Single-player games like The Ratline
Below are 17 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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Greyhat - A Digital Detective Adventure
Single-player alternative to The Ratline — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Ratline.
How far would you go to save your daughter? As an infamous hacker-for-hire you have the skills to steal almost any secret. But when your daughter is taken, will you be able to use these skills to uncover a dark conspiracy that goes further than you could ever imagine?
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Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
Single-player alternative to The Ratline — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Ratline.
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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The Operator
Single-player alternative to The Ratline — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Ratline.
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.
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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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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 Shell Part III: Paradiso
Single-player alternative to The Ratline — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Ratline.
The coiling chains of obsession that began with The Shell now threaten to strangle Detective Reiji Tokisaka in the third and final entry in the trilogy. As old friends and foes rise up for one last confrontation, can anyone break the cycle—and can Reiji's heart ever be set free?
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Loco Motive
Single-player alternative to The Ratline — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Ratline.
There's been a murder aboard the Reuss Express, and you're the suspects! Prove your innocence in this comedy 'point n' click' murder mystery - packed with twists, laughs, and larger-than-life characters!
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Tails Noir
Single-player alternative to The Ratline — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Ratline.
Tails Noir is a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
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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 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 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.
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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.