Single-player games like Murder
Below are 9 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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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 Sea is Our Stage
Single-player alternative to Murder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Murder.
A fantasy yuri visual novel in which a noblewoman uncovers her father's evil plot and, along with her lowborn friends, takes to the seas to flee from high society. Her plan to right her family's wrongs and return home are disrupted by the untimely arrival of an enigmatic and flirtatious pirate.
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Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
Single-player alternative to Murder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Murder.
Solving crime is no walk in the pond. You are a down-on-his-luck detective who also happens to be a duck. Use your powers of de-duck-tion to inspect evidence, fill in the blanks, and bust the case wide open! This is a short but twisty detective case.
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Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping
Single-player alternative to Murder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Murder.
You are the one and only Duck Detective, a depressed and recently divorced duck who must quack the case. Inspect evidence, make de-duck-tions, and solve this no-murder mystery!
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Play With Me: Escape Room
Single-player alternative to Murder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Murder.
See how a game created by the very Jigsaw would look like! Use the available objects, outwit tricky illusions and optical puzzles and above all, answer the question – will you dare to Play with Me?
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Perfect Tides: Station to Station
Single-player alternative to Murder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Murder.
A narrative adventure about the momentum and whiplash of young adulthood. Explore the big city through 18-year-old Mara's eyes. Collect items, nurture ideas, and experience complex relationships while attempting to find your place in the world.
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Deep Sleep: Labyrinth of the Forsaken
Single-player alternative to Murder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Murder.
What dreams are made of is the stuff of nightmares in this new point-and-click adventure. Delve deep into realms both fantastical and terrifying, and use the power of lucid dreaming to solve puzzles, explore, and contend with eerie adversaries in your search for the brother you thought had died.
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Silence
Single-player alternative to Murder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Murder.
Can you save Silence, the grim, but also serene world between life and death? Can you help Noah find his little sister Renie in this suffering world? Can you bring her home? Explore Silence and join the siblings on their adventurous 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.