Single-player games like NOL
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to NOL, 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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Chameleon - DYH
Single-player alternative to NOL — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A comic/manga inspired interactive game. The game requires you to trust your instincts to determine best approach. Actions are chosen either through drawn pages or open stages. Your gameplay will affect your characters emotional strength as well as their skills/cards.
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Echoes
Single-player alternative to NOL — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Echoes is a 2D narrative game where you play as Ricky Fox, a detective haunted by the death of his best friend, Arthur. Step into Greenhearth, a small town full of secrets, and make choices that will shape your investigation. Will you crack the case with your sanity intact?
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The Darkest Files
Single-player alternative to NOL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with NOL.
Germany, 1956. The war is over, but justice is not served. Former Nazis walk free, while their victims lie in unmarked graves. As a prosecutor, you'll unearth long-buried evidence, confront witnesses and hunt down perpetrators. Will you have the courage to bring these "ordinary men" to court?
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Dahlia View
Single-player alternative to NOL — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A child is missing. The police are failing. And you're a retired detective with a bit too much time on your hands. Time to throw out the rules & do whatever it takes to bring the child home. From the developers of I AM RIPPER, The Occupation & Ether One.
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Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
Single-player alternative to NOL — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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 NOL — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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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Fallen Aces
Single-player alternative to NOL — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The A.C.E.S. Once the watchful guardians of Switchblade City - are being taken down, one by one. Now it's up to one man, with two fists, to get to the bottom of it all. Fallen Aces is a crime noir FPS that plays right out of the '90s and looks like it's right outta the comics.
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Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
Single-player alternative to NOL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with NOL.
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.