Single-player games like Chrysalis: Chrome Butterfly
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Chrysalis: Chrome Butterfly, 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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Neon Noir
Single-player alternative to Chrysalis: Chrome Butterfly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Chrysalis: Chrome Butterfly.
Neon Noir is a cyberpunk visual novel with interactive mechanics. It is set in the megalopolis of New Devon in the year 2169, where large private corporations have more power than the government. The player follows the crimes investigated by Colden, a Snatcher.
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Biocybernetic Trap
Single-player alternative to Chrysalis: Chrome Butterfly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Chrysalis: Chrome Butterfly.
Biocybernetic Trap — an interactive cyberpunk detective. You are given the quantum diary of a long-dead detective, where reality fractures into parallel versions of the investigation.
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Max Payne
Single-player alternative to Chrysalis: Chrome Butterfly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Chrysalis: Chrome Butterfly.
Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, hunted by cops and the mob, Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle he cannot hope to win. Prepare for pain…
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Dry Drowning
Single-player alternative to Chrysalis: Chrome Butterfly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Chrysalis: Chrome Butterfly.
Dry Drowning is a psychological investigative visual novel set in a futuristic dystopian city. Follow the story of Mordred Foley, unscrupulous private detective haunted by his dark past, and look into a series of macabre serial killings inspired by Greek mythology.
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Chinatown Detective Agency
Single-player alternative to Chrysalis: Chrome Butterfly — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Chinatown Detective Agency is a cybernoir point and click adventure blending stunning retro design with innovative mechanics. Play as Amira Darma, an ex-cop who has just opened her own detective agency. Choose your clients, travel around the world and solve dangerous cases using real world research.
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Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
Single-player alternative to Chrysalis: Chrome Butterfly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Chrysalis: Chrome Butterfly.
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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Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Single-player alternative to Chrysalis: Chrome Butterfly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Chrysalis: Chrome Butterfly.
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is a violent, film-noir love story. Dark, tragic and intense, the in-depth story is a thrill-ride of shocking twists and revelations. Love hurts.
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Mind Diver
Single-player alternative to Chrysalis: Chrome Butterfly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Chrysalis: Chrome Butterfly.
Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations. Draw your own conclusions. Mind Diver is a murder mystery, where the victim is love.