Single-player games like Murder
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Murder, 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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Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
Single-player alternative to Murder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Murder.
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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Technobabylon
Single-player alternative to Murder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Murder.
A cyberpunk adventure game from the studio that brought you Gemini Rue and Blackwell! The year is 2087. Genetic engineering is the norm, and an omnipresent AI powers the city. Take control of three citizens of this world as they struggle to understand a deadly conspiracy.
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Dex
Single-player alternative to Murder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Murder.
Dex is a 2D, side-scrolling, open-world cyberpunk RPG with a focus on exploration and non-linear gameplay.
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Gemini Rue
Single-player alternative to Murder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Murder.
Discover a world where life is cheap, identities are bought & sold, & a quest for redemption can change the fate of a whole galaxy.
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The Drifter
Single-player alternative to Murder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Murder.
A Pulp Adventure Thriller - A murdered drifter awakens. Alive again, seconds before his death. Hunted and haunted, help him untangle a mad web of conspiracy in this fast-paced point 'n click thrill-ride.
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Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
Single-player alternative to Murder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Murder.
Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.
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Quadrilateral Cowboy
Single-player alternative to Murder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Murder.
When you have a top-of-the-line hacking deck armed with a 56.6k modem and a staggering 256k RAM, it means just one thing: you answer only to the highest bidder.
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Whispers of a Machine
Single-player alternative to Murder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Murder.
Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.
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Stranded
Single-player alternative to Murder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Murder.
A minimal point and click adventure, designed to take the player on a short but memorable journey.
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The Darkside Detective
Single-player alternative to Murder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Murder.
Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.