answer all the questions that arise. Solving the case will depend only on you.

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation10.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DETECTIVE - Rainy night — Steam game cover

    DETECTIVE - Rainy night

    Single-player alternative to DETECTIVE - Scene Crime — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - Scene Crime.

    Detective Rainy Night is a narrative adventure with elements of deduction. Violent crimes, mature stories, and a touch of psychological horror await you at the Motel Holiday. Grab a pencil and paper because solving this case won’t be easy. 

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation10.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →