Single-player games like Midnight Queue
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Midnight Queue, 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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Telling Lies
Single-player alternative to Midnight Queue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Midnight Queue.
Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.
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Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
Single-player alternative to Midnight Queue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Midnight Queue.
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 Midnight Queue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Midnight Queue.
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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The Roottrees are Dead
Single-player alternative to Midnight Queue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Midnight Queue.
A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.
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One Night Stand
Single-player alternative to Midnight Queue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Midnight Queue.
After a night of fun, passion, and one too many drinks, you wake up the next morning to find a complete stranger lying naked beside you in bed. What do you do?
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Death and Taxes
Single-player alternative to Midnight Queue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Midnight Queue.
In this 2D, short narrative-based game, you assume the role of the Grim Reaper... on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation!
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沉默的蟋蟀
Single-player alternative to Midnight Queue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Midnight Queue.
《沉默的蟋蟀》是一款以斗蟋蟀为主题的“收集+养成”游戏。在一个叫做大夏国的地方，四季皆可斗蟋蟀，人人酷爱斗蟋蟀，斗蟋蟀是全民娱乐，更是最重要的产业之一。你可以去冲击天梯第一，也可以选择组建自己的蟋蟀战队去角逐全国联赛总冠军，更可以追求传说中的无双虫王！
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Gorogoa
Single-player alternative to Midnight Queue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Midnight Queue.
Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts. Winner of Debut Game at the 2018 BAFTA Games Awards, as well as Best Mobile Game and the Innovation Award at the GDC 2018 Choice Awards.