Single-player games like Karaski: What Goes Up...
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Karaski: What Goes Up..., 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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Expelled!
Single-player alternative to Karaski: What Goes Up... — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Karaski: What Goes Up....
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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Sovereign Syndicate
Single-player alternative to Karaski: What Goes Up... — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A Victorian steampunk RPG with tarot cards instead of dice. Investigate the disappearance of society’s most vulnerable to uncover a mysterious cult. Play as three characters, each with their own skills and motivations. Customize your characters with narrative choices to unlock new tarot cards.
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Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged
Single-player alternative to Karaski: What Goes Up... — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Karaski: What Goes Up....
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.
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The Operator
Single-player alternative to Karaski: What Goes Up... — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Karaski: What Goes Up....
Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.
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Mask of the Rose
Single-player alternative to Karaski: What Goes Up... — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A marvellous romance with a hint of murder, where every playthrough is different! Seek love, friendship, or more... intimate encounters. Help a murdered man find justice. And watch out for the bats.
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Bohemian Killing
Single-player alternative to Karaski: What Goes Up... — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Karaski: What Goes Up....
Paris, 1894. Class differences and pervasive racism finally lead to a tragedy. A year later you find yourself on trial, accused of a brutal murder. How far will you go to exonerate yourself? Will you lie? Manipulate the evidence? Frame others? Act insane? Confess? Your imagination is the limit.
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TR-49
Single-player alternative to Karaski: What Goes Up... — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Karaski: What Goes Up....
A World War II computer. An archive of lost books. A world-changing secret. Narrative deduction meets audio drama, from the creators of Overboard!, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
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BURIED STARS
Single-player alternative to Karaski: What Goes Up... — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Karaski: What Goes Up....
A mystery adventure set at the collapse site of a live survival audition show. Trapped contestants communicate with each other—and the outside world through social media—as they wait for rescue. But as unexpected events unfold, trust begins to crack, and survival becomes far more complicated.
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Titanic: Adventure Out Of Time
Single-player alternative to Karaski: What Goes Up... — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Karaski: What Goes Up....
Intrigue and adventure await you on board the Titanic, the most famous ocean liner in history. As a British secret agent on a vital mission, it is up to you to change the course of history as you explore the world’s most luxurious ocean vessel in all its original splendour.
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CONSORTIUM
Single-player alternative to Karaski: What Goes Up... — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Karaski: What Goes Up....
A murder mystery, on a plane, in the future. You are Consortium Bishop Six, a global peacekeeper in the year 2042. Play an active role in the ongoing narrative. Every choice counts.
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HEADLINER
Single-player alternative to Karaski: What Goes Up... — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Karaski: What Goes Up....
Short, thought-provoking adventure where you are a News Editor and decide what stories get published, set in a fictional city where most people are genetically modified. Multiple unique endings let you share your story and see what the Headliner before you did.
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Headliner: NoviNews
Single-player alternative to Karaski: What Goes Up... — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Karaski: What Goes Up....
Award-winning adventure where you control the news and its impact on society, your friends and career. Different choices lead to unique combinations of endings. Share your story with the community, and see what the players before you did.
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Rain on Your Parade
Single-player alternative to Karaski: What Goes Up... — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Karaski: What Goes Up....
Travel the world as a cute cardboard cloud and ruin everybody's day! Unlock new methods of mischief in over 50 levels, each with unique setting and objectives. This is an adorable schadenfreude simulator!
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Just Crow Things
Single-player alternative to Karaski: What Goes Up... — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Karaski: What Goes Up....
You're a little crow trying to prove herself to the world. Make new animal friends, poop on unsuspecting hoomans, and steal all the shiny trinkets! Each level is a little sandbox full of fun items to discover and puzzles to solve, while leaving a bit of chaos behind. Why? Just caws!
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Postmortem: One Must Die (Extended Cut)
Single-player alternative to Karaski: What Goes Up... — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Karaski: What Goes Up....
Narrative-adventure playing an Agent of Death who must take ONE life that could change the fate of a conflict-torn Nation
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FULFILLMENT
Single-player alternative to Karaski: What Goes Up... — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Karaski: What Goes Up....
Exciting Adventure About the Joys of Working at an Amazin' Fulfillment Center! Short, social commentary game that is 100% free, no micro-transactions.
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Leaf Blower Man: This Game Blows!
Single-player alternative to Karaski: What Goes Up... — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Karaski: What Goes Up....
Blow leaves at 6am on a Sunday and earn points by annoying all the neighbors. But beware - unexpected challenges await on your journey to rid the world of leaves!
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Cleaning Up!
Single-player alternative to Karaski: What Goes Up... — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Karaski: What Goes Up....
Turn huge messes into sparkling spaces! Feel the satisfaction of restoring them to order with your super-powered cleaning tools. This is a short and simple game about the joy of tidying up!