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Single-player games like Kelvin and the Infamous Machine

Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Kelvin and the Infamous Machine, 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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    Deponia Doomsday — Steam game cover

    Deponia Doomsday

    Single-player alternative to Kelvin and the Infamous Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kelvin and the Infamous Machine.

    Can you change Deponia's fate? Do you have what it takes to change Rufus' past, present and future without accidently destroying the whole planet? Fight time itself in this action-packed, platypus-tastic and insanely hilarious story.

    2016IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Day of the Tentacle Remastered — Steam game cover

    Day of the Tentacle Remastered

    Single-player alternative to Kelvin and the Infamous Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Kelvin and the Infamous Machine.

    Originally released by LucasArts in 1993 as a sequel to Ron Gilbert’s ground breaking Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle is back in a remastered edition that features all new hand-drawn, high resolution artwork, with remastered audio, music and sound effects.

    2016Adventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Doggins — Steam game cover

    Doggins

    Single-player alternative to Kelvin and the Infamous Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kelvin and the Infamous Machine.

    A point-and-sniff adventure. Explore the moon, sniff some things. Unravel the plot of a villainous squirrel to sabotage the history of human invention.

    2025IndieAdventure2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Back to the Future: The Game — Steam game cover

    Back to the Future: The Game

    Single-player alternative to Kelvin and the Infamous Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Kelvin and the Infamous Machine.

    Featuring a special appearance by Michael J. Fox!

    2010AdventureDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Time Gentlemen, Please! and Ben There, Dan That! Special Edition  Double Pack — Steam game cover

    Time Gentlemen, Please! and Ben There, Dan That! Special Edition Double Pack

    Single-player alternative to Kelvin and the Infamous Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kelvin and the Infamous Machine.

    Ben There, Dan That! and Time Gentlemen, Please! are a couple of rip-roaring point-and-click adventure games . With tongue firmly in cheek, sit back, relax, and put your mind to work solving puzzles, and reading some very funny dialogue. It's like a book, only good!

    2009IndieAdventure1.14 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Red Comrades 2: For the Great Justice. Reloaded — Steam game cover

    Red Comrades 2: For the Great Justice. Reloaded

    Single-player alternative to Kelvin and the Infamous Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Kelvin and the Infamous Machine.

    Sequel to the amazing adventures of two Russian pop-culture legends: Vasily Ivanovich Chapaev and his fellow aide Petka who fearlessly beat off the alien invasion in a first franchise installment.

    2016Adventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Red Comrades 3: Return of Alaska. Reloaded — Steam game cover

    Red Comrades 3: Return of Alaska. Reloaded

    Single-player alternative to Kelvin and the Infamous Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Kelvin and the Infamous Machine.

    In order to save the world once again Pete and Vasily Ivanovich will have to get through fire, water and through… some other stuff and then again and again. They will get really close to the worst criminals on Las-Vegas streets, enlist in the commandos and complete several missions for the USA government - to get rid of drug dealer's...

    2017Adventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die! — Steam game cover

    Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die!

    Single-player alternative to Kelvin and the Infamous Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kelvin and the Infamous Machine.

    Hair metal's not dead, it just smells funny! Get your denim vest, bandana and makeup, and dive into a point-and-click adventure as a middle-aged teddy bear planning a comeback with his old glam metal band – in a world where glam metal has been dead and buried for decades.

    2022IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Simon the Sorcerer Origins — Steam game cover

    Simon the Sorcerer Origins

    Single-player alternative to Kelvin and the Infamous Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Kelvin and the Infamous Machine.

    Summoned to a strange magical world, Simon must complete an ancient prophecy to return home. Solve crazy puzzles, cast spells, brew odd potions and uncover the origins of a legendary saga!

    2025Adventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Return to Monkey Island — Steam game cover

    Return to Monkey Island

    Single-player alternative to Kelvin and the Infamous Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Kelvin and the Infamous Machine.

    Return to Monkey Island is an unexpected, thrilling return of series creator Ron Gilbert that continues the story of the legendary adventure games.

    2022AdventureCasual24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Slender Threads — Steam game cover

    Slender Threads

    Single-player alternative to Kelvin and the Infamous Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kelvin and the Infamous Machine.

    In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.

    2025IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Nobodies: Murder Cleaner — Steam game cover

    Nobodies: Murder Cleaner

    Single-player alternative to Kelvin and the Infamous Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kelvin and the Infamous Machine.

    Nobodies is a puzzle-filled point-and-click adventure in which you must cover up government-sanctioned assassinations. Hide the bodies, destroy the evidence, and leave no trace you were ever there. They do the dirty work. You clean it up.

    2019IndieAdventureCasual6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Nobodies: After Death — Steam game cover

    Nobodies: After Death

    Single-player alternative to Kelvin and the Infamous Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kelvin and the Infamous Machine.

    Nobodies: After Death is a puzzling point-and-click adventure in cleaning up dirty work. After your agency takes out a target, you make the evidence disappear without a trace. Find a way to get in, get out, and leave no bodies behind.

    2023IndieAdventureCasual6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Nobodies: Silent Blood — Steam game cover

    Nobodies: Silent Blood

    Single-player alternative to Kelvin and the Infamous Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kelvin and the Infamous Machine.

    Step back into the shoes of Asset 1080, the intelligence agency's top cleaner. Puzzle your way through 14 unique locations, devising clever ways to hide all evidence of your employer's deadly actions. Get in, get out, and leave no bodies behind.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →