Single-player games like Detective Bureau
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Detective Bureau, 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 Detective Bureau — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Detective Bureau.
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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Last Night Last Call
Single-player alternative to Detective Bureau — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Detective Bureau.
Can you solve a murder with only your wits, cocktail shaker, and silver tongue? Last Night Last Call is a narrative detective game where you mix cocktails, interrogate suspects, gather clues, and shape relationships to solve five murders. Every customer has something to hide.
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One Way Mirror: AI
Single-player alternative to Detective Bureau — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Detective Bureau.
Neon lights. Cold coffee. One case at a time. In One Way Mirror: AI, each investigation is AI generated and every suspect can talk back. Interrogate, connect the clues, break alibis, and expose the killer before the truth slips away into the night. Every question matters. Every lie has a tell.
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Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
Single-player alternative to Detective Bureau — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Detective Bureau.
Experience a fantastic adventure with unique gameplay that blends investigation, action and exploration in a breath-taking thriller that will test the limits of your nerves and intelligence. Play as the great detective and track down evil in the darkest corners of London and the human soul…
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Her Story
Single-player alternative to Detective Bureau — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Detective Bureau.
A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.
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Telling Lies
Single-player alternative to Detective Bureau — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Detective Bureau.
Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.
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Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
Single-player alternative to Detective Bureau — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Detective Bureau.
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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Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
Single-player alternative to Detective Bureau — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Detective Bureau.
Become the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic.