Single-player games like The Ratline
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to The Ratline, 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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The Roottrees are Dead
Single-player alternative to The Ratline — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Ratline.
A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.
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The Rise of the Golden Idol
Single-player alternative to The Ratline — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Ratline.
The Award-winning detective saga returns in this standalone sequel to The Case of the Golden Idol. Uncover the truth behind 20 strange cases of crime, death and depravity in the 1970s. The world has changed dramatically - the sins of humanity have not.
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A Case of Fraud
Single-player alternative to The Ratline — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Ratline.
A short non-linear detective adventure where every clue is hidden in plain sight. Carefully read and cross-reference documents to unravel a CEO’s disappearance and expose a case of fraud.
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TR-49
Single-player alternative to The Ratline — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Ratline.
A World War II computer. An archive of lost books. A world-changing secret. Narrative deduction meets audio drama, from the creators of Overboard!, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
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DAEMON MASQUERADE
Single-player alternative to The Ratline — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Ratline.
An anime-inspired supernatural detective game. Uncover the identities and powers of your adversaries using a conspiracy board full of evidence.
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Lost Wiki: Kozlovka
Single-player alternative to The Ratline — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Ratline.
Explore a wikipedia-like database and solve a small town mystery in Eastern Europe. Step into the shoes of a journalist in the 90s as you sprawl through articles and uncover the secrets that have been laid in front of you.
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Confidential Killings - A Detective Game
Single-player alternative to The Ratline — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Ratline.
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 Last Case of John Morley
Single-player alternative to The Ratline — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Ratline.
Step into the mind of John Morley, a 1940s detective on his final case. Explore shadowed places long forgotten by time, and piece together crime scenes in a narrative adventure steeped in mystery, unexpected twists, and a truth buried for decades.
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Return of the Obra Dinn
Single-player alternative to The Ratline — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Ratline.
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
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The Darkest Files
Single-player alternative to The Ratline — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Ratline.
Germany, 1956. The war is over, but justice is not served. Former Nazis walk free, while their victims lie in unmarked graves. As a prosecutor, you'll unearth long-buried evidence, confront witnesses and hunt down perpetrators. Will you have the courage to bring these "ordinary men" to court?
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Her Story
Single-player alternative to The Ratline — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Ratline.
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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The Case of the Golden Idol
Single-player alternative to The Ratline — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Ratline.
A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.
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The Incident at Galley House
Single-player alternative to The Ratline — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Ratline.
In 1936, something terrible happened at Galley House. Decades later, with a strange contraption that reveals echoes of the past, you must uncover the truth behind this grisly mystery.
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Conspiracy!
Single-player alternative to The Ratline — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Ratline.
A detective game that combines written, audio, visual and meta-game puzzles to create an enthralling experience. It plays for roughly 2-3 hours.
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Rivals
Single-player alternative to The Ratline — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Ratline.
A deep and immersive narrative puzzle game.
- 16
Riley & Rochelle
Single-player alternative to The Ratline — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Ratline.
Uncover the lives, losses, and stories of two musicians from opposite sides of the tracks as they become superstars, fall in love and fall apart in this 90s narrative puzzle game.