Single-player games like Forensics: Crime Scene Detective
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Forensics: Crime Scene Detective, 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 Operator
Single-player alternative to Forensics: Crime Scene Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Forensics: Crime Scene Detective.
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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Police Simulator: Patrol Officers
Single-player alternative to Forensics: Crime Scene Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Forensics: Crime Scene Detective.
Welcome to Brighton! Join the police force of this fictitious American city and experience the day to day life of a police officer.
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Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
Single-player alternative to Forensics: Crime Scene Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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.
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Scene Investigators
Single-player alternative to Forensics: Crime Scene Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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.
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Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue
Single-player alternative to Forensics: Crime Scene Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Forensics: Crime Scene Detective.
When there’s a call, you are the man to clean up after your client’s dirty job. Siding with the mafia is a dangerous game, but they pay well, and you need money, right? So take your mop and better remove those bloodstains quickly before the police come.
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The Precinct
Single-player alternative to Forensics: Crime Scene Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Forensics: Crime Scene Detective.
Averno City, 1983. Gangs rule the streets and your father lies restless in his grave. Clean up the city, uncover the truth, and embark on thrilling vehicle chases through destructible environments in this neon-noir action sandbox police game.
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Unheard - Voices of Crime
Single-player alternative to Forensics: Crime Scene Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Forensics: Crime Scene Detective.
What if you could hear every word spoken at the scene of a crime? “Acoustic Detectives” wanted for testing our new device! Return aurally to crime scenes and use the voices you hear to identify potential suspects and solve the mysteries. What is it that’s connecting these seemingly unrelated cases?
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Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
Single-player alternative to Forensics: Crime Scene Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Forensics: Crime Scene Detective.
A wild tale of conspiracy, loss, friendship, and... chickens?! Two rooster detectives are about to venture into the insect underworld to uncover a worldwide conspiracy, while also battling their inherent demons in this animal noir adventure satire.
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Parking World: Build & Manage
Single-player alternative to Forensics: Crime Scene Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Forensics: Crime Scene Detective.
Build, manage, and expand your own lucrative parking enterprise in this management sim. Parking World puts the power to build your perfect parking garage at your fingertips while solving everybody else's parking problems in unique narrative scenarios or without any objectives in freeplay mode.
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Tunnel VR
Single-player alternative to Forensics: Crime Scene Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Like racing trough endless tunnels in space? Then look no further, this is the game for you. Because it is all about racing. In a tunnel. In space.
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Beam
Single-player alternative to Forensics: Crime Scene Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
BEAM is a challenging precision platformer with puzzle elements in which you need to manipulate various light beams and tightly maneuver MARBLE in order to save both your lives.