Single-player games like Michael Test
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Michael Test, 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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Rusty Lake: Roots
Single-player alternative to Michael Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Michael Test.
Experience the beginning and end of characters' lives and build your own family tree! Rusty Lake: Roots is the second premium point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Cube Escape series and Rusty Lake Hotel.
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Strange Antiquities
Single-player alternative to Michael Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Michael Test.
Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!
- 3
Paradise Killer
Single-player alternative to Michael Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Indie with Michael Test.
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.
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Crime O'Clock
Single-player alternative to Michael Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Michael Test.
Crime O'Clock is a hidden objects investigation and time exploration game with a deep storyline. Investigate cases through time and evolving maps by unveiling a multi-eras linked story. Will you be observant enough to solve the mysteries? Crime waits for no man!
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Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
Single-player alternative to Michael Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Indie with Michael Test.
The award-winning point-and-click adventure returns in the Director's Cut with an extended story, additional puzzles, and new areas to explore. Witness the rise of an iconic detective as you uncover a dark and sinister truth hiding behind the calm exterior of a small rural town.
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Scene Investigators
Single-player alternative to Michael Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Indie with Michael Test.
Scene Investigators is a hardcore deductive reasoning game for fans of the "true crime" genre. Step into re-created crime scenes, observe closely for pieces of evidence, analyze possible motives behind the crimes, and uncover what truly happened.
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Detention
Single-player alternative to Michael Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Michael Test.
Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.
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Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut
Single-player alternative to Michael Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Michael Test.
Play as special agent Francis York Morgan in this open-world action-adventure as you solve the case of the Red Seed Murders and survive in a small, quirky American mountain town where supernatural creatures and a mysterious raincoat-clad, axe-wielding killer seek to end his investigation for good.
- 9
NABI
Single-player alternative to Michael Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Michael Test.
This game is undoubtedly the most difficult horror jumping game. Beginners are not allowed!
- 10
THE XEN
Single-player alternative to Michael Test — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Michael Test.
Add up to 10. THE XEN is an adrenaline-pumping puzzle roguelike where every number counts. Test your game sense against the world.