Single-player games like Midnight Files
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Midnight Files, 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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DOPROS
Single-player alternative to Midnight Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Midnight Files.
DOPROS is a dark, Orwellian interrogation experience. Will you break and give it all away, or will you try to get free? It's only up to you, but keep in mind, your every word may and will be used against you…
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The Final Stamp
Single-player alternative to Midnight Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Midnight Files.
Papers, Please - except you’re a clerk in the afterlife. The dead arrive: interrogate them, read the evidence, and send them off - Hell, Heaven, Purgatory. The cases pull you into their depths like a noose or a favorite series. Strictly by the Codex, or save an innocent - what will you be guided by?
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Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
Single-player alternative to Midnight Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Midnight Files.
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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The Shell Part III: Paradiso
Single-player alternative to Midnight Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Midnight Files.
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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The Darkest Files
Single-player alternative to Midnight Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Midnight Files.
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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Chinatown Detective Agency
Single-player alternative to Midnight Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Midnight Files.
Chinatown Detective Agency is a cybernoir point and click adventure blending stunning retro design with innovative mechanics. Play as Amira Darma, an ex-cop who has just opened her own detective agency. Choose your clients, travel around the world and solve dangerous cases using real world research.
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Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
Single-player alternative to Midnight Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Midnight Files.
A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.
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The Precinct
Single-player alternative to Midnight Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Midnight Files.
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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HarvestCo.
Single-player alternative to Midnight Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Midnight Files.
HarvestCo is a farming incremental idle game where a small field turns into an increasingly efficient money-making machine. Harvest crops, buy upgrades, grow passive income, automate production, and discover rare golden crops and strange field events.