Single-player games like 阎罗索命
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to 阎罗索命, 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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The Last Case of John Morley
Single-player alternative to 阎罗索命 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 阎罗索命.
Step into the mind of John Morley, a 1940s detective on his final case. Explore shadowed places long forgotten by time, and piece together crime scenes in a narrative adventure steeped in mystery, unexpected twists, and a truth buried for decades.
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The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty
Single-player alternative to 阎罗索命 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 阎罗索命.
He is a bandit who sells lives. She is a mute girl seeking revenge. In a famine-ravaged ancient China, a ruthless trafficker escorts four girls to a demon's feast. But when a deadly secret is revealed, a cold transaction turns into a journey of redemption. A dark visual novel about an unlikely bond.
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Road to Empress I
Single-player alternative to 阎罗索命 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 阎罗索命.
You've never played a game like this before. Road to Empress I is a cinematic palace adventure where your choices decide everyone's fate. Tackle multiple story branches and a high mortality rate with charm, wisdom and courage? First...survive.
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Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
Single-player alternative to 阎罗索命 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with 阎罗索命.
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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Threefold Recital
Single-player alternative to 阎罗索命 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 阎罗索命.
Threefold Recital is set in an oriental fantasy world where the metropolis of Bluescales faces turmoil after a long golden age. The mix of magic, modern, and ancient technologies challenges governance, while tensions between humans, beastlings, and dragons grow. In the shadows, a crisis looms...
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Ace Attorney Investigations Collection
Single-player alternative to 阎罗索命 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with 阎罗索命.
Miles Edgeworth's dramatic turnabouts take center stage! Experience both Ace Attorney Investigations games in one gorgeous collection! Investigate crime scenes and solve tough, intriguing cases through logic and deduction. When Edgeworth's past and present collide, his future begins!
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Expelled!
Single-player alternative to 阎罗索命 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 阎罗索命.
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
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Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged
Single-player alternative to 阎罗索命 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 阎罗索命.
The classic multi-award winning adventure "Broken Sword - the Shadow of the Templars" returns with glorious 4K visuals and iconic remastered audio, pitching intrepid tourist George Stobbart and fearless journalist Nico Collard into a journey of perilous adventures and ancient conspiracies.