Single-player games like REWIND
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to REWIND, 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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Demons' Timeline
Single-player alternative to REWIND — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with REWIND.
Cyber Detective L solves Paradoxes—bizarre incidents by supernatural Demons—via the social media giant Parrotter. The Cyber Detective Squad, L and his Demon partner Nyasuteria, wield elite hacking and psychic powers to take on the final Paradox investigation.
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Rainy Butcher
Single-player alternative to REWIND — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with REWIND.
On rainy nights, the serial murderer is on a killing spree. This scares everyone but one girl, the journalist who keeps digging for a promotion. Dauntless, she gets involved deep and wide, hoping to discover the real identify of the rainy night butcher.
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The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
Single-player alternative to REWIND — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with REWIND.
Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
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The Test: Secrets of the Soul
Single-player alternative to REWIND — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with REWIND.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
- 5
Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders
Single-player alternative to REWIND — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with REWIND.
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
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Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
Single-player alternative to REWIND — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with REWIND.
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 REWIND — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with REWIND.
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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Gensokyo：Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn
Single-player alternative to REWIND — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with REWIND.
Explore the intertwined fates of humans and youkai in this interactive fiction. As an unwitting protagonist, enter the sealed realm of Gensokyo to investigate a series of bizarre murders. Unearth ancient secrets and witness a gripping saga hidden for millennia.