Single-player games like Kathy Rain
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Kathy Rain, 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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Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
Single-player alternative to Kathy Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kathy Rain.
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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Whispers of a Machine
Single-player alternative to Kathy Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Kathy Rain.
Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.
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NORCO
Single-player alternative to Kathy Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kathy Rain.
NORCO is a dialogue-focused point & click adventure that immerses the player in the sinking suburbs and industrial swamplands of an increasingly surreal and distorted South Louisiana.
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The Blackwell Legacy
Single-player alternative to Kathy Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kathy Rain.
When 3 NYU students kill themselves, nobody thinks that a sinister force is at work. Nobody but fledgling medium Rosa Blackwell & her new spirit guide Joey Mallone.
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The Darkside Detective
Single-player alternative to Kathy Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kathy Rain.
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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Lamplight City
Single-player alternative to Kathy Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kathy Rain.
A steampunk-ish detective adventure from the creator of A Golden Wake and Shardlight! Can you help private investigator Miles Fordham find justice for his clients and track down his partner's killer before his entire world comes apart?
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Unavowed
Single-player alternative to Kathy Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kathy Rain.
A demon has possessed you and used your body to tear a swath of bloodshed through New York. You are now free, but life as you knew it is over. Your only path forward is joining the Unavowed - an ancient society dedicated to stopping evil. No matter what the cost.
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The Night is Grey
Single-player alternative to Kathy Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kathy Rain.
Graham’s alone in a forest filled with strange wolves. While he’s fleeing for his life he finds a lost girl in an abandoned lodge that won’t survive without his help. Try to find their way to safety in this slow-burning cinematic thriller filled with puzzles, hand-drawn animation and lots of mystery
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Return to Monkey Island
Single-player alternative to Kathy Rain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Kathy Rain.
Return to Monkey Island is an unexpected, thrilling return of series creator Ron Gilbert that continues the story of the legendary adventure games.